Electronic musical instrument and tone generator apparatus connectable thereto
First Claim
1. An electronic musical instrument connectable with an external apparatus for communication therewith, the external apparatus being capable of establishing a plurality of input/output paths between the external apparatus and another apparatus, said electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a performance operation section that generates a tone generation control signal in response to performance operation;
a sound output device that outputs an audible sound in accordance with a given sound signal;
a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard; and
a control section that performs control to transmit the tone generation control signal, generated by said performance operation section, to the external apparatus via said communication interface and receive a sound signal from the external apparatus via said communication interface, the received sound signal being delivered to said sound output device, wherein, when the external apparatus has been connected to said electronic musical instrument via said communication interface, said control section transmits, to the external apparatus, predetermined information for setting signal input/output paths in the external apparatus.
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Abstract
Tone generation control signal and sound signal are communicated between an electronic musical instrument and an external apparatus, using a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard. Thus, where the electronic musical instrument does not have its own internal tone generator while the external apparatus has its own tone generator, a sound signal of a tone, corresponding to the tone generation control signal output from the electronic musical instrument, can be generated by the external apparatus and supplied to the electronic musical instrument, so that the electronic musical instrument can sound the sound signal. Also, information of the electronic musical instrument is transmitted to the external apparatus so that input and output paths to and from the tone generator of the external apparatus can be automatically set, via the communication interface tom, in correspondence with the electronic musical instrument.
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17 Claims
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1. An electronic musical instrument connectable with an external apparatus for communication therewith, the external apparatus being capable of establishing a plurality of input/output paths between the external apparatus and another apparatus, said electronic musical instrument comprising:
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a performance operation section that generates a tone generation control signal in response to performance operation;
a sound output device that outputs an audible sound in accordance with a given sound signal;
a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard; and
a control section that performs control to transmit the tone generation control signal, generated by said performance operation section, to the external apparatus via said communication interface and receive a sound signal from the external apparatus via said communication interface, the received sound signal being delivered to said sound output device, wherein, when the external apparatus has been connected to said electronic musical instrument via said communication interface, said control section transmits, to the external apparatus, predetermined information for setting signal input/output paths in the external apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tone generator apparatus connectable with a plurality of external apparatus for communication therewith, said tone generator apparatus being capable of establishing a plurality of input/output paths between said tone generator apparatus and another apparatus, said tone generator apparatus comprising:
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a tone generator section that generates a sound signal of a tone indicated by a tone generation control signal;
a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard;
a setting section that, when a given external apparatus has been connected to said tone generator apparatus via said communication interface, receives, from the given external apparatus, predetermined information for setting signal input/output paths in said tone generator apparatus and then automatically sets input and output paths between said tone generator section and said communication interface in accordance with the received predetermined information; and
a control section that, in accordance with settings by said setting section, performs control to receive a tone generation control signal from the external apparatus via said communication interface and transmit the sound signal, generated by said tone generator section, to the external apparatus, the received tone generation control signal being delivered to said tone generator section. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program for causing a processor, provided in an electronic musical instrument, to perform a procedure, said electronic musical instrument being connectable with an external apparatus for communication therewith, the external apparatus being capable of establishing a plurality of input/output paths between the external apparatus and another apparatus, said electronic musical instrument including:
- a performance operation section that generates a tone generation control signal in response to performance operation;
a sound output device that outputs an audible sound in accordance with a given sound signal; and
a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard, said procedure comprising;
a step of performing control to transmit the tone generation control signal, generated by said performance operation section, to an external apparatus via said communication interface and receive a sound signal from the external apparatus via said communication interface, the received sound signal being delivered to said sound output device; and
a step of, when the external apparatus has been connected to said electronic musical instrument via said communication interface, transmitting, to the external apparatus, predetermined information for setting signal input/output paths in the external apparatus.
- a performance operation section that generates a tone generation control signal in response to performance operation;
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16. A program for causing a processor, provided in a tone generator apparatus, to perform a procedure, said tone generator apparatus connectable with a plurality of external apparatus for communication therewith, said tone generator apparatus being capable of establishing a plurality of input/output paths between said tone generator apparatus and another apparatus, said tone generator apparatus including:
- a tone generator section that generates a sound signal of a tone indicated by a tone generation control signal; and
a communication interface capable of bidirectionally communicating one or more types of signals via a common communication path in accordance with a common communication standard, said procedure comprising;
a setting step of, when a given external apparatus has been connected to said tone generator apparatus via said communication interface, receiving, from the given external apparatus, predetermined information for setting signal input/output paths in said tone generator apparatus and then automatically setting input and output paths between said tone generator section and said communication interface in accordance with the received predetermined information; and
a step of, in accordance with settings by said setting step, performing control to receive a tone generation control signal from the external apparatus via said communication interface and transmit the sound signal, generated by said tone generator section, to the external apparatus, the received tone generation control signal being delivered to said tone generator section.
- a tone generator section that generates a sound signal of a tone indicated by a tone generation control signal; and
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17. An electronic musical instrument system in which an electronic musical instrument and a tone generator apparatus are interconnected via an Internet,
said electronic musical instrument comprising: -
a performance operator unit that generates a tone generation control signal in response to user operation;
a control section that performs control to transmit the tone generation control signal, generated by said performance operator unit, to said tone generator apparatus connected to said electronic musical instrument via the Internet and receive a sound signal, corresponding to the tone generation control signal, from said tone generator apparatus; and
a sound output section that audibly generates a tone in accordance with the sound signal received from said tone generator apparatus, and said tone generator apparatus comprising;
a tone generator that generates a sound signal in accordance with the tone generation control signal; and
a control section that performs control to receive the tone generation control signal from said electronic musical instrument connected to said tone generator apparatus via the Internet and transmit a sound signal, generated by said tone generator in accordance with the received tone generation control signal, to said electronic musical instrument.
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