Envelope generator for use in an electronic musical instrument2009-09-22h4>AbstractAn envelope generator for use in an electronic musical instrument comprises a musical tone data processing unit to evaluate a rate of change in a current value of musical tone envelope data with respect to a target value based on a parameter, a changing rate control unit for decrementing a change in the current value such that the current value becomes closer to the target value, a detection unit to detect whether or not the rate of change becomes equal to 0, and a processing control unit control for stopping the evaluation the current value in response to a result of the detection.ClaimsWe claim:
1. An envelope generator for use in an electronic musical instrument, comprising:
musical tone data processing means for evaluating a current value of musical tone envelope data with respect to a target value based on a parameter;
a target value generator for generating the target value and sending the target value to said musical tone data processing means;
a parameter generator for generating the parameter and sending the parameter to said musical tone data processing means;
changing rate control means for decrementing a change in the current value of the musical tone envelope data such that the current value becomes close...
Electronic musical instrument having a vibrato effecting capability2009-09-18h4>AbstractAn electronic musical instrument capable of effecting vibratos with any of tones which may be produced by pressing down the keys of a keyboard. A key constant memory stores key constants each being assigned to a different tone, while a vibrato constant memory stores vibrato constants each being assigned to a different tone. The keyboard is provided with an exclusive switch for effecting vibratos. When this exclusive switch is pressed, a counter which counts clock pulses feeds its output to an adder/subtractor in the form of an addition/subtraction switchover signal and an addition/subtraction execution control signal. In response, the adder/subtractor periodically and alternately performs addition and subtraction with the key constant and vibrato constant associated with a key being pressed down.ClaimsWhat is claimed is:
1. An electronic musical instrument capable of effecting vibratos with a tone being produced, comprising:
a keyboard having a vibrato switch;
key detecting means for detecting a key on said keyboard which is pressed down;
key constant storing means storing predetermined key constants each being associated with respective one of tones which may be produced by said instrum...
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