Back to results
US 10,810,982 B2Granted
Electronic musical instrument and musical sound generation processing method of electronic musical instrument
AssigneeRoland Corporation
InventorYoshifumi Hiraiwa
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An keytar (1) includes a keyboard (2) on which a plurality of keys (2a) are arranged, a ribbon (5) in which a front surface panel (81) is arranged, and the degree of the same type of musical sound effect applied to each of tones (A-D) produced by the key (2a) is changed corresponding to detection positions in an X-direction in the front surface panel (81). Accordingly, because the degrees of the musical sound effects can be respectively changed for each of the tones (A-D) corresponding to the detection positions in the X-direction of the front surface panel (81), for the change of the same type of musical sound effect toward the tones (A-D), the monotony of this change can be suppressed and an expressive performance can be achieved.
Claims18
An electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- an input unit, which inputs a sound instruction of a plurality of tones;
- a detection unit, which has a detection surface and detects detection positions on the detection surface;
- a musical sound control unit, which applies a musical sound effect to each of the plurality of tones based on the sound instruction input by the input unit and outputs the tones;
- a musical sound effect change unit, which changes, for each tone, a degree of the musical sound effect applied to each tone by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the detection positions detected by the detection unit;
- and
- an operator which is arranged near the detection unit and inputs an operation of a performer,
- wherein the musical sound effect change unit changes the degrees of the musical sound effects applied to the plurality of tones output by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the operation on the operator, and
- wherein the operator is arranged along a longitudinal side of the detection unit, and an operation amount of the operator is output by operating to recline the operator toward an opposite side of the detection unit.
5 more elements
An electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- an input unit, which inputs a sound instruction of a plurality of tones;
- a detection unit, which has a detection surface and detects detection positions on the detection surface;
- a musical sound control unit, which applies a musical sound effect to each of the plurality of tones based on the sound instruction input by the input unit and outputs the tones;
- a musical sound effect change unit, which changes, for each tone, a degree of the musical sound effect applied to each tone by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the detection positions detected by the detection unit;
- and
- an operator which is arranged near the detection unit and inputs an operation of a performer,
- wherein the musical sound effect change unit changes the degrees of the musical sound effects applied to the plurality of tones output by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the operation on the operator, and
- wherein the operator is a modulation bar.
5 more elements
An electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- an input unit, which inputs a sound instruction of a plurality of tones;
- a detection unit, which has a detection surface and detects detection positions on the detection surface;
- a musical sound control unit, which applies a musical sound effect to each of the plurality of tones based on the sound instruction input by the input unit and outputs the tones;
- and
- a musical sound effect change unit, which changes, for each tone, a degree of the musical sound effect applied to each tone by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the detection positions detected by the detection unit,
- wherein the detection unit is a ribbon controller.
3 more elements
An electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- an input unit, which inputs a sound instruction of a plurality of tones;
- a detection unit, which has a detection surface and detects detection positions on the detection surface;
- a musical sound control unit, which applies a musical sound effect to each of the plurality of tones based on the sound instruction input by the input unit and outputs the tones;
- and
- a musical sound effect change unit, which changes, for each tone, a degree of the musical sound effect applied to each tone by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the detection positions detected by the detection unit,
- wherein the detection unit has a structure in which one base material includes four parts, resistance membranes for position detection are formed on each of a first part and a second part which are two adjacent parts in the four parts, and resistance membranes being pressure sensitive are formed in each of a third part and a fourth part which are the other two adjacent parts of the four parts;
- the second part is laminated by being folded with respect to the first part, the third part is laminated by being folded with respect to the fourth part, and two parts formed by folding are interfolded.
4 more elements
An electronic musical instrument, comprising:
- an input unit, which inputs a sound instruction of a plurality of tones;
- an operator, which inputs an operation of a performer;
- a musical sound control unit, which applies a musical sound effect to each of the plurality of tones based on the sound instruction input by the input unit and outputs the tones;
- and
- a musical sound effect change unit, which changes, for each tone, a degree of the musical sound effect applied to each tone by the musical sound control unit corresponding to the operation on the operator.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.