Method and apparatus for producing a waveform exhibiting rendition style characteristics on the basis of vector data representative of a plurality of sorts of waveform characteristics

A waveform producing apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving style-of-rendition identification information representative of style-of-rendition characteristics of a performance tone;
• means for generating a plurality of vector data for producing a waveform presenting the style-of-rendition characteristics, in accordance with the style-of-rendition identification information received by said means for receiving;
• means for arranging individual ones of the vector data, generated by said means for generating, on a time axis;
• and
• means for producing the waveform presenting the style-of-rendition characteristics corresponding to the received style-of-rendition identification information, on the basis of the individual vector data arranged on the time axis.

A waveform producing apparatus comprising:

• a memory storing a plurality of vector data for producing waveforms;
• an input device adapted to receive style-of-rendition identification information representative of style-of-rendition characteristics of a performance tone to be generated;
• and
• a processor coupled with said memory and said input device, said processor being adapted to:
• read out, from said memory, a plurality of vector data for producing a waveform presenting the style-of-rendition characteristics, in accordance with the style-of-rendition identification information received via said input device;
• arrange individual ones of the read-out vector data on a time axis;
• and
• produce the waveform presenting the style-of-rendition characteristics corresponding to the received style-of-rendition identification information, on the basis of the individual vector data arranged on the time axis.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a waveform producing method, said waveform producing method comprising the steps of:

• receiving style-of-rendition identification information representative of style-of-rendition characteristics of a performance tone;
• generating a plurality of vector data for producing a waveform presenting the style-of-rendition characteristics, in accordance with the style-of-rendition identification information received by said step of receiving;
• arranging individual ones of the vector data, generated by said step of generating, on a time axis;
• and
• producing the waveform presenting the style-of-rendition characteristics corresponding to the received style-of-rendition identification information, on the basis of the individual vector data arranged on the time axis.