Claims
- 1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a plurality of touch-sensitive operators each having a plurality of designatable play positions;
- tone pitch designation means for generating tone pitch information corresponding to a designated one of the plurality of play positions of each of said plurality of operators while simultaneously detecting touch of each of said plurality of operators, wherein the tone pitch designation means generates the tone pitch information from a plurality of adjacent tone pitches based on a correspondence between the designated one of the plurality of play positions and at least one of the plurality of adjacent tone pitches;
- tone generation designation means for generating tone generation designation information for each of said plurality of operators in accordance with a tone generation designation operation, the tone generation designation means being operative independently of the tone pitch designation means and the plurality of touch-sensitive operators; and
- tone generation means for generating a tone signal for each of said operators in response to the tone generation designation information provided by said tone generation designation means, and in accordance with respective tone pitch information corresponding to each of said plurality of operators provided by said tone pitch designation means.
- 2. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 1 further comprising tone color setting means for setting a desired tone color for each of said plurality of operators, wherein each tone signal generated by said tone generation means is imparted with a tone color set by said tone color setting means for each of said operators.
- 3. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 1, wherein said tone generation designation means includes a plurality of switches.
- 4. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a plurality of touch-sensitive operators each having a plurality of designatable play positions;
- tone pitch designation means for generating tone pitch information corresponding to a designated one of the plurality of play positions of each of said plurality of operators while simultaneously detecting touch of each of said plurality of operators;
- tone generation designation means, provided for each of the plurality of touch-sensitive operators, for generating tone generation designation information for each of said plurality of operators in response to a tone generation designation operation, the tone generation designation means being operative independently of the tone pitch designation means and the plurality of touch-sensitive operators; and
- tone generation means for generating a tone signal for each of said operators in response to the tone generation designation information provided by said tone generation designation means, wherein each tone signal is generated in accordance with respective tone pitch information corresponding to each of said plurality of operators provided by said tone pitch designation means, and wherein said tone generation designation means comprises a plurality of tone generation designation operators each of which generates tone generation designation information in accordance with a tone generation designation operation.
- 5. An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 4 wherein said tone pitch designation means comprises:
- interval information generation means for generating interval information corresponding to a play position detected by said operator;
- reference tone pitch setting means for setting a reference tone pitch and generating reference tone pitch information corresponding to the set reference tone pitch; and
- tone pitch information generation means for generating tone pitch information corresponding to a designated play position on said operator in accordance with the interval information from said interval information generation means and the reference tone pitch information from said reference tone pitch setting means.
- 6. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 4, further comprising:
- performance operation detection means for generating load command information in response to an operation of at least one of said plurality of operators; and
- holding means responsive to the load command information for loading and outputting the tone pitch information provided by said tone pitch designation means and continuing output of the tone pitch information after the operation of said at least one operator, wherein said tone generation means generates at least one tone signal in response to the tone generation designation information from said tone generation designation means and continues the generation of the at least one tone signal as long as the generation of the tone generation designation information continues.
- 7. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 4 wherein each of said plurality of operators is capable of detecting a strength of operation at any of the designatable play positions, wherein the musical instrument further comprises information generation means for generating tone characteristic control information corresponding to the strength of the operation detected by each of said plurality of operators, the tone characteristic of tone signals generated by said tone generation means being controlled in accordance with the tone characteristic control information provided by said information generation means.
- 8. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 7 wherein said tone generation designation means is capable of detecting the strength of operation of each of said plurality of operators and said tone generation means controls the tone characteristic of the tone signal in accordance with the strength of the operation detected by said tone generation designation means.
- 9. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a plurality of operators each having at least one designatable play position;
- tone pitch designation means for generating tone pitch information corresponding to a designated play position of each of said plurality of operators;
- tone generation designation means for generating tone generation designation information for each of said plurality of operators in response to a tone generation designation operation; and
- tone generation means for generating a tone signal for each of said operators in response to the tone generation designation information provided by said tone generation designation means, wherein each tone signal is generated in accordance with respective tone pitch information corresponding to each of said plurality of operators provided by said tone pitch designation means, wherein said tone pitch designation means generates predetermined tone pitch information for each of said plurality of operators when said operators are not operated.
- 10. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 9 wherein said tone pitch designation means includes tone pitch setting means for setting said predetermined tone pitch information.
- 11. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a plurality of operators each having at least one designatable play position, wherein operation of each of said plurality of operators produces a respective plurality of position signals indicative of the at least one designatable play position of each of said plurality of operators;
- tone pitch designation means for generating tone pitch information corresponding to a designated play position of each of said plurality of operators;
- tone generation designation means for generating tone generation designation information for each of said plurality of operators in response to a tone generation designation operation;
- tone generation means for generating a tone signal for each of said operators in response to the tone generation designation information provided by said tone generation designation means, wherein each tone signal is generated in accordance with respective tone pitch information corresponding to each of said plurality of operators provided by said tone pitch designation means;
- converting means for converting the plurality of position signals into a corresponding plurality of note interval difference signals,
- adding means for respectively adding the note interval difference signals to a predetermined offset signal to produce a plurality of tone generation signals, and
- a tone generator responsive to each of the plurality of tone generation signals for producing a corresponding plurality of tones.
- 12. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of note interval difference signals defines a non-linear note interval difference.
- 13. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of note interval difference signals defines a linear note interval difference.
- 14. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a plurality of touch-sensitive operators each having at least one designatable play position, each of the plurality of operators respectively producing, in response to a touch of the operator by a performer, a first signal indicative of a play position and a second signal indicative of an applied pressure;
- tone pitch designation means, responsive to the respective first signals produced by the plurality of operators, for generating tone pitch information for each of the plurality of operators while simultaneously detecting touch of each of said plurality of operators;
- tone designation means for generating tone designation information for each of said plurality of operators;
- tone color selecting means, responsive to the respective second signals, for selecting a respective tone color for each of the plurality of operators and generating tone color signals indicative of the selected tone colors; and
- tone generation means for generating a tone signal for each of said operators in response to the tone designation information generated by said tone designation means, the respective tone pitch information corresponding to each of the plurality of operators and the tone color signals generated by the tone color selecting means, wherein said tone generation designation means comprises a plurality of tone generation designation operators each of which generates tone generation designation information in accordance with a tone generation designation operation.
- 15. An electronic musical instrument in accordance with claim 14, wherein each tone signal is generated in accordance with respective tone pitch information corresponding to each of said plurality of operators provided by said tone pitch designation means.
- 16. An electronic musical instrument in accordance with claim 14, wherein each tone color is selected in accordance with pressure applied by the performer on the plurality of touch-sensitive operators.
- 17. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- at least one touch-sensitive operator providing a position signal indicating a position of the operator;
- a tone pitch designator responsive to each of the at least one operators generating tone pitch information based upon the position signal while simultaneously detecting touch of each of the at least one operator;
- a tone generation designator providing for each of operator tone generation designation information for each of the at least one operators in accordance with a tone generation designation operation, the tone generation designator being operative independently of the tone pitch designator and the at least one touch-sensitive operator; and
- a tone generator responsive to each of the tone pitch information and the tone generation designation.
- 18. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17 wherein said tone generation designator comprises a plurality of tone generation designation operators each of which generates tone generation designation information in accordance with a tone generation designation operation.
- 19. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17 further comprising tone color setting means for setting a desired tone color for each operator, wherein each tone signal generated by said tone generation means is imparted with a tone color set by said tone color setting means for each operator.
- 20. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17 wherein said tone pitch designator generates predetermined tone pitch information for each operator when said operators are not operated.
- 21. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 20 wherein said tone pitch designator includes tone pitch setting means for setting said predetermined tone pitch information.
- 22. An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 17 wherein said tone pitch designator comprises:
- an interval information generator providing interval information corresponding to a position signal of said operator; and
- a reference tone pitch setter setting a reference tone pitch and generating reference tone pitch information corresponding to the set reference tone pitch, wherein
- the tone pitch information generator generates tone pitch information corresponding to a designated play position on said operator in accordance with the interval information from said interval information generation means and the reference tone pitch information from said reference tone pitch setting means.
- 23. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17, further comprising:
- performance operation detection means for generating load command information in response to an operation; and
- a storage circuit responsive to the load command information for loading and outputting the tone pitch information provided by said tone pitch designator and continuing output of the tone pitch information after the operation of said at least one position,
- wherein said tone generator generates at least one tone signal in response to the tone generation designation information from said tone generation designation means and continues the generation of the at least one tone signal as long as the generation of the tone generation designation information continues.
- 24. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17 wherein each operator is capable of detecting a strength of operation at any of the designatable play positions, wherein the musical instrument further comprises information generation means for generating tone characteristic control information corresponding to the strength of the operation detected by each operator, the tone characteristic of tone signals generated by said tone generator being controlled in accordance with the tone characteristic control information provided by said information generation means.
- 25. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17 wherein said tone generation designator is capable of detecting the strength of operation of the performance operation and said tone generator controls the tone characteristic of the tone signal in accordance with the strength of the operation detected by said tone generation designation means.
- 26. An electronic musical instrument as defined in claim 17, wherein the tone pitch designator generates the tone pitch information from a plurality of contiguous tone pitches based on a correspondence between the position signal and at least one of the contiguous tone pitches.
- 27. A method of producing a tone in response to position information, the method comprising:
- generating position information using at least one touch-sensitive operator;
- generating tone pitch designation information based upon the position information and simultaneous detection of touch of the at least one operator;
- generating in accordance with a tone generation operation tone designation information using a tone generation designator which operates independently of the generation of tone pitch designation information and the at least one touch-sensitive operator; and
- producing for each operator a tone based upon the tone pitch designation information and the tone designation information.
- 28. A method of producing a tone as defined in claim 27, generating tone color information for each operator and imparting each tone produced for each operator a tone color based upon the tone color information.
- 29. A method of producing a tone as defined in claim 27, wherein the generated tone pitch information corresponds to a pitch corresponding to the position information selected from a plurality of information representing adjacent tone pitch information.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/884,055, filed May 15, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/537,024, filed Jun. 11, 1990, now abandoned.
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