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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2008
Alan Flum, Ridgefield, WA (US);
James Mazur, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Alan Flum, Ridgefield, WA (US);
James Mazur, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to control and audio manipulation of a digital audio signal by a user manipulable rotary control. The disclosure is specifically applicable to manipulation of a digital audio signal by disc jockeys (DJs). A magnet and corresponding sensor are used to obtain rotational state information from the turning of the user manipulable rotary control. This rotational state information is used to manipulate a digital audio signal. Manipulation of the digital audio includes forward and backward motion as well as a 'scratch effect'. Rotational state information obtained from rotating magnet includes the possibility of absolute rotation position as well as relative rotational position, or rotational direction.