Tone color setting apparatus
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1. A tone color setting apparatus comprising:
- tone color data memory means including at least first memory means for storing a first tone color group including a plurality of tone color data, and second memory means for storing a second tone color group including a plurality of tone color data different from that of said first tone color group; and
tone color setting means coupled to said tone color data memory means for designating a desired one of tone color data from each corresponding tone color group of said at least first and second memory means, and for combining the designated tone color data;
said tone color setting means including tone color group designating means including a number of actuable members for designating the tone color groups and key input means including a plurality of actuable keys each corresponding to a different tone color data selection for the tone color data group designated by said tone color group designating means, the tone color data of each tone color group being designated by actuations of one of the actuable members of said tone color group designating means and one of the keys of said key input means; and
wherein a combined tone color is set by said tone color setting means for forming musical tones to be generated from tone generating means.
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Musical tone color setting apparatus is arranged so that when a program/preset switch, a feet switch envelope switch and modulation switch are actuated together with a selected key of a ten-key input unit, program tone color data obtained by combining data selected from three groups of tone color data is stored in a tone color data memory. A tone color data corresponding to the program tone color data stored in the memory is later read out from a ROM, and a music sound having a tone color corresponding to the tone color data is generated from a loudspeaker in response to operation of a keyboard.
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1. A tone color setting apparatus comprising:
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tone color data memory means including at least first memory means for storing a first tone color group including a plurality of tone color data, and second memory means for storing a second tone color group including a plurality of tone color data different from that of said first tone color group; and tone color setting means coupled to said tone color data memory means for designating a desired one of tone color data from each corresponding tone color group of said at least first and second memory means, and for combining the designated tone color data; said tone color setting means including tone color group designating means including a number of actuable members for designating the tone color groups and key input means including a plurality of actuable keys each corresponding to a different tone color data selection for the tone color data group designated by said tone color group designating means, the tone color data of each tone color group being designated by actuations of one of the actuable members of said tone color group designating means and one of the keys of said key input means; and wherein a combined tone color is set by said tone color setting means for forming musical tones to be generated from tone generating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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