Claims
- 1. An automatic playing apparatus comprising:
- performance-data storing means for storing a series of performance data necessary for executing an automatic playing operation, the performance data comprising plural sorts of data elements, said data elements including at least one-pitch data which is representative of a tone pitch of a musical tone to be generated;
- reading means for sequentially reading out performance data from said performance-data storing means;
- musical-tone signal generation instruction means for instructing generation of a musical-tone signal based on the performance data read out by said reading means;
- image data storing means for storing plural sorts of image data;
- image data selecting means for selecting any of the image data stored in said image data storing means in response to a change in predetermined data elements, the predetermined data elements being included in the performance data read out by said reading means, and wherein said image data selecting means selects image data only when a tone pitch designated by the tone-pitch data belongs to a particular tone range; and
- display control means for controlling display of an image based on the image data selected by said image data selecting means.
- 2. An automatic playing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image data selecting means selects image data based on the tone-pitch data.
- 3. An automatic playing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image data selecting means selects image data for each tone range to which the tone pitch designated by the tone-pitch data belongs.
- 4. An automatic playing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data elements of the performance data further include velocity data which determines a tone volume and a tone quality of a musical tone to be generated, and said image data selecting means selects image data in accordance with the velocity data.
- 5. An automatic playing apparatus comprising:
- performance-data storing means for storing performance data of a musical piece to be automatically played;
- playing means for sequentially reading out performance data stored in said performance-data storing means at predetermined playing timings, and for performing an automatic playing operation based on the read out performance data;
- image data storing means for storing a plurality of image data;
- image data selecting means for detecting timings of respective beats from playing timings at which said playing means performs an automatic playing operation, and for selecting any of the image data stored in said image data storing means on the basis of the detected timings of respective beats;
- wherein said image data selecting means counts a number of timings of beats and switches image data to be selected every time when the counted number of beats reaches a number for one measure of music; and
- display control means for controlling display of an image based on the image data selected by said image data selecting means.
- 6. An automatic playing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:
- said performance data stored in said performance-data storing means includes a plurality of performance lines; and
- said image data selecting means detects and counts beats from playing timings of a performance line among the plurality of performance lines which generates sounds in association with timings of beats, and switches image data to be selected based on the detected beats.
- 7. In an automatic playing apparatus in which a series of performance data are stored, which are necessary for executing an automatic playing operation, the performance data comprising plural sorts of data elements, said data elements including at least one pitch data which is representative of a tone pitch of a musical tone to be generated, and plural sorts of image data are also stored, a method for displaying an image, comprising the steps of:
- reading out the stored performance data sequentially;
- instructing generation of a musical-tone signal based on the read out performance data;
- selecting any of the stored image data in response to a change in predetermined data elements, the predetermined data elements being included in the read out performance data, wherein the image data is selected only when a tone pitch designated by the tone-pitch data belongs to a particular tone range; and
- controlling display of an image based on the selected image data.
- 8. A method for displaying an image according to claim 7, wherein said image data is selected based on the tone-pitch data.
- 9. A method for displaying an image according to claim 7, wherein said image data is selected for each tone range to which the tone pitch designated by the tone-pitch data belongs.
- 10. A method for display an image according to claim 7, wherein said data elements of the performance data further include velocity data which determines a tone volume and a tone quality of a musical tone to be generated, and said image data is selected in accordance with the velocity data.
- 11. In an automatic playing apparatus in which performance data of musical piece to be automatically played are stored, and plural sorts of image data are also stored, a method for displaying an image, comprising the steps of:
- reading out the stored performance data at predetermined playing timings, and performing an automatic playing operation based on the read out performance data;
- detecting timings of respective beats from playing timings at which an automatic playing operation is performed, and selecting any of the stored image data on the basis of the detected timings of respective beats, wherein a number of timings of beats is counted and the image data to be selected is switched every time when the counted number of beats reaches a number for one measure of music; and
- controlling displaying of an image based on the selected image data.
- 12. A method for displaying an image according to claim 11, wherein:
- said performance data includes a plurality of performance, and beats are detected and counted from playing timings of a performance line among the plurality of performance lines which generates sounds in association with timing of beats, the image data to be selected is switched based on the detected beats.
Priority Claims (5)
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3-265211 |
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3-292368 |
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3-357548 |
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3-357865 |
Dec 1991 |
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3-360750 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/945,481 filed Sep. 15, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,453,568.
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