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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2010
Marcus Ryle, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Michel A. Doidic, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Peter J. Celi, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Alan Zak, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Marcus Ryle, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Michel A. Doidic, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Peter J. Celi, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Alan Zak, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Line 6, Inc., Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a stringed instrument that includes a plurality of strings and a pickup to which each of the plurality of strings is respectively coupled that is connectable to a computer to implement DSP modeling. A serial interface circuit is coupled to the pickup and to a digital connector that formats each digital string vibration signal received from the pickup into a digital serial protocol. A computer is coupled by a serial link to the digital connector such that the computer receives each serially formatted digital string signal (SFDSS). The computer operates at least one audio DSP-based software module to process each received SFDSS wherein each SFDSS is processed in order to emulate a corresponding string tone of one of a plurality of stringed instruments to create an emulated digital string tone signal (EDSTS). Each EDSTS is then transmitted back over the serial link to the stringed instrument for playback.