Method of controlling musical tone generation channels in an ele

Details Method of controlling musical tone generation channels in an ele Method of controlling musical tone generation channels in an ele

1991-11-26

1994-01-11

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84664, G10H 500, H04Q 118

Patent

active

052783499

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for controlling a musical tone in an electronic musical instrument which has a plurality of keys and a plurality of tone generation channels, the apparatus includes a detecting device for detecting a depression state of the plurality of keys, a counter for counting number of key which are simultaneously depressed when key depression is detected, an assigning device for assigning predetermined number of the tone generation channels to each of depressed keys so as to substantially stabilize number of entire assigned generation channels, in accordance with a counted value of the counter, a loudspeaker for generating tone signal from the predetermined number of tone generation channels assigned by the assigning device. In the apparatus, even if the number of keys to be depressed is changed, the number of tones to be simultaneously produced is not greatly changed.

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