Electronic musical instrument

Claim 1

An electronic musical instrument which produces a musical sound through calculating means of a discrete fourier algorithm by controlling harmonic coefficients, comprising: a harmonic coefficient memory (1) for storing a set of harmonic coefficients, and having an output value; control means (5) for generating a harmonic number value for addressing the harmonic coefficient memory to read out therefrom the harmonic coefficients as the output value of the memory, and for controlling an arithmetic operation of the discrete fourier algorithm; adding means (11, 12, 13, 14) for adding together, in a predetermined ratio, the harmonic number value, more than one temporarily changing effect function values and a constant value, the adding means having an output value; function converting means (8, 10) for converting an input value into plural kinds of functions and selecting a desired one of the functions, the function converting means having an output value; block extracting means (9) for dividing the level of the input value into a plurality of blocks representing several levels and extracting one of the blocks corresponding to a level of the input value; data conversion control means (7) for inputting the output value of the adding means to the function converting means and to the block extracting means, and for controlling the function converting means to assign a desired one of the functions of the function converting means to each of the plurality of blocks and to designate to the block of the extracted level the function preassigned to each block extracted by the block extracting means, thereby converting the input value into data of a function varying with the input level; and multiplying means (6) for multiplying the output value of the harmonic coefficient memory and the output value of the function converting means; wherein the harmonic coefficients are controlled with time.