Abstract: A musical sound signal synthesizer with a simple construction for synthesizing complex musical sound waveform signals including many harmonics in a peculiar form. A phase information generator 11 supplies phase information x with a sawtooth wave changing according to a phase of the musical sound to be generated via a calculator 12 to a sine wave table 13, from which output waveform information y is read out. The waveform information y is fed back to the calculator 12 via an absolute value transformer 14, a low pass filter 15 and a gain controller 16. The output waveform information y outputted from the sine table 13 is transformed nonlinearly, which is fed back to the phase information x, which makes a complex change. As a result thereof, the waveform, which is represented by waveform information outputted from the sine wave table 13, becomes peculiar for a musical sound signal synthesized by phase or frequency modulation technique.

Abstract: Basic tone waveform corresponding to a designated tone color and pitch is generated in each of a plurality of channels. Effect is imparted to the basic tone waveform in accordance with an algorithm for providing a predetermined effect, independently for each of the channels. The effect to be imparted is controlled in accordance with the designated tone pitch, separately for each of the channels. The effect impartment may be conducted using a processor, such as a DSP, executing a predetermined program containing a predetermined effect-imparting algorithm. In one example of the effect-imparting algorithm, a delay loop is employed through which an input exciting signal is circulated while being delayed, and an effect specific to an electromagnetic pickup of an electric guitar can be approximated by controlling the delay amount in the delay loop.

Abstract: A parameter setting apparatus is provided in an electronic music instrument for editing a configure of parameters in accordance with a manipulation amount to set a tone generator which creates a desired timbre of musical tones upon setting. In the apparatus, a first memory device stores a first subset of parameters containing a Boolean parameter having a first Boolean value and a numerical parameter having a first numerical value. A second memory device stores a second subset of parameters containing the Boolean parameter having a second Boolean value and the numerical parameter having a second numerical value. An operating device provides a manipulation amount for editing parameters. An interpolating device interpolates the first numerical value and the second numerical value in accordance with the manipulation amount to determine an edited numerical value of the numerical parameter.

Abstract: A musical tone-synthesizing apparatus has a plurality of waveguide networks each including at least one waveguide, each of which has a closed loop in which a circulating signal circulates in response to an external excitation signal. The closed loop has an output through which the circulating signal is output as a waveguide output signal, and an input port through which a signal is input to be superposed on the circulating signal. A network output signal is formed based on the waveguide output signal. A connection means is connected to corresponding ones of the waveguide networks and carries out signal processing on the network output signal delivered from each of the corresponding waveguide networks, based on an external modulating signal, and inputs the resulting processed signal to the input port of the closed loop of each of the corresponding waveguide networks.

Abstract: A reverberation effect imparting system includes plural comb filters, each of which has a signal delay line and a feedback loop for filtering a delayed output signal from the delay line and feeding the filtered signal back to the input side with a variable loop gain. The device further includes a junction section which receives the respective output signals from the delay lines of the plural comb filters. The junction section controls the received signals with respective variable scattering coefficients and sums up the thus-controlled signals, so as to introduce the summed signal into the feedback loop of each of the comb filters. In this manner, reverberation control according to the waveguide theory is performed by the junction section, while the conventional-type reverberation control is performed by the comb filters. Thus, reverberation can be controlled through a combination of the two controls.

Abstract: When a digital signal processor (i.e., DSP) performs a data processing on data stored in a memory (e.g., RAM) in accordance with instructions given from a CPU, data read/write controls are carried out with respect to the data transmitted between the DSP and memory. In accordance with built-in micro-programs, the DSP produces plural musical tone signals in time-division manner. When employing 32-bit data to be processed in the DSP, this 32-bit data is divided into four sets of 8-bit data, which are sequentially written in the memory, for example. Thereafter, the DSP reads such four sets of 8-bit data from the memory, and then, the DSP converts them into the 32-bit data, so that the DSP can perform the predetermined data processing on the converted 32-bit data. Thus, the DSP, employing M-bit data to be processed therein, can be freely coupled with the memory which stores N-bit data (where M.gtoreq.N), as long as "M" is equal to or a multiple of "N".

Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing a musical tone comprises a loop circuit for circulating an input wave form signal through a delay circuit, a wave form memory, and a random modulation circuit for modulating the wave form signal stored in the wave form memory. The random modulation circuit generates a random signal, such as a noise signal. The random signal modulates address data to the wave form memory, so that the read wave form data read out from the wave form memory is delicately varied with time.

Abstract: The musical tone synthesizing apparatus is mainly configured by a closed loop which at least provides a delay circuit and an all-pass filter. The delay circuit delays an input signal (e.g., excitation wave signal) by a first delay time corresponding to a certain integral number of sampling periods. The all-pass filter functions to at least delay an output of the delay circuit by a second delay time corresponding to a decimal fraction of the sampling period, so that an output of the all-pass filter is fed back to the delay circuit. The whole delay time of the closed loop consists of the first and second delay times which can be respectively controlled. Thus, a musical tone signal representing a synthesized musical tone (e.g., an attenuating sound which is produced from an percussion instrument) is picked up from the closed loop. Incidentally, the whole configuration of the closed loop can be embodied by a digital signal processor (DSP).

Abstract: The present invention provides a signal delay circuit for substantially steplessly changing a delay interval. The signal delay circuit is composed essentially of a delay controller, a first delay circuit, and a second delay circuit. The delay controller generates and outputs control data consisting of a real number bearing control information for controlling the delay interval, the real number consists of an integral portion and a fractional portion. The first delay circuit receives an incidental signal, delays the incidental signal for creating a first intermediate signal, and outputs the first intermediate signal, the first intermediate signal being delayed with respect to the incidental signal by an interval which is a product of a predetermined cardinal interval and the integral portion of the real number.

Abstract: A musical tone synthesizing apparatus is designed to simulate the acoustic sounds of non-electronic musical instruments. In the non-electronic musical instrument providing the resonator such as the piano and guitar, the produced acoustic sound contains three kinds of sounds, i.e., a direct sound, a resonant sound and a transient sound. Herein, the direct sound is produced directly by playing the instrument, the resonant sound is produced from the resonator based on the direct sound and the transient sound is produced when the impulse to be occurred by playing the instrument propagates through the resonator. Thus, signals simulating these sounds respectively are mixed together so as to produce the synthesized musical tone signal, which well-simulates the acoustic sound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a signal delay circuit for substantially steplessly changing a delay interval. The signal delay circuit is composed essentially of a delay controller, a first delay circuit, and a second delay circuit. The delay controller generates and outputs control data consisting of a real number bearing control information for controlling the delay interval, the real number consists of an integral portion and a fractional portion. The first delay circuit receives an incidental signal, delays the incidental signal for creating a first intermediate signal, and outputs the first intermediate signal, the first intermediate signal being delayed with respect to the incidental signal by an interval which is a product of a predetermined cardinal interval and the integral portion of the real number.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical instrument which can generate a plurality of tones in spite of the inexpensive and simple structure thereof and can correct the quantity of phase delay of a closed loop in a physical model tone generator without use of any special processor such as a high-speed CPU or a dedicated numerical operation processor, not only to thereby attain performance effects of echo, chorus and the like but to simulate a performance style of repeating the operation of one string or key in the condition in which a tone corresponding to the string or key remains, without production of noise even when parameters for constituent elements of the physical model tone generator are respectively changed widely. The electronic musical instrument includes a driving waveform for storing a plurality of driving waveform data corresponding to performance information in advance, and a closed loop constituted by a shift register and a low-pass filter.

Abstract: A musical tone generating device is capable of simulating various special playing techniques for a stringed instrument in which the harmonic spectrums of produced sound is enhanced, or otherwise altered. The device includes a delay circuit wherein an input signal thereto is delayed and output; a closed loop circuit comprising multiple feedback pathways to which the output of the delay circuit is supplied and processed therein, after which the processed signal is returned toward the delay circuit as an input signal; an excitation device in response to a predetermined control signal, generating an excitation signal and supplying it to the closed loop circuit, such that the excitation signal corresponds to an excitation vibration in the stringed instrument being simulated; and a control device wherein the predetermined control signal is generated and whereby the delay interval of the delay circuit and the processing carried out in the multiple feedback pathways are controlled.

Abstract: A musical tone synthesizing apparatus which is suitable for simulating and synthesizing the percussion instrument tone provides a closed-loop including at least an adder and a delay circuit. An input signal corresponding to a musical tone signal to be synthesized is supplied to the adder from an external device. The adder adds the input signal to its feedback signal. The output of adder is delayed by a delay time in the delay circuit, wherein delay time is controlled by a modulation signal. Then, delayed output of the delay circuit is fed back to the adder as the feedback signal. Thus, the output of adder or a signal propagating the delay circuit is picked up as a synthesized musical tone signal. Preferably, it is possible to provide a plurality of delay circuits.

Abstract: A variable delay circuit for delaying an input signal and being capable of changing length of this delay is provided and various modulation effects are imparted by this delay. When change in the delay length has been designated, a decay envelope is imparted to a delay output tone signal corresponding to the delay length before the change and then a rise envelope is imparted to a delay output signal corresponding to the delay length after the change. Generation of a click noise during the change in the delay length thereby is prevented. Alternatively, when the delay length is to be changed, a decay envelope is imparted to a delay output signal corresponding to the delay length before the change and, simultaneously, a rise envelope is imparted to a delay output tone signal corresponding to the delay length after the delay and the two signals are combined.

Abstract: A musical tone signal is synthesized on the basis of a predetermined modulation operation (e.g. an FM or AM operation) employing a modulation signal and a carrier signal respectively having an audio range frequency. In a waveshape table provided for defining at least one of a modulation wave function or a carrier wave function, a wave function expressed in a logarithmic form log{f(x)} is stored. The wave function log{f(x)} read out from this waveshape table is multiplied with a coefficient k whereby the wave function of the modulation signal or the carrier signal to be used in the modulation operation is changed from f(x) to {f(x)}.sup.k. That is, k log{(f(x)}=log{f(x)}.sup.k is obtained by this multiplication and {f(x)}.sup.k is obtained by converting this log {f(x)}.sup.k to a linear form. Therefore, it is enabled to synthesize a tone having abundant frequency components by using the wave function {f(x)}.sup.k obtained by a simple operation.

Abstract: In an electronic musical instrument comprising a keyboard including a plurality of keys, a tone signal generator for producing a musical tone signal corresponding to a depressed key, a key touch detector for generating a key touch signal concerning a key depression operation of the depressed key, and an operator for controlling one of musical tone components of the musical tone signal, there are provided a selector for selecting either one of two control elements comprising the operating state of the operator and the key touch state at the time of key depression for determining whether the degree of control of the musical element caused by the selected control element is to be emphasized or not, and a suppression circuit for inhibiting or suppressing the musical tone control effected by the other control element in accordance with the state of selection of the selector.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument is of a harmonic synthesis type and is provided with an order number memory device which stores a plurality of order numbers of the harmonic components necessary to form respective tone colors, an amplitude coefficient memory device which stores a plurality of sets of amplitude coefficients for the respective harmonic components corresponding to the respective order of numbers stored in the order number memory device, and a tone color selector which controls the order number memory device and the amplitude coefficient memory device, when a certain tone color is selected, for causing the respective memory devices to produce the order numbers and the amplitude coefficients of a set corresponding to the selected tone color.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument is of a harmonic synthesis type and is provided with an order number memory device which stores a plurality of order numbers of the harmonic components necessary to form respective tone colors, an amplitude coefficient memory device which stores a plurality of sets of amplitude coefficients for the respective harmonic components corresponding to the respective order of numbers stored in the order number memory device, and a tone color selector which controls the order number memory device and the amplitude coefficient memory device, when a certain tone color is selected, for causing the respective memory devices to produce the order numbers and the amplitude coefficients of a set corresponding to the selected tone color.