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Acoustic control system for electronic musical instrument

  • US 6,916,980 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2003
  • Issued: 07/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An acoustic control system for an electronic musical instrument, comprising:

  • a musical instrument body having a first speaker;

    a second speaker removable from said musical instrument body;

    designation means for designating one of a first speaker-use mode for using said first speaker alone and a both speaker-use mode for using both said first speaker and said second speaker, as a speaker use mode;

    storage means for storing first and second acoustic-characterizing factors different from each other, for use in setting acoustic characteristics in the first speaker-use mode and the both speaker-use mode, respectively;

    reading means for reading one of the first and second acoustic-characterizing factors, the one corresponding to the speaker use mode designated by said designation means; and

    musical tone signal-generating means for generating a musical tone signal to be reproduced through said first speaker or both said first speaker and said second speaker, based on the read one of the first and second acoustic-characterizing factors.

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