Sound source apparatus

Claim 1

A sound source apparatus for generating a musical sound corresponding closely to a predetermined sound waveform, said predetermined sound waveform being divided into a plurality of parts separated in time, and wherein each of said parts has a plurality of phase points also separated in time, said sound source apparatus comprising a plurality of sound component pattern generators wherein the number of generators corresponds to the number of parts into which said predetermined sound wave has been divided, the waveform of the signal generated by each of said plurality of sound component pattern generators being derived from samples taken from a corresponding phase point of each part of said predetermined sound waveforms, the levels of the signals generated by each of said sound component pattern generators further varying with time in accordance with a predetermined pattern; and a sound component picking circuit coupled to the outputs of said plurality of sound component generators, said sound component picking circuit repeatedly sweeping in rapid sequence the output of said plurality of sound component generators, the output of said sound component picking circuit constituting a musical sound having a desired pitch.

Claim 6

A method of generating a musical sound corresponding closely to a predetermined sound waveform, comprising the steps of dividing each cycle of said predetermined sound waveform into a plurality of parts separated in time, each of said parts having a plurality of phase points also separated in time; providing a plurality of sound component pattern generators, the number of said generators provided corresponding to the number of parts into which said predetermined sound wave has been divided; generating a sound component pattern waveform at the output of each of said sound component pattern generators by sampling the levels at corresponding phase points of each of said parts of said predetermined sound waveform and producing said sound component pattern waveform by generating said sampled levels sequentially in time; and sweeping repeatedly the outputs of said sound component pattern generators whereby said musical sound is generated by the combined outputs of said plurality of sound component pattern generators.

Claim 7

A method of generating a musical sound corresponding closely to a predetermined sound waveform, comprising the steps of dividing each cycle of said predetermined sound waveform into a plurality of parts separated in time, each of said parts having a plurality of phase points also separated in time; providing a plurality of sound component pattern generators, the number of said generators provided corresponding to the number of parts into which said predetermined sound wave has been divided; generating a sound component pattern waveform at the output of each of said sound component pattern generators by sampling the levels at corresponding phase points of each of said parts of said predetermined sound waveform and producing said sound component pattern waveform by generating said sampled levels sequentially in time; and sweeping repeatedly the outputs of said sound component pattern generators whereby said musical sound is generated by the combined outputs of said plurality of sound component pattern generators.