Apparatus for and method of generating musical tones

An apparatus for generating musical tones comprising:

• component waveform generating means for generating component waveforms as formant waveform signals having waveforms obtained by synthesizing frequency components of a formant of a musical tone;
• amplitude coefficient generating means for generating amplitude coefficients for the component waveforms generated by said component waveform generating means;
• operation means for operating the amplitude coefficients generated by said amplitude coefficient generating means upon corresponding component waveforms generated by said component waveform generating means;
• formant waveform signal generating means for synthesizing the component waveforms upon which the amplitude coefficients are operated on by said operation means and for outputting the synthesized component waveforms as at least one synthesized formant waveform signal;
• formant center signal generating means for generating at least one formant center signal for synthesis with the synthesized formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
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• synthesizing means for synthesizing the synthesized formant waveform signal generated by said formant waveform signal generating means with the formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means to generate musical tones.

An apparatus for generating musical tones comprising:

• formant waveform signal generating means for generating a plurality of formant waveform signals having a waveform obtained by synthesizing frequency components of a formant of a musical tone;
• formant center signal generating means for generating at least one formant center signal for synthesis with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• synthesizing means for synthesizing the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means with a formant waveform signal generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• musical factor generating means for generating at least one of a musical factor, envelope level, envelope phase, lapse of time from a start of a sounding of a musical tone and setting instructed by an operator;
• change detecting means for detecting change in the musical factor, the envelope level, the envelope phase, the lapse of time and the setting generated by said musical factor generating means;
• changing means for changing waveforms of signals generated by at least one of said formant waveform signal generating means, said formant center signal generating means and said synthesizing means depending upon changes in the musical factor, the envelope level, the envelope phase, the lapse of time and the setting detected by said change detecting means;
• weighting means for weighting the generated signals before the generated signals are changed by said changing means and for weighting the changed signals;
• interpolation means for interpolating both of the weighted signals that are weighted by said weighting means;
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• weight changing means for determining a section of both of the weighted signals to be interpolated by said interpolation means and for changing the weight of said weighting means from one side of the section to the other side for both of the weighted signals from a start of said determined section toward an and thereof.

An apparatus for generating musical tones comprising:

• formant waveform signal generating means for generating a plurality of formant waveform signals having a waveform obtained by synthesizing frequency components of a formant of a musical tone;
• formant center signal generating means for generating at least one formant center signal for synthesis with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• synthesizing means for synthesizing the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• musical factor generating means for generating at least one of a musical factor and setting instructed by an operator;
• number determining means for determining at least one of a number and a combination of formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means depending upon the musical factor and the setting generated by said musical factor generating means;
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• formant waveform signal control means for respectively controlling the number and the combination of the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means depending upon the number and the combination determined by said number determining means.

An apparatus for generating musical tones comprising:

• a formant waveform signal generating means for generating a plurality of formant waveform signals having a waveform obtained by synthesizing frequency components of a formant of a musical tone;
• formant center signal generating means for generating at least one formant center signal for synthesis with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• synthesizing means for synthesizing the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• lapse-of-time generating means for determining a lapse of time from a start of sounding of a musical tone;
• number determining means for determining at least one of a number and a combination of formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means depending upon the lapse of time determined by said lapse-of-time generating means;
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• formant waveform signal control means for respectively controlling the number and the combination of the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means depending upon the number and the combination determined by said number determining means.

An apparatus for generating musical tones comprising:

• formant waveform signal generating means for generating a plurality of formant waveform signals having a waveform obtained by synthesizing frequency components of a formant of a musical tone;
• formant center signal generating means for generating at least one formant center signal for synthesis with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• synthesizing means for synthesizing the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• envelope generating means for generating data that represents one of an envelope level and an envelope phase of a musical tone;
• number determining means for determining at least one of a number and a combination of formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means depending upon the envelope level or the envelope phase generated by said envelope generating means;
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• formant waveform signal control means for respectively controlling the number and the combination of the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means depending upon the number and the combination determined by said number determining means.

An apparatus for generating musical tones comprising:

• formant waveform signal generating means for generating a plurality of formant waveform signals having a waveform obtained by synthesizing frequency components of a formant of a musical tone;
• formant center signal generating means for generating at least one formant center signal for synthesis with the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• first additionally synthesizing means for additionally synthesizing either the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means or the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• first multiplicationally synthesizing means for multiplicationally synthesizing either the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means or the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
• second additionally synthesizing means for additionally synthesizing the signals that are additionally synthesized by said first additionally synthesizing means with the signals that are multiplicationally synthesized by said first multiplicationally synthesizing means, or for additionally synthesizing the additionally synthesized signals synthesized by said first additionally synthesizing means or the multiplicationally synthesized signals with the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means or the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means;
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• second multiplicationally synthesizing means for multiplicationally synthesizing the signals that are additionally synthesized by said first additionally synthesizing means with the signals that are multiplicationally synthesized by said first multiplicationally synthesizing means, or for multiplicationally synthesizing the additionally synthesized signals synthesized by said first additionally synthesizing means or the multiplicationally synthesized signals with the at least one formant center signal generated by said formant center signal generating means or the formant waveform signals generated by said formant waveform signal generating means.