Musical tone generating apparatus
First Claim
1. A musical tone generating apparatus for providing a performance effect of a plurality of musical instruments arranged in a performance place, comprising:
- tone color designating means for designating a tone color corresponding to each musical instrument arranged in the performance place;
position information generating means for generating musical instrument position information corresponding to a position of each musical instrument arranged at the performance place;
information converting means for converting the musical instrument position information into musical tone parameter control information;
musical tone control means for controlling musical tone parameters in accordance with the musical tone parameter control information; and
output means for outputting a musical tone in accordance with the musical tone parameter outputted from the musical tone control means.
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Abstract
A musical tone generating apparatus includes a position information generating device to generate musical instrument position information (PS) as plane coordinates values. This information (PS) is stored in a memory device, or selectively determined by a manual operation. The apparatus also includes an information converting device to convert information (PS) into musical tone parameter control information (PD). This control information (PD) controls musical tone source signals (S11, S12, and S13) to generate a sound field corresponding to the position of musical instruments arranged on a stage.
This enables an operator to verify the musical instrument positions on a stage, thereby providing a feeling of being at a live performance.
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1. A musical tone generating apparatus for providing a performance effect of a plurality of musical instruments arranged in a performance place, comprising:
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tone color designating means for designating a tone color corresponding to each musical instrument arranged in the performance place; position information generating means for generating musical instrument position information corresponding to a position of each musical instrument arranged at the performance place; information converting means for converting the musical instrument position information into musical tone parameter control information; musical tone control means for controlling musical tone parameters in accordance with the musical tone parameter control information; and output means for outputting a musical tone in accordance with the musical tone parameter outputted from the musical tone control means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A musical tone generating apparatus comprising:
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select means for selecting a stage among performance places; storage means for storing musical instrument position information which indicates the position of a musical instrument arranged on the stage, and the tone color corresponding to the musical instrument; reading means for reading the musical instrument position information and the tone color from the storage means, in which both the musical instrument position information and the tone color are selected by the select means; information converting means for converting the musical instrument position information into musical tone parameter control information in response to a value of the plane coordinates and a variable which is determined by the value of the plane coordinates; musical tone control means for controlling musical tone parameters in accordance with the musical tone parameter control information; and output means for outputting a musical tone in accordance with the musical tone parameter outputted from the musical tone control means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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