Claims
- 1. An automatic musical data editing apparatus comprising:
- (a) memory means for storing automatic musical play data comprising:
- event data for controlling musical playing and timing data for controlling a generation of timing of said event data;
- (b) a manually operable member for changing the generation timing of said event data in an automatic performance mode and generating an operation signal in accordance with the operation;
- (c) a timing alteration data generating means for generating timing alteration data in accordance with the operation signal from said operating means;
- (d) altering means for altering the timing data in accordance with the timing alteration data, and outputting the event data in accordance with the altered timing data; and
- (e) tone generation means for generating musical tones in accordance with the data outputted from said altering means, the musical tones being generated in the automatic performance mode.
- 2. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said timing data for controlling the timing of musical playing are rhythm pattern generation timing.
- 3. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said timing data for controlling the timing of musical playing are tone generation timing data.
- 4. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, the timing data further comprising duration data representing intervals of the event data.
- 5. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein said operating means alters only the duration data associated with particular tone color.
- 6. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the movable member of the operating means comprises a wheel.
- 7. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the altering means alters the rhythm pattern generation timing.
- 8. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the manually operable member comprises a movable lever, and the timing alteration data generating means generates the timing alteration data according to the operation and the direction of the movable lever.
- 9. An automatic musical data editing apparatus comprising:
- (a) memory means for storing automatic musical play data comprising:
- event data for controlling musical playing and timing data for controlling a generation timing of said event data;
- (b) a manually operable member for changing the generation timing of said event data in an automatic performance mode and generating an operation signal in accordance with the operation;
- (c) a timing alteration data generating means for generating timing alteration data in accordance with the operation signal from said operating means;
- (d) replacing means for altering the timing data in accordance with the altered timing data; outputting event data in accordance with the altered timing data; and replacing said timing data with said altered timing data in said memory; and
- (e) tone generation means for generating musical tones in accordance with the event data outputted from said replacing means in the automatic performance mode.
- 10. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said altered timing data is in proportion to the operation of said operating means.
- 11. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said timing data consist essentially of duration data representing intervals of said event data; said replacing means alters current duration data, and subsequent data is also altered in accordance with the amount of alteration.
- 12. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said automatic musical play data comprises a plurality of part data corresponding to a plurality of tone color data; wherein said replacing means includes tone color directive means which specify one tone color from said plurality of tone colors; and wherein said replacing means alter only the timing data in said part data specified by said tone color directive means.
- 13. An automatic musical data editing apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein the manually operable member comprises a movable lever, and the timing alteration data generating means generates the timing alteration data according to the operation and the direction of the movable lever.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/784,773 filed on Oct. 30, 1991 and now abandoned.
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