Musical sound modification apparatus and method

Claim 3

A method for modification of music data according to claim 1 , wherein said musical sound modification data is formed based on analyzed result of natural musical instrument sounds.

Claim 6

A method for modification of music data according to claim 3 , wherein said musical sound modification data is created using analyzed result of natural musical instrument sounds.

Claim 7

A method for modification of music data according to claim 3 , further comprising a step of: adjusting the length of at least one of said joined selected plural parts of musical sound modification data in accordance with the length of a musical note expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 8

A method for modification of music data according to claim 5 , wherein said musical sound modification data is created using analyzed result of natural musical instrument sounds.

Claim 17

A musical sound signal generation method for forming musical sound signal according to music performance information comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of different templates having plural parts formed by dividing a musical sound modification data on a time axis, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude and timbre, of one musical sound; selecting an appropriate template among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a template selection data that is based on said music performance information; processing said selected template in accordance with a template control data that is based on said music performance information; and modifying said musical sound characteristics of said musical sound signal according to said processed template.

Claim 18

A musical sound signal generation method for forming musical sound signal according to music performance information comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of different templates having plural parts formed by dividing a musical sound modification data on a time axis, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude and timbre, of one musical sound; selecting an appropriate template among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a template selection data that is based on said music performance information; processing said selected template in accordance with a template control data that is based on said music performance information; and modifying said musical sound characteristics of said musical sound signal according to said processed template.

Claim 19

A musical sound signal generation method according to claim 11 , wherein said music performance information is stored on a machine-readable memory.

Claim 20

A musical sound signal generation method according to claim 11 , wherein said music performance information is inputted by an input device.

Claim 21

A musical sound signal generating apparatus for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of plural musical sounds, said apparatus comprising: a memory having plural sets of musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selecting means for selecting a set of said musical sound modification data from said plural sets of musical sound modification data; and pasting means for pasting said selected set of musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 22

A musical sound signal generating apparatus for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of plural musical sounds, said apparatus comprising: a memory having plural sets of musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selecting means for selecting a set of said musical sound modification data from said plural sets of musical sound modification data; and pasting means for pasting said selected set of musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 23

A musical sound signal generating apparatus for modification of music data according to claim 14 , wherein said musical sound modification data is created using analyzed result of natural musical instrument sounds.

Claim 24

A musical sound signal generating apparatus for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of plural musical sounds, said apparatus comprising: a memory having plural parts of musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre of a musical sound, wherein each of said plural parts of musical sound modification data is formed by dividing said plural musical sound modification data on a time axis; selecting means for selecting, from said memory, plural parts of musical sound modification data for different points on the time axis; forming means for forming musical sound modification data by joining said selected plural parts; and pasting means for pasting said musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 25

A musical sound signal generating apparatus for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of plural musical sounds, said apparatus comprising: a memory having plural parts of musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre of a musical sound, wherein each of said plural parts of musical sound modification data is formed by dividing said plural musical sound modification data on a time axis; selecting means for selecting, from said memory, plural parts of musical sound modification data for different points on the time axis; forming means for forming musical sound modification data by joining said selected plural parts; and pasting means for pasting said musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 26

A musical sound signal generating apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein said musical sound modification data is formed using analyzed result of natural musical instrument sounds.

Claim 27

A musical sound signal generating apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising: adjusting means for adjusting the length of at least one of said joined parts in accordance with the length of a musical note expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 28

A musical sound signal generating apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein said musical sound modification data is formed using analyzed result of natural musical instrument sounds.

Claim 29

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signal according to music performance information, said apparatus comprising: a memory having a plurality of different templates containing plural parts formed by dividing a musical sound modification data on a time axis, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selection means for selecting an appropriate template among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a supplied template selection data; modification means for modifying musical sound characteristics of a musical sound signal according to said selected template, said selected template being processed according to a template control data.

Claim 30

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signal according to music performance information, said apparatus comprising: a memory having a plurality of different templates containing plural parts formed by dividing a musical sound modification data on a time axis, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selection means for selecting an appropriate template among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a supplied template selection data; modification means for modifying musical sound characteristics of a musical sound signal according to said selected template, said selected template being processed according to a template control data.

Claim 31

A musical sound signal generation apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein said music performance information is stored in a machine-readable memory.

Claim 32

A musical sound signal generation apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein said music performance information is inputted by an input device.

Claim 33

A musical sound signal generation apparatus described in claim 20 , further comprising: template embedding means for forming music performance data by embedding said template selection data into said music performance information; and extraction means for extracting said template selection data and template control data from said embedded music performance data to supply said extracted template selection data and said extracted template control data to said selection means and said modification means, respectively.

Claim 34

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of a plurality of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of sets of musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selecting a set of said musical sound modification data from said plural sets of musical sound modification data; and pasting said selected set of musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variation to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 35

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of a plurality of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of sets of musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selecting a set of said musical sound modification data from said plural sets of musical sound modification data; and pasting said selected set of musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variation to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 36

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of parts of musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of pitch, amplitude, and timbre of a musical sound, wherein each of said plural parts of musical sound modification data is formed by dividing said musical sound modification data on a time axis; selecting, from said provided plurality of parts, plural parts of musical sound modification data; forming musical sound modification data by joining said selected plural parts; and pasting said musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variation to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 37

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of parts of musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of pitch, amplitude, and timbre of a musical sound, wherein each of said plural parts of musical sound modification data is formed by dividing said musical sound modification data on a time axis; selecting, from said provided plurality of parts, plural parts of musical sound modification data; forming musical sound modification data by joining said selected plural parts; and pasting said musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variation to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 38

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of sets of musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selecting, for a music portion where plural musical sounds are generated simultaneously, a set of said musical sound modification data for one musical sound of said plural musical sounds generated simultaneously; and pasting said selected musical sound modification data to said music data relating to plural musical sounds generated simultaneously in order to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 39

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of sets of musical sound modification data representing time variation in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; selecting, for a music portion where plural musical sounds are generated simultaneously, a set of said musical sound modification data for one musical sound of said plural musical sounds generated simultaneously; and pasting said selected musical sound modification data to said music data relating to plural musical sounds generated simultaneously in order to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 40

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of musical sound modification data representing time variations in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; synthesizing, for a music portion where plural musical sounds are generated simultaneously, a set of musical sound modification data derived from said plurality of musical sound modification data for at least one simultaneously generated musical sounds; and pasting said synthesized musical sound modification data to said music data relating to plural musical sounds generated simultaneously to impart time variance to at least said one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 41

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of musical sound modification data representing time variations in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; synthesizing, for a music portion where plural musical sounds are generated simultaneously, a set of musical sound modification data derived from said plurality of musical sound modification data for at least one simultaneously generated musical sounds; and pasting said synthesized musical sound modification data to said music data relating to plural musical sounds generated simultaneously to impart time variance to at least said one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 42

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: preparing musical sound modification data representing time variations in at least one of musical sound characteristics, including pitch, amplitude and timbre, of a musical sound; converting music data, for a portion where plural musical sounds are generated simultaneously, into plural sets of music data where each of musical note data relating to said plural musical sounds to be generated simultaneously are separated from each other; and pasting said prepared musical sound modification data to each one of said plural sets of music data to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said plural sets of music data.

Claim 43

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data including a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of musical sounds, said method comprising the steps of: preparing musical sound modification data representing time variations in at least one of musical sound characteristics, including pitch, amplitude and timbre, of a musical sound; converting music data, for a portion where plural musical sounds are generated simultaneously, into plural sets of music data where each of musical note data relating to said plural musical sounds to be generated simultaneously are separated from each other; and pasting said prepared musical sound modification data to each one of said plural sets of music data to impart time variance to at least one of said musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said plural sets of music data.

Claim 44

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data, said music data having a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of plural musical sounds, and also having tempo data representing tempo of music reproduced according to said series of musical note data, said method comprising the steps of: providing plural musical sound modification data representing time variations in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; compressing or expanding said musical sound modification data on a time axis according to said tempo data; and pasting said compressed or expanded musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variance to said at least one of musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 45

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for modification of music data, said music data having a series of musical note data for designating pitch and duration of plural musical sounds, and also having tempo data representing tempo of music reproduced according to said series of musical note data, said method comprising the steps of: providing plural musical sound modification data representing time variations in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; compressing or expanding said musical sound modification data on a time axis according to said tempo data; and pasting said compressed or expanded musical sound modification data to said music data to impart time variance to said at least one of musical sound characteristics of musical sounds expressed by said musical note data in said music data.

Claim 46

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for forming musical sound signal according to music performance information comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of different templates having plural parts formed by dividing a musical sound modification data on a time axis, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude and timbre, of one musical sound; selecting an appropriate template among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a template selection data that is based on said music performance information; processing said selected template in accordance with a template control data that is based on said music performance information; and modifying said musical sound characteristics of said musical sound signal according to said processed template.

Claim 47

A machine-readable media containing a set of program instructions for causing a processor to perform a method for forming musical sound signal according to music performance information comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of different templates having plural parts formed by dividing a musical sound modification data on a time axis, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude and timbre, of one musical sound; selecting an appropriate template among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a template selection data that is based on said music performance information; processing said selected template in accordance with a template control data that is based on said music performance information; and modifying said musical sound characteristics of said musical sound signal according to said processed template.

Claim 48

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising: a controller for generating note-on data, template selection data, and template control data; a memory having a plurality of templates containing musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of the musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical characteristics include pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a template reader for reading a template from said memory, said template being selected from among said plurality of templates in accordance with said template selection data; a control signal generator for generating a control signal, said control signal being generated in accordance with the read-out template and said template control data; and a musical sound signal generator for forming a musical sound signal in accordance with said note-on data and said generated control signal.

Claim 49

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising: a controller for generating note-on data, template selection data, and template control data; a memory having a plurality of templates containing musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of the musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical characteristics include pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a template reader for reading a template from said memory, said template being selected from among said plurality of templates in accordance with said template selection data; a control signal generator for generating a control signal, said control signal being generated in accordance with the read-out template and said template control data; and a musical sound signal generator for forming a musical sound signal in accordance with said note-on data and said generated control signal.

Claim 50

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising: an interface circuit that is operatively coupled to an external device and a memory, wherein said interface circuit receives from said external device note-on data, template selection data, and template control data, and wherein said interface circuit receives from said memory a plurality of templates containing musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a sound, said musical characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a template reader for reading out a template from said memory through said interface circuit, said template being selected from among the plurality of templates in accordance with said template selection data; a control signal generator for generating a control signal, said control signal being generated in accordance with said read-out template and said template control data; and a musical sound signal generator for forming a musical sound signal in accordance with said note-on data and said generated control signal.

Claim 51

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising: an interface circuit that is operatively coupled to an external device and a memory, wherein said interface circuit receives from said external device note-on data, template selection data, and template control data, and wherein said interface circuit receives from said memory a plurality of templates containing musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a sound, said musical characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a template reader for reading out a template from said memory through said interface circuit, said template being selected from among the plurality of templates in accordance with said template selection data; a control signal generator for generating a control signal, said control signal being generated in accordance with said read-out template and said template control data; and a musical sound signal generator for forming a musical sound signal in accordance with said note-on data and said generated control signal.

Claim 52

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising: a music data memory, said memory storing a plurality of event data and timing data, wherein each of said plurality of event data includes at least one of note-on data, template selection data, and template control data, and wherein said timing data represent reproduction timing for each of said plurality of event data; a music data generator for reproducing said plurality of event data in accordance with said timing data; a template memory for storing a plurality of templates that contain musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a template reader for reading out a template from said template memory, said read-out template being selected from among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a template selection data of reproduced event data; a control signal generator generating control signal, said control signal being being generated in accordance with the read-out template and the template control data of the reproduced event data; and a musical sound signal generator for forming a musical sound signal in accordance with a note-on data of the reproduced event data and generated control signal.

Claim 53

A musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising: a music data memory, said memory storing a plurality of event data and timing data, wherein each of said plurality of event data includes at least one of note-on data, template selection data, and template control data, and wherein said timing data represent reproduction timing for each of said plurality of event data; a music data generator for reproducing said plurality of event data in accordance with said timing data; a template memory for storing a plurality of templates that contain musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a template reader for reading out a template from said template memory, said read-out template being selected from among said plurality of different templates in accordance with a template selection data of reproduced event data; a control signal generator generating control signal, said control signal being being generated in accordance with the read-out template and the template control data of the reproduced event data; and a musical sound signal generator for forming a musical sound signal in accordance with a note-on data of the reproduced event data and generated control signal.

Claim 54

A music data that is applied to a musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said music data comprising: a plurality of event data, wherein each of said plurality of event data includes at least one of note-on data, template selection data, and template control data; a plurality of timing data representing reproduction timing of said plurality of event data, wherein said note-on data indicates the generation of a new sound signal, wherein said template selection data includes information for selecting a template from among a plurality of templates stored in a memory, said template containing musical sound modification data representing time variance in a least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre, and wherein said template control data includes information for modifying the selected template.

Claim 55

A music data that is applied to a musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said music data comprising: a plurality of event data, wherein each of said plurality of event data includes at least one of note-on data, template selection data, and template control data; a plurality of timing data representing reproduction timing of said plurality of event data, wherein said note-on data indicates the generation of a new sound signal, wherein said template selection data includes information for selecting a template from among a plurality of templates stored in a memory, said template containing musical sound modification data representing time variance in a least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre, and wherein said template control data includes information for modifying the selected template.

Claim 56

A machine-readable media for storing data, said machine-reading media storing music data that is applied to a musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said music data comprising: a plurality of event data, wherein each of said plurality of event data includes at least one of note-on data, template selection data, and template control data; a plurality of timing data representing reproduction timing of said plurality of event data, wherein said note-on data indicates the generation of a new sound signal, wherein said template selection data includes information for selecting a template from among a plurality of templates stored in a memory, said template containing musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre, and wherein said template control data includes information for modifying said selected template.

Claim 57

A machine-readable media for storing data, said machine-reading media storing music data that is applied to a musical sound signal generation apparatus for forming musical sound signals, said music data comprising: a plurality of event data, wherein each of said plurality of event data includes at least one of note-on data, template selection data, and template control data; a plurality of timing data representing reproduction timing of said plurality of event data, wherein said note-on data indicates the generation of a new sound signal, wherein said template selection data includes information for selecting a template from among a plurality of templates stored in a memory, said template containing musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre, and wherein said template control data includes information for modifying said selected template.

Claim 58

A music data editing apparatus for editing music data, said music data editing apparatus comprising: a template memory for storing a plurality of different templates containing musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a music data memory for storing template selection data and template control data, said template selection data including information for selecting a template from among a plurality of templates, and said template control data including information for modifying the selected template; a display device for displaying a waveform and one of a level value and a time value of a control point on said waveform, wherein said waveforem represents said musical sound characteristics in accordance with said selected template, and wherein said one of a level value and a time value of said control point is controlled by said template control data; an input device for inputting a user instruction; and an editor for editing said music data memory.

Claim 59

A music data editing apparatus for editing music data, said music data editing apparatus comprising: a template memory for storing a plurality of different templates containing musical sound modification data, said musical sound modification data representing time variance in at least one of musical sound characteristics of a musical sound, said musical sound characteristics including pitch, amplitude, and timbre; a music data memory for storing template selection data and template control data, said template selection data including information for selecting a template from among a plurality of templates, and said template control data including information for modifying the selected template; a display device for displaying a waveform and one of a level value and a time value of a control point on said waveform, wherein said waveforem represents said musical sound characteristics in accordance with said selected template, and wherein said one of a level value and a time value of said control point is controlled by said template control data; an input device for inputting a user instruction; and an editor for editing said music data memory.

Claim 60

A music data editing apparatus according to claim 36 , wherein said user instruction contains instructions for modifying one of said level value and said time value.