Patents Assigned to Kawai Musical Inst. Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Channel assigning system for electronic musical instrument
    Patent number: 5315059
    Abstract: A preferential order of channel vacating is determined according to a musical character of musical tones having assigned channels, thus permitting a channel assignment which does not depart from the harmony of the musical tone. The greater the number of tones which are equivalent in musical character, the more readily channels can be vacated for new tones, and tones with fewer equivalent tones in musical character may remain assigned. The channel selection may also be limited for low envelope level tones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Kawai Musical Inst. Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Saito