Systems and methods for transferring musical drum samples from slow memory to fast memory

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11594204
APP PUB NO 20210166667A1
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17174666

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An electronic-drum module for connection to one or more electronic-drum pads is provided. The module includes an electronic display; a first memory storing audio files for playback when the playback is triggered by a signal received from a pad; and one or more processors coupled to the display and the memory. The processors are configured receive an instruction to transfer a set of samples. The set of samples is associated with a priority-instruction and includes a first subset of samples and a second subset of samples. The processors are also configures to transfer the first subset of samples from a second memory to the first memory based on the priority-instruction before transferring the second subset of samples and to transfer the second subset of samples from the second memory to the first memory.

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INMUSIC BRANDS INC200 SCENIC VIEW DRIVE CUMBERLAND RI 02864

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Gill, David C Lincoln, US 42 253
Helberg, Kenneth Randolph, US 3 1

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