Abstract: An apparatus has an insert pattern play instruction unit (54) for selecting a desired insert pattern and instructing to play the selected pattern, and a bar count display unit (57) for displaying the number of bars of the selected insert pattern upon playing the selected insert pattern. Since the number of bars of a desired insert pattern is displayed at the beginning of the play of the insert pattern, even when the player does not remember the numbers of bars of insert patterns, which are different in units of rhythm styles, he or she can recognize the end timing of that insert pattern, and can easily enjoy a manual play in accordance with that pattern.

Abstract: A stringed musical instrument or guitar has a plastic foam body substantially covered by a shell of thermoplastic material, a wood base on the plastic foam body, a plurality of strings supported to extend above the wood base, and at least one electromagnetic pick-up at the base. Musical vibrations produced by strumming the strings are conducted via the plastic foam body and wood base are largely sensed by the electromagnetic pick-up.

Abstract: A musical performance data editing system having an edition designating unit for designating an edition position and edition contents, an edition range determining unit for determining an edition range in accordance with edition designation, and an editing unit for editing information regarding the edition contents in the determined edition range in accordance with the edition contents.

Abstract: Tone generating processing is executed on an operating system having no full multitask function. The tone generating processing is activated a plurality of times, i.e., at a plurality of activating times, within each predetermined time period. Thus, even when the tone generating processing fails to be activated at some of the activating times, a predetermined number of samples of tone data can be belatedly formed within the predetermined time period, by tone data forming operations being effected only at the other activating times when the tone generating processing is actually activated.

Abstract: An electric instrument amplifier emulates an audio characteristics of a traditional vacuum-tube type amplifier. The electric instrument amplifier is formed in a single housing for amplifying an audio signal from an electric instrument. The electric instrument amplifier includes an A/D (analog-to-digital) converter for converting a first analog signal from the electric instrument to a digital signal, a digital signal processing circuit for processing the digital signal to add an intended effect to the digital signal, a D/A (digital-to-analog) converter for converting the digital signal processed by the digital signal processing circuit to a second analog signal, a tube amplifier having at least one vacuum-tube for amplifying the second analog signal, and a virtual power circuit formed with semiconductor devices for amplifying or attenuating an audio signal produced by the tube amplifier.

Abstract: A communication system includes a CPU for controlling internal operations; a management table storage portion for storing a management table referred to for communication control; an intrinsic identification number setting portion for setting a number for identifying respective communication devices; a network interface connected to a network connecting the communication devices and controlled by the CPU; and at least one interface having a hall transmission line interface connected to the hall transmission line, a respective cabin controller interface connected to a corresponding cabin controller, a group management controller interface connected to the group management controller, and a transmission line expansion interface connected to an expansion transmission line, other than the hall transmission line, wherein the interface is controlled by the CPU.

Abstract: The interface unit has not only MIDI input terminals 11-1˜11-n and MIDI output terminals 12-1˜12-n through which MIDI data can be inputted and outputted according to MIDI transmission protocol respectively, but new terminals such as USB terminal 13, TO HOST terminal 14 through which MIDI data can be sent and received according to different protocols from MIDI transmission protocol such as USB transmission protocol, TO HOST transmission protocol. The PC unit 31 controls the input and/or output data transmission of the system, by designating relationship of data transmission between any two connected units in the system.

Abstract: A magnetic guide system for an elevator, including a movable unit configured to move along a guide rail, a magnet unit attached to the movable unit, having a plurality of electromagnets having magnetic poles facing the guide rail with a gap, at least two of the magnetic poles are disposed to operate attractive forces in opposite directions to each other on the guide rail, and a permanent magnet providing a magnetomotive force for guiding the movable unit, and forming a common magnetic circuit with one of the electromagnets at the gap, a sensor configured to detect a condition of the common magnetic circuit formed with the magnet unit and the guide rail, and a guide controller configured to control excitation currents to the electromagnets in response to an output of the sensor so as to stabilize the magnetic circuit.

Abstract: A system to automatically stop an automatic performance by means of automatic performance techniques in conformance with the performance by the performer and to alleviate the stress of the performer is described herein.

Abstract: A broadband communication karaoke includes a tuner, a transceiver, a decoder, a video conditioner, a karaoke signal processor, a microprocessor and an IR receiver, wherein the tuner is connected to a cable of CATV systems while the microprocessor is used to control the tuner, the transceiver, the decoder and the karaoke signal processor. And at least one microphone is attached to the karaoke signal processor. By means of an IR remote transmitter and the IR receiver, users can order songs and display the music and pictures through CATV systems.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating musical tones are provided. Musical tones are generated based on musical tone waveform samples generated through a plurality of channels, and performance information is input. Control information is input depending on an amount of operation of an operating element operated by a user. Musical tone waveform samples are generated for each of the channels corresponding to the performance information input within a predetermined time period, in a number corresponding to the input control information, whenever the predetermined time period elapses. Musical tones are generated based on the generated musical tone waveform samples.

Abstract: A scoring device for an karaoke system is provided. The scoring device includes a first detector for the original singer, a second detector for the karaoke singer, and a processor. The first detector is provided to detect the volume of the original singer's singing voice. The second detector is provided to detect the volume of the karaoke singer's singing voice. The processor is provided to compare the volumes of the original singer's singing voice and the karaoke singer's singing voice, and provides a score for the karaoke singer's singing voice based on the compared results.

Abstract: An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations of the initial note series using various mathematical operations. The resulting altered note series, or other data stored in memory is read out according to one or more patterns. The patterns may have steps containing pools of independently selectable items from which random selections are made. A pseudo-random number generator is employed to perform the random selections during processing, where the random sequences thereby generated have the ability to be repeated at specific musical intervals. The resulting musical effect may additionally incorporate a repeated effect, or a repeated effect can be independently performed from input notes in the musical input material.

Abstract: A method for real time tempo detection is disclosed. The method includes receiving an audio input, downsampling the input, converting the input from time domain data to frequency domain data, dividing the frequency domain data into a plurality of frequency bands. Each frequency band is associated with a resonator bank, which has a plurality of resonators. Each resonator has a center frequency. The method further comprises of filtering out high order noise of the frequency domain data, stimulating the resonator bank with the filtered frequency domain data, summing up the amplitudes of the outputs of the resonators of the same center frequency. Each local maximum corresponds to a tempo contained within the audio input. The method further comprises of sorting the local maxima by the sum of the amplitudes and returning the tempo corresponding to the largest local maxima for determination of tempo of the audio input.

Abstract: When the student selects a music piece or tune, for example of an 8-beat rhythm, the display panel exhibits a plurality of rhythm study pieces of music of the 8-beat rhythm. Among the displayed plural pieces, the student selects a desired one arbitrarily, and then the apparatus displays a tablature, a musical notation suitable for the instrument, for example, the guitar, corresponding to the selected rhythm study piece. The tablature indicates, for example, the string and the fret positions to depress among the six strings of the guitar, together with the indication of the stroke direction by means of arrows or other marks at every manipulating timing. The student practices the guitar according to the displayed tablature and indications.

Abstract: A music game device is provided in which a player manipulates a manipulation unit in conformity with music. The device includes an input unit for setting play information including a plurality of tunes to be successively played and a play order of the plurality of tunes, a storage unit for collectively storing the play information, an automatic setting changing unit for automatically changing a part of the play information set by the player to a preset standard play information if the play information set by the player includes a setting which cannot be executed by the music game device, and a reproduction unit for successively reproducing the plurality of tunes in the play order based on the play information stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: An electronic musical apparatus stores, in a storage device, plural song data sets, each data set having a song ID and representing tone events in a time progression to constitute a piece of music, and plural performance property data sets, each data set having a property ID and representing tone properties for the musical tones when played back. The song ID's and the property ID's are selectively nominated with correspondence therebetween one after another, and are stored in the storage device to constitute a song chain list representing chained music pieces. In a song chain playback mode, the song chain list is read out to get the song ID's and the property ID's. The song data and the property data are read out according to thus read-out song ID's and property ID's. A tone generator generates musical tones according to the song data and the property data.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that provides sound control for an acoustic musical instrument. Typical to all acoustic instruments, the instruments have a structure or housing that defines a vented acoustic chamber. An input or sound inducing mechanism (such as strings of a guitar) imparts a vibration to the structure which causes acoustic waves to resonate within the acoustic chamber. The motion of air in and out of the vent causes acoustic waves to emanate from the chamber that combine with the acoustic waves emanating from the structure to form sound/musical notes. In accordance with the invention, a system controls the sound emanating from such an acoustic instrument. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, at least one integral or smart sensor is disposed adjacent a sensing location of the structure, and the sensor is configured to generate sensed electric signals indicative of the magnitude of structural vibration of the structure at the sensing location.

Abstract: A sound pickup switching apparatus for a string instrument having a plurality of sound pickups, in particular for an electric guitar. The apparatus includes an operable switching device which is intended to connect the coils of the sound pickups in different combinations in order to produce an output signal of different tonality. A voice signal production apparatus, depending on the respective state of the switching device, produces a voice signal designating the state. The string instrument includes a voice signal production apparatus which makes it possible to output states of the string instrument by voice.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument having a rhythm performance function includes a first memory for pre-storing plural rhythm tone kinds, rhythm selecting switches each capable of designating one of said rhythm tone kinds and a rhythm tone generator having plural channels. The selected rhythm tone kind is assigned to each channel of the rhythm tone generator. A rhythm tone corresponding to the selected rhythm tone kind is generated by each channel so that continuous rhythm tones will be generated by plural channels based on time division system. In addition, before playing a rhythm performance, rhythm patterns can be arbitrarily programmed and then stored into a second memory by operating the rhythm selecting switches and other switches corresponding to the predetermined rhythm tones of plural musical instruments.