Abstract: Provided are a method of storing pattern display data and a method of processing the pattern display data, each of which enables storing color pattern display data in a smaller amount of data and using it for displaying the same to thereby decrease the cost of a relevant apparatus.

Abstract: A variety of instructions are inputted through different input modes on a single touch panel. Calculator 22 calculates the coordinates of the contact point on the touch panel 91. Area table 24 has a flag assigned to each area in each image for indicating that the segment is a continuous press input area. Area identifier 25 examines the area table 24 whether the contact point on the panel is in the continuous or the instant touch input area. Examined area attribute is saved in an input mode storage 26. When receiving the mode data from the storage 26 and the coordinates, a screen controller 20 switches the image to another or updates the settings and graphic item in the image. In response to the mode data of the storage 26 and the coordinate data, a parameter setting 27 modifies the parameters of the envelope or effect.

Abstract: A variety of instructions are inputted through different input modes on a single touch panel. Calculator 22 calculates the coordinates of the contact point on the touch panel 91. Area table 24 has a flag assigned to each area in each image for indicating that the segment is a continuous press input area. Area identifier 25 examines the area table 24 whether the contact point on the panel is in the continuous or the instant touch input area. Examined area attribute is saved in an input mode storage 26. When receiving the mode data from the storage 26 and the coordinates, a screen controller 20 switches the image to another or updates the settings and graphic item in the image. In response to the mode data of the storage 26 and the coordinate data, a parameter setting 27 modifies the parameters of the envelope or effect.

Abstract: An electronic musical instrument having a plurality of tone generation channels includes a solo tone channel assignment means and a non-solo tone channel assignment means. The solo tone channel assignment means preferentially operates to assign a solo tone to be generated to an unoccupied one of the plurality of tone generation channels. The assigned channel number is stored in a solo tone channel information memory. The non-solo tone assignment means looks up the solo tone channel information memory upon checking unoccupied channel information, and assigns tone information to an unoccupied channel excluding the channel number recorded in that memory. A solo tone is dynamically assigned to an unoccupied channel. That assigned channel is reserved without being assigned as a non-solo tone channel, and the solo and non-solo tones do not compete in channel assignment.

Abstract: Automatic play progresses automatically with each sound generating operation based on timing data that indicates the timing for sounding a tone. In this manner, performance information for time count automatic play can be used with one-step automatic play. In addition, the information based on the tone generation operation for one-step automatic play and the information based on the sound generating operation for manual play are assigned to tone generating channels, which enables one-step automatic play and manual play to be performed together (in soli). Also, whether or not one-step automatic play is performed can be selected for each respective performance part or instrumental part.

Abstract: When the action of key depression is paused in a semi-automatic play mode, the semi-automatic playing is switched to automatic playing. When the key depression is made in the automatic playing, the playing is shifted back to the semi-automatic playing. An electronic musical instrument includes a semi-automatic play timing controlling means responsive to a key-depression by a player for controlling the first timing for tone generation, and an automatic play timing controlling means responsive to a timing information contained in a musical playing data for controlling the second timing for tone generation. The automatic playing is enabled when the key depression is not detected within a predetermined duration of time in the semi-automatic playing with the first timing controlled by the semi-automatic play timing controlling means.

Abstract: An automatic performance apparatus with the concert magic function includes a memory for storing automatic performance data composed of a sequence of note data. Each note data includes a data of gate time and a data of step time. When it is detected that at least one of the keys corresponding to the sequence of note data is pushed, a current note data of the sequence is read out from the memory. Then, there are executed a sound generation stopping process for a previous note data and a sound generating process for the current note data. When it is detected that all of keys corresponding to the sequence of note data are released, a sound generation stopping instruction is issued and the sound generation for the current note data is stopped in the response to the sound generation stopping instruction. The sound generating process and the sound generation stopping process are executed using a reference time period which is determined based on a tempo.

Abstract: An electric stringed instrument having an integral accompaniment system is proposed. The vibrations of the strings on the electric stringed instrument are detected as analog signals by a pickup device. A portion of the detected signal is extracted, has its voltage adjusted, is converted into a digital signal, and is read into a CPU as a digital signal within a range of 0-5 volts. An amplification factor of the digital signal is determined according to sound volume data included in accompaniment data stored within the accompaniment system, and the proportion of sound volume between the player's performance and an automatically generated accompaniment is adjusted by multiplying the sound volume of the player's performance, or of the accompaniment, by the amplification factor. The sound volume adjustment is effected only once and only when an automatic balancing switch provided on the instrument is depressed.

Abstract: A tempo setting apparatus and a parameter setting apparatus for an electronic musical instrument. The tempo setting apparatus automatically plays out a rhythm based on a set of rhythm performance data selected from plural sets of rhythm performance data stored in storage means.