Electrical musical instrument using a joystick-type control apparatus

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a performance operation member comprising a joystick-type control means for controlling musical tone generation control parameters in correspondence with performance functions of a particular kind of instrument comprising a pivotally operable operation rod being rotatable about its axis and having an operation gripping portion at an end thereof,
• X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of said operation rod, and
• pressure detection means for detecting an operation pressure effected on the operation rod and outputting an operation pressure signal corresponding to the detected gripping pressure and having a value which is variable within a range including plural non-zero values,
• a rotational position detection means for detecting a rotational position of the operation rod about its axis;
• and
• a sound source for generating an electronic tone on the basis of said musical tone generation control parameters corresponding to the detected X- and Y-positions, the operation pressure and the rotational position.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a pitch designation means for generating a key code;
• a performance operation member comprising a joystick control means for controlling musical tone generation control parameters in correspondence with performance functions of a particular kind of instrument, said joystick control means comprising a pivotally operable operation rod having an operation gripping portion at an end thereof, X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of said operation rod, and a gripping pressure detection means for detecting a gripping pressure effected on the operation rod and outputting an operation pressure signal corresponding to the detected gripping pressure and having a value which is variable within a range including plural non-zero values wherein said musical tone generation control parameters are generated on the basis of the detected X- and Y-positions and the gripping pressure;
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• a sound source for generating an electronic tone on the basis of inputs from said pitch designation means and said performance operation member.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a joystick means having
• (a) a pivotally operable operation rod, and
• (b) X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod;
• control means for calculating at least one of an operation moving speed and an operation moving direction of the operation rod based on the detected X- and Y-positions and for controlling musical tone generation control parameters respectively corresponding to performance functions of a particular kind of instrument, the control means controlling at least one of said parameters based on the calculated result;
• and
• a sound source for generating a musical tone based on the musical tone generation control parameters controlled by the control means.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a joystick means having
• (a) a pivotally operable operation rod,
• (b) X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod, and
• (c) pressure detection means for detecting an operation pressure effected on the operation rod and outputting an operation pressure signal corresponding to the detected gripping pressure and having a value which is variable within a range including plural non-zero values;
• a control means for controlling musical tone generation control parameters corresponding to performance functions of a particular kind of instruction based on the detected X- and Y-positions and the detected operation pressure;
• and
• a sound source for synthesizing a musical tone of the particular kind of instrument by simulating a physical sound generation mechanism of the particular kind of instrument based on the controlled musical tone generation control parameters wherein the sound source comprises:
• a closed loop in which a musical tone signal is circulated, the musical tone signal corresponding to the musical tone to be generated in accordance with at least one of the controlled musical tone generation control parameters, and
• a delay means which delays the circulating musical tone signal by a delay time, the whole of the delay time of the closed loop corresponding to a pitch of the musical tone to be generated.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a joystick means having
• (a) a pivotally operable operation rod rotatable about its axis,
• (b) X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod,
• (c) pressure detection means for detecting an operation pressure effected on the operation rod and outputting an operation pressure signal corresponding to the detected gripping pressure and having a value which is variable within a range including plural non-zero values;
• and
• (d) rotational position detection means for detecting a rotational position of the operation rod about its axis, and wherein the control means further controls at least one of the musical tone generation control parameters based on a rotation of the operation rod;
• a control means for controlling musical tone generation control parameters corresponding to performance functions of a particular kind of instrument based on the detected X- and Y-positions, the detected operation pressure and the detected rotational position;
• and
• a sound source for synthesizing a musical tone of the particular kind of instrument by simulating a physical sound generation mechanism of the particular kind of instrument based on the controlled musical tone generation control parameters.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a joystick means having
• (a) a pivotally operable operation rod,
• (b) X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod, and
• (c) pressure detection means for detecting an operation pressure effected on the operation rod and outputting an operation pressure signal corresponding to the detected gripping pressure and having a value which is variable within a range including plural non-zero values;
• a pitch designation means for generating a tone pitch signal;
• a control means for controlling musical tone generation control parameters corresponding to performance functions of a particular kind of instrument based on the detected X- and Y-positions and the detected operation pressure;
• and
• a sound source for synthesizing a musical of the particular kind of instrument by simulating a physical sound generation mechanism of the particular kind of instrument based on the control musical tone generation control parameters wherein the sound source generates a musical tone based on the musical tone generation control parameters and the tone pitch signal.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a joystick means having
• (a) a pivotally operable operation rod,
• (b) X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod, and
• (c) pressure detection means for detecting an operation pressure effected on the operation rod and outputting an operation pressure signal corresponding to the detected gripping pressure and having a value which is variable within a range including plural non-zero values wherein the pressure detection means detects a gripping pressure effected on the operation rod;
• a control means for controlling musical tone generation control parameters corresponding to performance functions of a particular kind of instrument based on the detected X- and Y-positions and the detected operation pressure;
• and
• a sound source for synthesizing a musical tone of the particular kind of instrument by simulating a physical sound generation mechanism of the particular kind of instrument based on the controlled musical tone generation control parameters.

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• a joystick means having
• (a) a pivotally operable operation rod, and
• (b) X- and Y-position detection means for respectively detecting X- and Y-positions of the operation rod;
• control means for calculating an operation moving speed and an operation moving direction of the operation rod based on the detected X- and Y-positions and for controlling musical tone generation control parameters respectively corresponding to performance functions of a particular kind of instrument based on the operation moving speed and the operation moving direction;
• and
• a sound source for synthesizing a musical tone of the particular kind of instrument by simulating a physical sound mechanism of the particular kind of instrument based on the controlled musical tone generation control parameters.