US 2012/0222540 A1 · GENERATING TONES BY COMBINING SOUND MATERIALS

Abstract

The apparatus displays, on a display screen, an icon placement region having a time axis defined therein, and displays, in accordance with an input instruction, an icon image with which feature amount information of material data indicative of a sound material is associated. The apparatus further sets a type of a feature amount database, where material data and feature amount information of the material data are associated with each other, along the time axis in accordance with an input instruction. Then, the apparatus references the feature amount database of a type having correspondence relationship in time axis with an icon image to identify material data similar to the feature amount information corresponding to the icon image, and audibly generates a sound at timing corresponding to a position, on the time axis, of the icon image and with content corresponding to the identified material data.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A sound generation control apparatus comprising:

a display control section which displays, on a display screen, an image of an icon placement region having a time axis and which displays, in the icon placement region, an icon image, with which feature amount information descriptive of a feature of material data comprising a waveform of a sound material is associated, in association with a desired time position on the time axis;
a setting section which sets, in association with a desired time range on the time axis of the icon placement region, a particular database to be used, the particular database being selected from among a plurality of types of databases that store material data in association with feature amount information;
and
a sound generation control section which acquires, on the basis of the feature amount information associated with the icon image, the material data from the database set in association with the time range containing the time position where the icon image is placed, and which generates tone data on the basis of the acquired material data and the time position where the icon image is placed.

1 more element

A computer-implemented method comprising:

a step of displaying, on a display screen of a display section, an image of an icon placement region having a time axis and displaying, in the icon placement region, an icon image, with which feature amount information descriptive of a feature of material data comprising a waveform of a sound material is associated, in association with a desired time position on the time axis;
a step of setting, in association with a desired time range on the time axis of the icon placement region, a particular database to be used, the particular database being selected from among a plurality of types of databases that store material data in association with feature amount information;
and
a sound generation control step of acquiring, on the basis of the feature amount information associated with the icon image, the material data from the database set in association with the time range containing the time position where the icon image is placed, and generating tone data on the basis of the acquired material data and the time position where the icon image is placed.

1 more element

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions for causing a processor to perform a method comprising:

a step of displaying, on a display screen of a display section, an image of an icon placement region having a time axis and displaying, in the icon placement region, an icon image, with which feature amount information descriptive of a feature of material data comprising a waveform of a sound material is associated, in association with a desired time position on the time axis;
a step of setting, in association with a desired time range on the time axis of the icon placement region, a particular database to be used, the particular database being selected from among a plurality of types of databases that store material data in association with feature amount information;
and
a sound generation control step of acquiring, on the basis of the feature amount information associated with the icon image, the material data from the database set in association with the time range containing the time position where the icon image is placed, and generating tone data on the basis of the acquired material data and the time position where the icon image is placed.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Generating tones by combining sound materials

Life of this patent

Generating tones by combining sound materials

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims21