Claims
- 1. A musical tone generator having a parameter transmitting function comprising:
- a plurality of channel registers each capable of storing a parameter which characterizes a musical tone to be generated;
- musical tone generating means for generating musical tones based on said parameters having a plurality of tone generation channels, each of which generates said musical tones characterized by the parameter stored in a corresponding one of the channel registers;
- commanding means for outputting a writing command; and
- writing means for writing the same parameter into two or more of said channel registers in response to said writing command, whereby the same parameter is written into a plurality of channel registers in response to a single writing command.
- 2. A musical tone generator according to claim 1 wherein the writing means can selectively write a parameter into a single channel register, the tone generator further comprising a designating means for designating a single write state or a plural write state, wherein said writing means writes said parameter into a single one of said channel registers in response to said writing command when said designating means designates said single write state, said writing means writes the same parameter into two or more of said channel registers in response to said writing command when said designating means designates said plural write state.
- 3. A musical tone generator according to claim 1 further comprising designating means for designating said two or more channel registers into which the same parameter is written.
- 4. A musical tone generator according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of storage portions are channel registers which store parameters for tone generation channels respectively, each of which generates a musical tone characterized by the corresponding parameter.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/501,662 filed on Mar. 29, 1990, now abandoned.
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