MOTM

The IBM patent server is a gold-mine of info. 50% of the patent's contents
you can view/print for free. You can on-line order/download PDF files
of all your favorites: Moog ladder filter, Aphex Aural Exciter, ARP
duophonic
keyboard, etc etc etc.

I can spend hours just looking around. No shortage of the bizzare: over
2,300 diaper patents
alone! And one of my all-time favs: "Digital Moose Call".

Patents *used* to be *extremely difficult* to obtain. Having a patent was
considered 1 step below the Nobel Prize.

Now, it appears you can patent everything from the ridiculous (the new
dimension) to the idiotic
Look in the "Gallery of Obscure Patents" or whatever it's called: last week
they had a patent for
"Cat Excercising Method" which consisted of shining a laser pen pointer on
the floor and watching
the cat chase it.

However, there are about 4,000 "electronic music" patents. Happy digging!

Paul S.
trys to remember the 'glory days' while playing ELP on 11.