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Musical tone generating apparatus for electronic musical instrument
Assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-10-07
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Granted: 1992-06-23
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Expires: 2011-10-07
Abstract
Abstract The position of a connecting portion between waveforms can be arbitrarily set when a plurality of waveform data is obtained by changing pitch widths of stored external sound waveform data, when a read rate of the waveform data is increased or decreased and the readout waveform data is synthesized, or when the waveform is changed from one waveform to another waveform. In addition, a plurality of loop reproduction cycles can be arbitrarily set when the waveform data is to be read out. In loop reproduction, two items of waveform data having different phases between the preset start and end addresses can be repeatedly read out and synthesized, and their mixing ratios can be changed as a function of time, thereby performing loop reproduction so as not to abruptly change amplitude values of the waveforms.
Inventors
- 👤 Kohtaro Hanzawa
- 👤 Kunihiro Sugita
- 👤 Hiroyuki Sasaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 05:57
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H7/00; G10H7/008; G10H1/00; G10H1/02; G10H1/06; G10H1/08; G10H7/02; G10H7/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating at least two of said digital waveform signals to be read out from said memory means; display means for displaying lengths of said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; rate data memory means for storing rate data set in accordance with the lengths of said at least two digital waveform signals displayed by said display means; reading means for reading said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means at a reading rate corresponding to the rate data stored in said rate data storing means; synthesizing output means for synthesizing said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means and outputting a synthesized digital waveform signal; and writing means for writing the synthesized waveform signal output from said synthesizing output means into said memory means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating at least two of said digital waveform signals to be read out from said memory means; display means for displaying lengths of said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; rate data memory means for storing rate data set in accordance with the lengths of said at least two digital waveform signals displayed by said display means; reading means for reading said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means at a reading rate corresponding to the rate data stored in said rate data storing means; synthesizing output means for synthesizing said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means and outputting a synthesized digital waveform signal; and writing means for writing the synthesized waveform signal output from said synthesizing output means into said memory means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for varying a synthesis ratio of said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means as time elapses.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
124 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating at least two of said digital waveform signals to be read out from said memory means; part designating means for designating part of each of said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; reading means for reading said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; synthesizing output means for synthesizing said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means, starting from the part designated by said part designating means, and outputting a synthesized digital waveform signal; and writing means for writing the synthesized digital waveform signal output from said synthesizing output means into said memory means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
124 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating at least two of said digital waveform signals to be read out from said memory means; part designating means for designating part of each of said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; reading means for reading said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; synthesizing output means for synthesizing said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means, starting from the part designated by said part designating means, and outputting a synthesized digital waveform signal; and writing means for writing the synthesized digital waveform signal output from said synthesizing output means into said memory means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising means for varying a synthesis ratio of said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means as time elapses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
87 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating at least two of said digital waveform signals to be read out from said memory means; reading means for reading said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; connecting output means for connecting said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means and outputting a connected digital waveform signal; and writing means for writing the connected digital waveform signal into said memory means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
87 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating at least two of said digital waveform signals to be read out from said memory means; reading means for reading said at least two digital waveform signals designated by said designating means; connecting output means for connecting said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means and outputting a connected digital waveform signal; and writing means for writing the connected digital waveform signal into said memory means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said connecting output means synthesizes and connects said at least two digital waveform signals while varying a synthesis ratio of said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means as time elapses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
54 words
A waveform synthesizing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said connecting output means comprises interval designating means for designating an interval in which said at least two digital waveform signals are synthesized, while varying a synthesis ratio of said at least two digital waveform signals read out from said reading means as time elapses.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
61 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating a plurality of loop intervals of the digital waveform signals stored in said memory means; and output means for repeatedly reading the digital waveform signals in said plurality of loop intervals designated by said designating means from said memory means and outputting tone waveform signals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
61 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: memory means for storing digital waveform signals; designating means for designating a plurality of loop intervals of the digital waveform signals stored in said memory means; and output means for repeatedly reading the digital waveform signals in said plurality of loop intervals designated by said designating means from said memory means and outputting tone waveform signals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
41 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 8, wherein said output means comprises second output means for selectively reading the digital waveform signals between the loop intervals designated by said designating means from said memory means and outputting tone waveform signals.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 9, wherein said second output means comprises second designating means for designating whether the digital waveform signals between the loop intervals designated by said designating means are read out.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
62 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 8, wherein said designating means comprises second designating means for designating loop time for each of said plurality of loop intervals, and said output means repeatedly reads the digital waveform signals between said plurality of loop intervals for a period of the loop time designated by said second designating means and outputs tone waveform signals.
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