Electronic musical instrument with function of reproduction of audio frequency signal
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1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- audio reproducing means mounted on an instrument body;
foot operating means mounted on a lower portion of said instrument body for giving said audio reproducing means an instruction to halt a reproducing operation of an audio signal;
a plurality of keys which are selectively operable for instructing generation of relevant pitch data when at least one of said plurality of keys is operated;
musical tone generating means for generating a pertinent musical tone having a pitch corresponding to said pitch data in response to operation of at least one of said plurality of keys; and
audio-reproduction re-start instruction means for giving said audio reproducing means an instruction to start a reproducing operation again, from a position where said audio reproducing means halted a reproducing operation of said audio signal, in response to operation of at least one of said plurality of keys, when said at least one of said plurality of keys is operated while said audio reproducing means halts a reproducing operation of said audio signal.
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Abstract
In an electronic musical instrument having an audio reproducing function, when a plurality of keys are operated while a reproducing operation is in a halt state, the reproducing operation starts again in response to the operation of the keys. A movable operator is assigned with a particular function. The audio reproducing operation is controlled in accordance with the function assigned to the movable operator.
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1. An electronic musical instrument comprising:
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audio reproducing means mounted on an instrument body; foot operating means mounted on a lower portion of said instrument body for giving said audio reproducing means an instruction to halt a reproducing operation of an audio signal; a plurality of keys which are selectively operable for instructing generation of relevant pitch data when at least one of said plurality of keys is operated; musical tone generating means for generating a pertinent musical tone having a pitch corresponding to said pitch data in response to operation of at least one of said plurality of keys; and audio-reproduction re-start instruction means for giving said audio reproducing means an instruction to start a reproducing operation again, from a position where said audio reproducing means halted a reproducing operation of said audio signal, in response to operation of at least one of said plurality of keys, when said at least one of said plurality of keys is operated while said audio reproducing means halts a reproducing operation of said audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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