Electronic musical instrument with multi-model performance manipulator
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsTetsuo Okamoto, Eiichiro Aoki, Satoshi Usa
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Abstract
An electronic musical instrument capable of achieving a variety of performance mode. A manipulation region to be played with a hand manipulator is divided into regions of different performance modes. Tone signal parameters are generated differently depending on the selection of the performance region. Tone generator generates musical tone signals based on the tone signal parameters. The tone signal parameters are determined based on coordinate information on the manipulation region designated by the hand manipulator and pressure information applied on the coordinate position by the hand manipulator. The tone signal parameters comprise velocity information, pressure information and tone pitch information.
Claims9
An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- performance receiving means for receiving performance manipulation, having a manipulation region of at least one dimension, said manipulation region having at least two zones, each zone containing a plurality of positions in which performance manipulation may be achieved;
- position detecting means for detecting a position of performance manipulation in said manipulation region and generating a position signal;
- selecting means for discriminating between a first zone of said manipulation region and a second such zone based on said position signal, and selecting a performance mode based on the zone so discriminated;
- controlling means for generating a tone controlling signal based on the performance mode selected by said selecting means;
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- tone signal generation means for generating a tone signal based on said tone controlling signal.
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