Electronic musical instrument with a pedal

An electronic musical instrument with pedals, comprising:

• first and second pedals which are able to be operated by a foot;
• and
• control means for increasing/decreasing a value of a predetermined parameter to be controlled in accordance with an operation of said first and second pedals;
• wherein a relationship between the operation of said first pedal and an increase/decrease in said parameter to be controlled is set to be opposite to a relationship between the operation of said second pedal and the increase/decrease in said parameter to be controlled.

An electronic musical instrument with a pedal, comprising:

• mode selection means for selecting a mode from among plural modes;
• assignment means for designating a parameter, to be controlled by the pedal, from among plural parameters according to the selected mode and assigning the designated parameter to the pedal;
• detecting means for detecting a depression degree of the pedal and outputting an analog signal representing the detected depression degree;
• analog-to-digital converting means for converting the outputted analog signal into a digital value corresponding thereto;
• data generating means for generating a value of the designated parameter in multi-stages according to the digital value from the analog-to-digital converting means, wherein, if the digital value is the same value, the generated value for a designated parameter is different from the generated value for another designated parameter;
• and
• control means for controlling a musical tone signal, to be generated in the electronic musical instrument, based on the generated value from the data generating means.

An electronic musical instrument with a pedal, comprising:

• detecting means for detecting a depression degree of the pedal and outputting a signal representing the detected depression degree;
• analog-to-digital converting means for converting the outputted signal into a digital signal corresponding thereto;
• comparing means for comparing a value of the digital signal with a first threshold value and a second threshold value, and outputting a signal representing a result of comparing, wherein the first threshold value is larger than the second threshold value;
• and
• control means for deciding whether a state of the pedal is on or off based on the signal outputted by the comparing means, the control means deciding that the state has become on when the value of the digital signal becomes larger than the first threshold value in the state of off, and that the state has become off when the value of the digital signal becomes smaller than the second threshold value in the state of on, the control means also deciding that the state has not changed when the value of the digital signal becomes larger than the first threshold value in the state of on or when the value of the digital signal becomes smaller than the second threshold value in the state of off;
• wherein the control means controls a musical tone signal according to the state of the pedal having a hysteresis characteristic on the change of the state thereof.