Iteration control system for an automatic playing device
First Claim
1. An automatic playing device for automatic accompaniment, comprising:
- storing means for storing sequence data comprising musical sound data and control data that identifies a musical sound data interval to be repeated and that includes, for the musical sound data interval, a finite or an infinite iteration count;
processing means for processing the control data and the musical sound data to generate sound by repeatedly reading out the musical sound data interval the number of times specified by the iteration count that is included in the control data stored in the storing means; and
instructing means for interrupting the repeated reading of the musical sound data interval and initiating the reading of the succeeding sequential musical sound data.
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Abstract
An automatic playing device has a memory which stores sequence data consisting of musical sound data and sequence data to control read-out of the musical sound data. A processing unit repeatedly reads out musical sound data specified by the control data included in the sequence data stored in the memory. A movement instruction switch gives instructions for movement of an accompaniment part to be played. A control device terminates, when an instruction for movement of a part to be played is issued by the movement instruction switch, the operation to repeatedly read out musical sound data if musical sound data stored in the memory is being repeatedly read out by the processing unit. In this case, the control device moves system operation to read out the next sequence data. For example, automatic accompaniment is made by sequentially reading out sequence data stored in the memory, and, for instance, accompaniment to improvisation is realized by repeatedly reading out a portion specified by the control data stored in the memory. Thus, if the player wishes to go out of the improvisation part and gives an instruction for movement of an accompaniment part to be played with the movement instruction switch, system operation goes to an operation to read out the next sequence data.
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1. An automatic playing device for automatic accompaniment, comprising:
- storing means for storing sequence data comprising musical sound data and control data that identifies a musical sound data interval to be repeated and that includes, for the musical sound data interval, a finite or an infinite iteration count;
processing means for processing the control data and the musical sound data to generate sound by repeatedly reading out the musical sound data interval the number of times specified by the iteration count that is included in the control data stored in the storing means; and
instructing means for interrupting the repeated reading of the musical sound data interval and initiating the reading of the succeeding sequential musical sound data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14)
- storing means for storing sequence data comprising musical sound data and control data that identifies a musical sound data interval to be repeated and that includes, for the musical sound data interval, a finite or an infinite iteration count;
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8. An iteration controlling automatic playing apparatus, comprising:
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playing sequence storage means for storing sequence data comprising tone data and control data that identifies a tone data interval to be repeated and that includes, for said tone data interval, a finite or infinite iteration count; repeating means for repeatedly reading said tone data interval the number of times specified by said iteration count that is included in said control data stored in said playing sequence storage means; and repeat releasing means for interrupting the repeated reading of said tone data interval and initiating the reading of the succeeding sequential tone data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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