Tone waveform production method for an electronic musical instrument and a tone waveform production apparatus

An apparatus, for forming a repeated waveform that is used for an electronic musical instrument, comprising:

• means for forming an original waveform;
• an address calculator for obtaining as basic data, a loop top address, an initial value of a loop length, and a length change range for calculating addresses of repeated waveforms that are to be produced in consonance with changes in loop length within said length change range;
• a loop processor for forming repeated waveforms obtained after cross-fading in consonance with an output of said address calculator;
• a correlation coefficient calculator for calculating correlation coefficients for said repeated waveforms, which are produced by said loop processor, and waveforms at corresponding portions of the original waveform;
• a peak detector for detecting a peak of said correlation coefficients that are obtained by said correlation coefficient calculator;
• a selector for employing an output from said peak detector to select a predetermined number of waveforms beginning at that waveform that is most correlative with respect to the original waveform;
• and
• a display device for displaying a result of a selection by said selector.

A method, for forming a synthesized waveform that is used for an electronic musical instrument, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing an original waveform;
• dividing said original waveform into band elements for which amplitude and frequency fluctuation is to be compressed and band elements for which such fluctuation is not to be compressed;
• analyzing said band elements for which said fluctuation is to be compressed to obtain harmonic elements;
• extracting amplitude elements and frequency elements from said harmonic elements so obtained;
• compressing fluctuation of said amplitude elements and of said frequency elements so extracted;
• synthesizing waveform elements that are obtained by compression to produce new harmonic elements;
• and
• combining the new harmonic elements with the band elements for which fluctuations were not compressed to produce a synthesized waveform.

An apparatus, for forming a synthesized waveform from an original waveform, said apparatus being used for an electronic musical instrument and comprising:

• band element dividers for dividing said original waveform into band elements for which amplitude and frequency fluctuation is to be compressed and band elements for which such fluctuation is not to be compressed and for obtaining harmonic elements in said band elements for which said fluctuation is to be compressed;
• amplitude element extractors for extracting amplitude elements from said harmonic elements that are obtained by said band element dividers;
• frequency element extractors for extracting frequency elements from said harmonic elements that are obtained by said band element dividers;
• amplitude element fluctuation compressors for compressing fluctuation of said amplitude elements that are extracted by said amplitude element extractors;
• frequency element fluctuation compressors for compressing fluctuations of said frequency elements that are extracted by said frequency element extractors;
• harmonic element synthesizers for synthesizing outputs of said amplitude element fluctuation compressors and outputs of said frequency element fluctuation compressors to produce new harmonic elements;
• and
• a band element adder for adding said new harmonic elements that are obtained by said harmonic element synthesizers to said band elements for which fluctuations were not compressed, said addition producing the synthesized waveform.