Electronic musical instrument for modulating musical tone signal with voice

Claim 2

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: note designation means for sequentially and automatically designating a note on the basis of prestored data of a music piece, without any external operation; musical tone signal generation means for sequentially outputting a musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components on the basis of the note designated by said note designation means as a fundamental frequency; external voice detection means for detecting an external voice and for producing a voice signal; and modulation means for dividing the voice signal received from said external voice detection means into voice signals in a plurality of frequency ranges, and for modulating the musical tone signal in units of corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of the voice signals divided in top the plurality of frequency ranges, thereby modulating at least timbre of the musical tone signal to be outputted on the basis of the voice signals divided into the plurality of frequency ranges.

Claim 3

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said note designation means designates a melody note and an accompaniment note of a music piece, and said musical tone signal generation means outputs a melody tone signal and an accompaniment tone signal on the basis of the designated melody note and the accompaniment note.

Claim 4

An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said modulation means modulates the melody tone signal in units of corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of the voice signals obtained by dividing the voice signal from said external voice detection means into the plurality of frequency ranges.

Claim 5

An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising selection means for selecting a desired one of the melody tone signal and the accompaniment tone signal output form said musical tone signal generation means, and for supplying the selected signal to said modulation means.

Claim 6

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said modulation means comprises: a plurality of band-pass filter means for dividing the musical tone signal from said musical tone signal generation means and the external voice signal from said external voice detection means into signals in units of frequency ranges, and for outputting the divided signals; a plurality of envelope extraction means for extracting envelope signals from the divided external voice signals output from said band-pass filter means; plurality of voltage-controlled variable means for receiving the divided musical tone signals output from said band-pass filter means, and for varying the input musical tone signals in correspondence with the envelope signals from said envelope extraction means; and mixer means for mixing the output signals from said plurality of voltage-controlled variable means, and for outputting a mixed signal.

Claim 7

An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said modulation means further comprises: white noise generation means for generating a white noise signal; and addition means for adding the white noise signal from said white noise generation means and the musical tone signal from said musical tone signal generation means, and for supplying a sum signal to said band-pass filter means.

Claim 8

An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein each of said voltage-controlled variable means comprises a voltage-controlled amplifier.

Claim 9

An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said modulation means further comprises: level detection means for detecting that an external voice signal level from said external voice detection means is decreased below a predetermined level, and for outputting a signal; and gate means, responsive to the signal outputted from said level detection means, for supplying the musical tone signal from said musical tone signal generation means to said mixer means.

Claim 10

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said modulation means modulates the musical tone signals in units of corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of only the voice signals divided into the plurality of frequency ranges, thereby modulating at least timbre of the musical tone signal to be outputted on the basis of only the voice signals divided into the plurality of frequency ranges.

Claim 11

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: musical tone signal generation means for sequentially and automatically outputting a musical tone signal on the basis of restored data of a music piece, without any external operation; external voice detection means for detecting an external voice and for producing a voice signal; and modulation means for modulating at least timbre of the musical tone signal on the basis of the voice signal from said external voice detection means, and for outputting the modulated signal having at least said timbre modulated on the basis of said voice signal from said external voice detection means.

Claim 12

An automatic performance apparatus comprising: musical tone signal generation means for sequentially and automatically outputting a musical tone signal on the basis of restored data of a music piece, without any external operation; external voice detection means for detecting an external voice and for producing a voice signal; and modulation means for modulating at least timbre of the musical tone signal on the basis of the voice signal from said external voice detection means, and for outputting the modulated signal having at least said timbre modulated on the basis of said voice signal from said external voice detection means.

Claim 13

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means modulates at least timbre of the musical tone signal on the basis of only the voice signal from said external voice detection means, whereby the outputted modulated signal has at least said timbre modulated on the basis of only said voice signal from said external voice detection means.

Claim 14

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said musical tone signal generation means outputs a melody tone signal and an accompaniment tone signal of the music piece as the musical tone signal.

Claim 15

An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said modulation means modulates the melody tone signal from said musical tone signal generation means on the basis of the voice signal from said external voice detection means.

Claim 16

An apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising selection means for selecting a desired one of the melody tone signal and the accompaniment tone signal output form said musical tone signal generation means, and for supplying the selected signal to said modulation means.

Claim 17

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means comprises: a plurality of band-pass filter means for dividing the musical tone signal form said musical tone signal generation means and the external voice signal form said external voice detection means into signals in units of frequency ranges, and for outputting the divided signals; a plurality of envelope extraction means for extracting envelope signals form the divided external voice signals output from said band-pass filter means; a plurality of voltage-controlled variable means for receiving the divided musical tone signals output form said band-pass filter means, and for varying the input musical tone signals in correspondence with the envelope signals form said envelope extraction means; and mixer means for mixing the output signals form said plurality of voltage-controlled variable means, and for outputting a mixed signal.

Claim 18

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means comprises: a plurality of band-pass filter means for dividing the musical tone signal form said musical tone signal generation means and the external voice signal form said external voice detection means into signals in units of frequency ranges, and for outputting the divided signals; a plurality of voltage-controlled variable means for varying the divided musical tone signals output form said band-pass filter means in correspondence with the envelope signals form said envelope extraction means; and mixer means for mixing the output signals from said plurality of voltage-controlled variable means, and for outputting a mixed signal.

Claim 19

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means further comprises: white noise generation means for generating a white noise signal; and addition means for adding the white noise signal from said white noise generation means and the musical tone signal from said musical tone signal generation means, and for supplying a sum signal to said band-pass filter means.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means comprises a voltage-controlled amplifier.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means comprises multiplication means for multiplying the musical tone signal form said musical tone signal generation means with the external voice signal from said external voice detection means.

Claim 22

An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein said modulation means further comprises: level detection means for detecting that an external voice signal level from said external voice detection means is decreased below a predetermined level, and for outputting a signal; and gate means, responsive to the signal from said lever detection means, for supplying the musical tone signal form said musical tone signal generation means to said mixer means.

Claim 23

A musical tone generating apparatus comprising: note designation means for designating a note; musical tone signal generation means for simultaneously outputting a first musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a wide frequency range and a second musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a specific frequency range on the basis of the note designated by said note designation means as a fundamental frequency; external voice detection mans for detecting an external voice; first modulation means for dividing the voice signal from said external voice detection means into voice signals in units of a plurality of frequency ranges, for modulating the first musical tone signal in units of the corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of the divided voice signals in the plurality of frequency ranges, and for outputting the modulated signals; second modulation means for modulating the second musical tone signal output form said musical tone signal generation means on the basis of the voice signal from said external voice detection means; and tone generation means for generating a tone on the basis of a signal obtained by mixing the musical tone signals modulated by said first and second modulation means.

Claim 24

A musical tone generating apparatus comprising: note designation means for designating a note; musical tone signal generation means for simultaneously outputting a first musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a wide frequency range and a second musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a specific frequency range on the basis of the note designated by said note designation means as a fundamental frequency; external voice detection mans for detecting an external voice; first modulation means for dividing the voice signal from said external voice detection means into voice signals in units of a plurality of frequency ranges, for modulating the first musical tone signal in units of the corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of the divided voice signals in the plurality of frequency ranges, and for outputting the modulated signals; second modulation means for modulating the second musical tone signal output form said musical tone signal generation means on the basis of the voice signal from said external voice detection means; and tone generation means for generating a tone on the basis of a signal obtained by mixing the musical tone signals modulated by said first and second modulation means.

Claim 25

An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said first modulation means comprises: a plurality of band-pass filter means for dividing the musical tone signal from said musical tone signal generation means and the external voice signal form said external voice detection means into signals in units of frequency ranges, and for outputting the divided signals; a plurality of envelope extraction means for extracting envelope signals form the divided external voice signals output from said band-pass filter means; a plurality of voltage-controlled variable means for receiving the divided musical tone signals output from said band-pass filter means, and for varying the input musical tone signals in correspondence with the envelope signals from said envelope extraction means; and mixer means for mixing the output signals form said plurality of voltage-controlled variable means, and for outputting a mixed signal.

Claim 26

An apparatus according to claim 22, wherein each of said voltage-controlled variable means comprises a voltage-controlled amplifier.

Claim 27

A musical instrument comprising: note designation means for designating a note; musical tone signal generation means for simultaneously outputting a first musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a wide frequency range and a second musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a specific frequency range on the basis of the note designated by said note designation means as a fundamental frequency; first mixer means for mixing the first and second musical tone signals, and for outputting the mixed signal; external voice detection means for detecting an external voice; modulation means for dividing the voice signal from said external voice detection means into vice signals in units of a plurality of frequency ranges, for modulating the musical tone signal mixed by said first mixer means in units of the corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of the divided voice signals in the plurality of frequency ranges, and for outputting the modulated signals; and tone generation means for generating a tone on the basis of the musical tone signal modulated by said modulation means.

Claim 28

A musical instrument comprising: note designation means for designating a note; musical tone signal generation means for simultaneously outputting a first musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a wide frequency range and a second musical tone signal including harmonic frequency components in a specific frequency range on the basis of the note designated by said note designation means as a fundamental frequency; first mixer means for mixing the first and second musical tone signals, and for outputting the mixed signal; external voice detection means for detecting an external voice; modulation means for dividing the voice signal from said external voice detection means into vice signals in units of a plurality of frequency ranges, for modulating the musical tone signal mixed by said first mixer means in units of the corresponding frequency ranges on the basis of the divided voice signals in the plurality of frequency ranges, and for outputting the modulated signals; and tone generation means for generating a tone on the basis of the musical tone signal modulated by said modulation means.

Claim 29

An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said modulation means comprises: a plurality of band-pass filter means for dividing the musical tone signal form said first mixer means and the external voice signal form said external voice detection means into signals in units of frequency ranges, and for outputting the divided signals; a plurality of envelope extraction means for extracting envelope signals from the divided external vice signals output from said band-pass filter means; a plurality of voltage-controlled variable means for receiving the divided musical tone signals output from said band-pass filter means, and for varying the input musical tone signals in correspondence with the envelope signals from said envelope extraction means; and second mixer means for mixing the output signals from said plurality of voltage-controlled variable means, and for outputting a mixed signal.

Claim 30

An apparatus according to claim 25, wherein each of said voltage-controlled variable means comprises a voltage-controlled amplifier.

Claim 31

An electronic musical apparatus comprising: first digital filtering processing means for dividing a digital musical tone signal into musical tone signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges; second digital filtering processing means for dividing a digital voice signal into voice signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges; envelope extraction processing means for extracting envelope signals from the frequency-range limited voice signals obtained by said second digital filtering processing means; modulation processing means for modulating the frequency-range limited musical tone signals obtained by said first digital filtering processing means according to the envelope signals obtained by said envelope extraction processing means; and accumulation processing means for accumulating the modulated signals obtained by said modulation processing means, and for outputting an accumulated signal as a digital output musical tone signal.

Claim 32

An electronic musical apparatus comprising: first digital filtering processing means for dividing a digital musical tone signal into musical tone signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges; second digital filtering processing means for dividing a digital voice signal into voice signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges; envelope extraction processing means for extracting envelope signals from the frequency-range limited voice signals obtained by said second digital filtering processing means; modulation processing means for modulating the frequency-range limited musical tone signals obtained by said first digital filtering processing means according to the envelope signals obtained by said envelope extraction processing means; and accumulation processing means for accumulating the modulated signals obtained by said modulation processing means, and for outputting an accumulated signal as a digital output musical tone signal.

Claim 33

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said first and second digital filtering processing means perform band-pass filter processing for frequency-range limiting the inputs into the respective frequency ranges.

Claim 34

An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein said first and second digital filtering processing means perform sequentially and time-divisionally high-pass filtering processing and low-pass filtering processing added with resonance having peaks at center frequencies of the respective frequency ranges.

Claim 35

An apparatus according to claim 28, wherein said first and second digital filtering processing means perform sequentially and time-divisionally FI type high-pass filtering processing and IIR type low-pass filtering processing added with resonance having peaks at center frequencies of the respective frequency ranges.

Claim 36

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said envelope extraction processing means performs a low-pass filtering processing having a lower cut-off frequency than a center frequency of a lowest frequency range which is frequency-range limited by said first and second digital filtering means.

Claim 37

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said envelope extraction processing means performs low-pass filtering processing for allowing a frequency component near a DC component to pass therethrough.

Claim 38

An apparatus according to claim 27, wherein said modulation processing means multiplies the envelope signals obtained by said envelope extraction processing means with the musical tone signals frequency-range limited by said first digital filtering processing means.

Claim 39

A musical tone generating apparatus comprising: musical tone signal generation means for generating a digital musical tone signal on the basis of a performance operation by a user; voice signal generation means for generating a digital voice signal on the basis of a voice produced by a user; digital signal processing means for sequentially executing first digital filtering processing for dividing the digital musical tone signal into musical tone signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges, second digital filtering processing for dividing the digital voice signal into voice signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges, envelope extraction processing for extracting envelope signals from the frequency-range limited voice signals obtained by the second digital filtering processing, modulation processing for modulating the frequency-range limited musical tone signals obtained by the first digital filtering processing according to the envelope signals obtained by the envelope extraction processing, and accumulation processing for accumulating the modulated signals obtained by the modulation processing and outputting an accumulated signal as a digital output musical tone signal by time-divisional digital signal processing; and sound producing means for converting the digital output musical tone signal output from said digital signal processing means into an analog output musical tone signal, and for producing a corresponding sound.

Claim 40

A musical tone generating apparatus comprising: musical tone signal generation means for generating a digital musical tone signal on the basis of a performance operation by a user; voice signal generation means for generating a digital voice signal on the basis of a voice produced by a user; digital signal processing means for sequentially executing first digital filtering processing for dividing the digital musical tone signal into musical tone signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges, second digital filtering processing for dividing the digital voice signal into voice signals which are frequency-range limited to a plurality of different frequency ranges, envelope extraction processing for extracting envelope signals from the frequency-range limited voice signals obtained by the second digital filtering processing, modulation processing for modulating the frequency-range limited musical tone signals obtained by the first digital filtering processing according to the envelope signals obtained by the envelope extraction processing, and accumulation processing for accumulating the modulated signals obtained by the modulation processing and outputting an accumulated signal as a digital output musical tone signal by time-divisional digital signal processing; and sound producing means for converting the digital output musical tone signal output from said digital signal processing means into an analog output musical tone signal, and for producing a corresponding sound.