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Electronic musical instrument creating timbre by optimum synthesis mode
Assignee: Yamaha Corp
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Filing: 1995-10-27
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Granted: 1996-09-10
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Expires: 2015-10-27
Abstract
Abstract An electronic musical instrument has a composite sound source for generating a musical tone, and includes a first synthesizing circuit for creating a variety of timbres of the musical tone having a superior quality and a second synthesizing circuit for creating another variety of timbres of the musical tone having an inferior quality. The instrument admits designation information effective to designate one of the first and second synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated one of the first and second synthesizing circuits. A detector operates when the second synthesizing circuit is designated for providing a detection signal if the designated timbre can be also created by the first synthesizing circuit. A controller responds to the detection signal for altering the admitted designation information so that the first synthesizing circuit is activated in place of the second synthesizing circuit so as to create the designated timbre by the superior quality.
Inventors
- 👤 Takuya Nakata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 21:58
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/0033; G10H1/0041; G10H1/0058; G10H1/0066; G10H1/0075; G10H7/00; G10H7/002; G10H7/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a composite sound source for generating a musical tone, and including a first synthesizing circuit for creating a variety of timbres of the musical tone having a superior quality and a second synthesizing circuit for creating another variety of timbres of the musical tone having an inferior quality; admission means for admitting designation information effective to designate one of the first and second synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated one of the first and second synthesizing circuits; detection means operative when the second synthesizing circuit is designated for providing a detection signal if the designated timbre can be also created by the first synthesizing circuit; and control means responsive to the detection signal for altering the admitted designation information so that the first synthesizing circuit is activated in place of the second synthesizing circuit so as to create the designated timbre by the superior quality.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a composite sound source for generating a musical tone, and including a first synthesizing circuit for creating a variety of timbres of the musical tone having a superior quality and a second synthesizing circuit for creating another variety of timbres of the musical tone having an inferior quality; admission means for admitting designation information effective to designate one of the first and second synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated one of the first and second synthesizing circuits; detection means operative when the second synthesizing circuit is designated for providing a detection signal if the designated timbre can be also created by the first synthesizing circuit; and control means responsive to the detection signal for altering the admitted designation information so that the first synthesizing circuit is activated in place of the second synthesizing circuit so as to create the designated timbre by the superior quality.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1; further comprising inhibition means for inhibiting the control means from altering the admitted designation information if the designated timbre is not allowed for substitutional creation by the first synthesizing circuit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
70 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1; wherein the detection means includes means operative when the first synthesizing circuit is designated for providing another detection signal if the designated timbre is not available by the first synthesizing circuit but available by the second synthesizing circuit so that the control means responds to said another detection signal to activate the second synthesizing circuit in place of the first synthesizing circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1; wherein the detection means includes means operative when the first synthesizing circuit is designated for providing another detection signal if the designated timbre is not available by either of the first and second synthesizing circuits so that the control means responds to said another detection signal to simply ignore the admitted designation information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electronic musical instrument according to claim 1; wherein the second synthesizing circuit comprises a regular tone generator for creating a great variety of timbres having an inferior quality, while the first synthesizing circuit comprises an expansion tone generator for creating a small variety of timbres having a superior quality.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
122 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of synthesizing circuits each of which has a different tone generation mechanism for generating a musical tone and each of which creates a variety of timbres for the musical tone; admission means for admitting designation information effective to designate one of the synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated synthesizing circuit; detection means for checking if the designated timbre can be created by a non-designated synthesizing circuit; and control means operative according to check results of the detection means for altering the admitted designation information if desired to activate the non-designated synthesizing circuit in place of the designated synthesizing circuit to create the designated timbre.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
122 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of synthesizing circuits each of which has a different tone generation mechanism for generating a musical tone and each of which creates a variety of timbres for the musical tone; admission means for admitting designation information effective to designate one of the synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated synthesizing circuit; detection means for checking if the designated timbre can be created by a non-designated synthesizing circuit; and control means operative according to check results of the detection means for altering the admitted designation information if desired to activate the non-designated synthesizing circuit in place of the designated synthesizing circuit to create the designated timbre.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
140 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of synthesizing circuits each of which has a different tone generation mechanism for generating a musical tone and each of which creates a variety of timbres for the musical tone; admission means for admitting designation information effective to designate one of the synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated synthesizing circuit; first detection means for checking if the designated timbre is available by a non-designated synthesizing circuit; second detection means for checking if the designated timbre is allowed for substitute creation by the non-designated synthesizing circuit; and control means operative according to check results of the first and second detection means for processing the admitted designation information to assign the designated timbre to a suitable one of the designated and non-designated synthesizing circuits.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
140 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a plurality of synthesizing circuits each of which has a different tone generation mechanism for generating a musical tone and each of which creates a variety of timbres for the musical tone; admission means for admitting designation information effective to designate one of the synthesizing circuits to be activated and effective to designate a timbre to be created by the designated synthesizing circuit; first detection means for checking if the designated timbre is available by a non-designated synthesizing circuit; second detection means for checking if the designated timbre is allowed for substitute creation by the non-designated synthesizing circuit; and control means operative according to check results of the first and second detection means for processing the admitted designation information to assign the designated timbre to a suitable one of the designated and non-designated synthesizing circuits.
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