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US RE38,276 E1Granted
Tone generating apparatus for sound imaging
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorJunichi Fujimori
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Abstract
A musical tone generating apparatus includes a position information generating device to generate musical instrument position information (PS) as plane coordinates coordinate values. This information (PS) is stored in a memory device, or selectively determined by a manual operation. The apparatus also includes an information converting device to converter information (PS) into musical tone parameter control information (PD). This control information (PD) controls musical tone source signals (S11, S12, and S13) to generate a sound field corresponding to the position of musical instruments arranged on a stage. This enables an operator to verify the musical instrument positions on a stage, thereby providing a feeling of being at a live performance.
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A musical tone generating apparatus for providing a performance effect of a plurality of musical instruments arranged in a performance place, comprising:
- tone color designating means for designating a tone color corresponding to each musical instrument arranged in the performance place;
- position information generating means for generating musical instrument position information corresponding to a position of each musical instrument arranged at the performance place;
- display means for displaying images of musical instruments at positions corresponding to the musical instrument position information;
- information converting means for converting the musical instrument position information into musical tone parameter control information;
- musical tone generating means for generating musical tone signals;
- musical tone control means for controlling the musical tone parameters signals in accordance with the musical tone parameter control information;
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- output means for outputting a musical tones in accordance with the controlled musical tone parameter outputted from the musical tone control means signals.
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A musical tone generating apparatus comprising:
- select means for selecting a stage among performance places;
- storage means for storing musical instrument position information which indicates the position of a musical instrument arranged on the stage, and the tone color corresponding to the musical instrument;
- reading means for reading the musical instrument position information and the tone color from the storage means, in which both the musical instrument position information and the tone color are selected by the select means;
- display means for displaying images of musical instruments at positions corresponding to the musical instrument position information;
- information converting means for converting the musical instrument position information into musical tone parameter control information in response to a value of the plane coordinates and a variable which is determined by the value of the plane coordinates;
- musical tone control means for controlling musical tone parameters in accordance with the musical tone parameter control information;
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- output means for outputting a musical tone in accordance with the musical tone parameter outputted from the musical tone control means.
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A sound processing apparatus for moving a visual image position and a sound image position together, the sound processing apparatus comprising:
- display means for displaying a visual image representing a sound source;
- sound generating means including a tone generator and a plurality of loudspeakers for generating a sound corresponding to the sound source;
- position information generating means for generating sound source position information;
- control means for controlling the display means based on the position information so that the display means displays the visual image at a visual image position corresponding to the position information and for controlling the sound generating means based on the position information so that a sound image of the sound generated by the sound generating means is produced at a sound image position corresponding to the position information,
- wherein the visual image position and the sound image position are updated in response to changes in the position information.
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A sound processing apparatus for generating a sound, the sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a display for displaying a visual image representing a sound source located in an image space;
- sound generating means including a tone generator for generating a sound corresponding to a sound characteristic of the sound source;
- position information generating means for generating sound source position information representing a desired display position;
- storage means for storing conversion characteristics;
- information converting means for converting the position information to sound parameters in accordance with the conversion characteristics stored in the storage means;
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- control means for controlling the display based on the position information so that the display displays the visual image at a visual image position corresponding to the position information, and for controlling the sound generating means based on the converted sound parameters so that a sound image of the sound signals generated by the sound generating means is produced at a sound source position corresponding to the position information.
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A sound processing apparatus for generating a sound, the sound processing apparatus comprising:
- sound generating means including a tone generator for generating a sound corresponding to a sound characteristic of the sound source;
- storage means for storing sound source position information;
- reading means for reading the sound source position information from the storage means;
- control means for controlling the tone generator based on the sound source position information so that a sound image of the sound signals generated by the tone generator is produced at a position corresponding to the sound source position information;
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- a display for displaying a visual image corresponding to the sound source in an image space, wherein the control means controls the display so that the display displays the visual image at a position corresponding to the sound source position information.
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A sound processing apparatus for generating a sound, the sound processing apparatus comprising:
- sound generating means including a tone generator for generating a sound corresponding to a sound characteristic of a sound source;
- a display for displaying a visual image corresponding to a sound source in an image space;
- storage means for storing sound source position information;
- reading means for reading the sound source position information from the storage means;
- control means for controlling the sound generating means based on the sound source position information so that a sound image of the sound generated by the sound generating means is produced at a position corresponding to the sound source position information;
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- position information generating means for generating position information in response to a player's operation, wherein the sound source position information is changed based on the generated position information, and the control means controls the sound generating means and the display means based on the changed sound source position information.
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A sound processing apparatus for generating a sound, processing apparatus comprising:
- a sound generator including a tone generator and speakers generating a sound corresponding to a sound characteristic of a sound source;
- an external memory device which stores sound source position information;
- a reading circuit which reads the sound source position information from the external memory device and which causes the sound source position information to be stored within a local memory;
- a controller coupled to the sound generator and responsive to the sound source position information, wherein the controller controls a position of a sound image of the second generated by the sound generator in response to the sound source position information;
- a display for displaying a visual image corresponding to a sound source located in an image space;
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- a position information generator which generates position information in response to a player's operation, wherein the sound source position information is changed based on the generated position information, and the controller controls the sound generator based on the changed sound source position information.
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A method of moving a visual image position and a sound image position simultaneously, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a visual image representing a sound source located in an image space on a display;
- generating a sound corresponding to a sound source;
- generating position information in response to player control;
- controlling the display based on the position information so that the display produces a visual image corresponding to a sound source at a visual position corresponding to the position information;
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- controlling a sound generator which includes a tone generator and speakers based on the position information so that the sound generator produces a sound image corresponding to the sound source at a sound image position corresponding to the position information;
- wherein the visual image position and the sound image position are updated in response to changes in the position information.
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A method of sound processing comprising the steps of:
- displaying a visual image representing a sound source located in an image space on a display;
- generating sounds with a tone generator which corresponds to the sound source;
- reading conversion characteristics from a storage device;
- generating sound source position information corresponding to a desired display position;
- converting the position information to sound parameters in accordance with the characteristics read from the storage device;
- controlling the display based upon the position information so that the display displays the visual image at a visual image position corresponding to the position information;
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- controlling the tone generator based on the converted sound parameters so that the tone generator produces a sound image at a sound source position corresponding to the position information.
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A method of sound processing comprising the steps of:
- generating a sound signal in response to a designation and generating a sound based upon the sound signal corresponding to a sound characteristic of a sound source;
- storing sound source position information into an external storage;
- reading out the sound source position information from the external storage so that the sound source position information is stored within a local memory;
- controlling a sound generator which includes a tone generator and speakers in accordance with the locally stored sound source position information so that the sound generator generates a sound at a sound image position corresponding to the sound source position information;
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- displaying a visual image representing a sound source located in an image space on a display;
- generating position information in response to a player's operation and changing the sound source position information based on the generated position information, and wherein said controlling step controls the sound generator based on the changed sound source position information.
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A sound apparatus for moving a visual image position and a sound image position together, the sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a display that displays a visual image corresponding to a sound source located in an image space;
- a sound generator having a tone generator and plurality of loudspeakers for generating a sound corresponding to the sound source;
- a position information generator that generates position information;
- a controller that controls the display based on the position information so that the display displays the visual image at a visual position corresponding to the position information and for controlling the sound generator based on the position information so that a sound image of the sound generated by the sound generator is produced at a sound position corresponding to the position information;
- wherein the visual image and the sound image are moved together in response to changes in the position information.
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A sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a sound generator including a tone generator and speakers that generates a sound corresponding to a sound source;
- a display that displays a visual image corresponding to a sound source located in an image space;
- a position information generator that generates sound source position information corresponding to display position;
- a storage medium that stores conversion characteristics;
- an information converter that converts the position information to sound parameters in accordance with the conversion characteristics stored in the storage medium;
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- a sound image position controller that controls the sound generator based on the converted sound parameters so that the sound image of the sound generated by the sound generator is produced at a sound source position corresponding to the position information.
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A sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a sound generator including a tone generator and speakers that generates a sound corresponding to a sound characteristic of a sound source;
- a storage means that stores sound source position information;
- a reader that reads the sound source position information from the storage medium;
- a controller that controls the sound generator based on the sound source position information so that the sound image of the sound generated by the second generator is produced at a position corresponding to the sound source position information;
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- a display that displays a visual image corresponding to the sound source, wherein the controller controls the display to display the visual image at a position corresponding to the sound source position information.
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A sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a sound generator including a tone generator driving a plurality of loudspeakers with a sound signal;
- an external memory device which stores sound source position information;
- a reading circuit which reads the sound source position information from the external memory device;
- a controller coupled to the sound generator and responsive to the sound source position information, wherein the controller alters the position of the sound image generated by the sound generator in response to changes in the sound source position information;
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- a display that displays a visual image corresponding to a sound source located in an image space.
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A method of sound processing comprising the steps of:
- generating a sound corresponding to a sound characteristic of a sound source;
- storing sound source position information;
- reading out the stored sound source position information;
- controlling a sound generator which includes a tone generator and speakers in accordance with the sound position information so that the sound generator produces a sound image at a position corresponding to the sound source position information;
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- displaying a visual image corresponding to the sound source, wherein said controlling step causes the displaying step to display the visual image at a position corresponding to the sound source position information.
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A processing apparatus comprising:
- a display that displays a visual image corresponding to a sound source located in an image space;
- a sound generator having a tone generator and a plurality of loudspeakers for generating a sound corresponding to the sound source;
- a position information generator that generates position information;
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- a controller that controls the display based on the position information so that the display displays the visual image at a visual position corresponding to the position information and controls the sound generator based on the position information so that a sound image of the sound generated by the sound generator is produced at a sound position corresponding to the visual position.
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Sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a designating device that designates a plurality of sound sources;
- a display that displays a plurality of visual images, located in an image space, each of which represents one of the plurality sound sources;
- a sound generator including a tone generator and a plurality of loudspeakers that generates a plurality of sounds each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of sound sources;
- a position information generator that generates position information for each of the plurality of sound sources;
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- a controller that controls the display based on the position information so that the display displays the plurality of visual images at visual positions corresponding to the position information and that controls the sound generator based on the position information so that sound images of the sounds generated by the sound generator are produced at sound positions corresponding to the position information.
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Sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a display having a display panel that displays a plurality of visual images, located in an image space, each of which has a shape representing one of a plurality of sound sources;
- a sound generator including a tone generator and a plurality of loudspeakers that generates a plurality of sounds each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of sound sources;
- a device with which a player provides a moving operation input for each of the plurality of sound sources;
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- a controller that controls the display so that the display moves the plurality of visual images in response to the moving operation and that controls the sound generator so that sound images of the sounds generated by the sound generator are moved in response to the moving operation.
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Sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a selecting device that selects a performance space;
- sound generator including a tone generator that generates a sound;
- an acoustic effector that imparts to the sound an acoustic effect corresponding to the selected performance space;
- a display;
- a controller that controls the display so that the display displays a visual image representing the selected performance space.
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Sound processing apparatus comprising:
- a storage medium that stores a set of sound information and acoustic effect information for each of a plurality of performance spaces;
- a selecting device that selects one of the plurality of performance spaces;
- a display which displays information about the selected performance space and/or sound;
- a sound generator including a tone generator that generates a sound based on the sound information which corresponds to the selected performance space and is read out from the storage medium;
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- an acoustic effector that imparts an acoustic effect to the sound based on the acoustic effect information which corresponds to the selected performance space and is read out from the storage medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.