Digital electronic musical instrument

Claim 2

A digital electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of musical tone generating means, each musical tone generating means generating digitized musical tone data representing a plurality of musical tones; composing means for digitally composing said digitized musical tone data generated from all of said plurality of musical tone generating means; operating means coupled to said composing means for selectively compressing or expanding the composed musical tone data in accordance with the composed musical tone data from all of said musical tone generating means; and output means including digital to analog converting means coupled to said operating means for converting the composed expanded or compressed musical tone data into an analog signal corresponding to a musical sound.

Claim 3

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 1, wherein each of said musical tone generating means comprises a one chip semiconductor integrated circuit; and said composing means is contained in said semiconductor integrated circuit of a predetermined one of said chips; and said composing means of said one predetermined chip is coupled to receive said digitized musical tone data transferred from another of said chips for composing the digitized musical tone data transferred and the digitized musical tone data generated in said one predetermined chip.

Claim 4

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 1 or 2, wherein said musical tone generating means includes means for generating said digitized musical tone data representing a plurality of musical tones in a time division manner.

Claim 5

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 1 or 2, wherein said composing means comprises an adder and composes said digitized musical tone data by digitally adding said digitized musical tone data.

Claim 6

A digital electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of musical tone generating means, each musical tone generating means including means for generating digitized musical tone data and digital envelope data, the digitized musical tone data being envelope-controlled in accordance with said digital envelope data; first composing means for digitally composing said digitized musical tone data generated from all of said plurality of musical tone generating means; second composing means for digitally composing said digital envelope data generated from all of said plurality of musical tone generating means; setting means for setting compressing or expanding levels in accordance with the composed envelope data produced from said second composing means; operating means for compressing or expanding the composed musical tone data from said first composing means in accordance with said compressing or expanding level set by said setting means; digital to analog converting means; means for supplying the compressed or expanded digitized musical tone data output from said operating means to said digital to analog converting means; and amplifying means for amplifying an output signal from said digital to analog converting means as a function of said compressing or expanding level set by said setting means to thereby effect compression or expansion of said output signal.

Claim 7

A digital electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of musical tone generating means, each musical tone generating means including means for generating digitized musical tone data and digital envelope data, the digitized musical tone data being envelope-controlled in accordance with said digital envelope data; first composing means for digitally composing said digitized musical tone data generated from all of said plurality of musical tone generating means; second composing means for digitally composing said digital envelope data generated from all of said plurality of musical tone generating means; setting means for setting compressing or expanding levels in accordance with the composed envelope data produced from said second composing means; operating means for compressing or expanding the composed musical tone data from said first composing means in accordance with said compressing or expanding level set by said setting means; digital to analog converting means; means for supplying the compressed or expanded digitized musical tone data output from said operating means to said digital to analog converting means; and amplifying means for amplifying an output signal from said digital to analog converting means as a function of said compressing or expanding level set by said setting means to thereby effect compression or expansion of said output signal.

Claim 8

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 5, wherein each of said musical tone generating means comprises a one chip semiconductor integrated circuit; and said first and second composing means are contained in said semiconductor integrated circuit of a predetermined one of said chips; said first composing means of said one predetermined chip is coupled to receive said digital envelope data from another of said chips for composing the digital envelope data transferred and the digital envelope data generated in said one predetermined chip; and said second composing means of said one predetermined chip is coupled to receive said digitized musical tone data from another of said chips for composing the digitized musical tone data transferred and the digitized musical tone data generated in said one predetermined chip.

Claim 9

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 5 or 6, wherein each of said musical tone generating means includes means for generating said digitized musical tone data representing a plurality of musical tones in a time division manner.

Claim 10

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 5 or 6, wherein each of said first and second composing means comprises an adder; said first composing means composes said digitized musical tone data by digitally adding said digitized musical tone data; and said second composing means composes said digital envelope data by digitally adding said digital envelope data.

Claim 11

A digital electronic musical instrument comprising a plurality of musical tone generating means, each generating digitized musical tone data and digital envelope data, the digitized musical tone data being envelope-controlled in accordance with said digital envelope data, said musical instrument comprising: first composing means for composing said digital envelope data produced from all of said plurality of said musical tone generating means; second composing means for composing said digitized musical tone data produced from all of said plurality of said musical tone generating means; setting means for setting a bit shift level in accordance with the composed envelope data produced from said first composing means; bit shift means for compressing or expanding the composed musical tone data produced from said second composing means in accordance with said shift level set by said setting means and for outputting compressed or expanded digitized musical tone data; a digital to analog converting means supplied with the digitized compressed or expanded musical tone data output from said bit shift means; and amplifying means coupled to said digital to analog converting means for amplifying an output signal from said digital to analog converting means as a function of said shift level set by said setting means to thereby effect compression or expansion of said output signal.

Claim 12

A digital electronic musical instrument comprising a plurality of musical tone generating means, each generating digitized musical tone data and digital envelope data, the digitized musical tone data being envelope-controlled in accordance with said digital envelope data, said musical instrument comprising: first composing means for composing said digital envelope data produced from all of said plurality of said musical tone generating means; second composing means for composing said digitized musical tone data produced from all of said plurality of said musical tone generating means; setting means for setting a bit shift level in accordance with the composed envelope data produced from said first composing means; bit shift means for compressing or expanding the composed musical tone data produced from said second composing means in accordance with said shift level set by said setting means and for outputting compressed or expanded digitized musical tone data; a digital to analog converting means supplied with the digitized compressed or expanded musical tone data output from said bit shift means; and amplifying means coupled to said digital to analog converting means for amplifying an output signal from said digital to analog converting means as a function of said shift level set by said setting means to thereby effect compression or expansion of said output signal.

Claim 13

The digital electronic musical instrument of claim 9, wherein each of said musical tone generating means comprises a one chip semiconductor integrated circuit; and said first and second composing means are contained in said semiconductor integrated circuit of a predetermined one of said chips; said first composing means of said one predetermined chip is coupled to receive said digital envelope data from another of said chips for composing the digital envelope data transferred and the digital envelope data generated in said one predetermined chip; and said second composing means of said one predetermined chip is coupled to receive said digitized musical tone data from another of said chips for composing the digitized musical tone data transferred and the digitized musical tone data generated in said one predetermined chip.