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Digital Signal Processing (DSP) of the tach signal was going to be part of MS3.
Now its a separate device!

http://www.diyautotune.com/events/megameet_2009.htm
has link to powerpoint presentation on Intellitach (patent pending)

Well the upside of being separate is that it can be used on older setups, and maybe reduce the price of MS3.

CA7, United States patent pending!

They probably should have googled first though :

http://www.bestrc.com/globee/glbp0111.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=In ... h&aq=f&oq=

There is no trademark going to come out of that!

Also, I'm with WTD, If it rocks and we have the same noise issues that MS does (strongly doubt it, 99% are down to Bruce's terrible grounding system and the rest user setup) then we could just buy them for problem applications and use them. Why not! And anyway, it's just another time waster that means other MS products will stagnate for longer :-)

Fred.

Fred wrote:CA7, United States patent pending!

USA patent's have become a joke, well unless you really have an idea worth a patent that is. We have revamped our system in the last couple years. One thing that was changed is that now the first to prove an idea is able to claim it. One way of proving you had the idea, is by having it documented in a patent, another is to build a product. In the US a patent used to mean that the first to file the idea had ownership of the idea. Prior art was hard to prove if it hadn't been filed as a patent. Now it's more in line with the rest of the world, where it simply files a claim for the ownership of the idea. It allows prior art cases a lot more room then it used to. Such that you can practically find a patent, resubmit it and get an award. The patent office isn't so concerned with identifying who has ownership, they are now more concerned with filing a claim to the idea. The only one (well nearly the only one) who has the rights to the idea are the first to prove the they had the idea.

I wouldn't worry about the patent thing. Especially when there is an obvious trail of prior art. Also don't worry about it unless you plan to make a product for sale. Patents are typically used outside of the court room to get people to pay royalties to each other. Patents on items with prior art issues, are only really good for pushing around dumb companies who would rather pay you then to pay their lawyers to make you shut up. These types of dumb patents are more like the guy in the alley, who just wants a couple bucks.