公开(公告)号：US06828497B2

公开(公告)日：2004-12-07

申请号：US10329025

申请日：2002-12-24

申请人： Koji Yataka ,  Tomomitsu Urai ,  Akira Miki ,  Fukushi Kawakami ,  Shinichi Sawara

发明人： Koji Yataka ,  Tomomitsu Urai ,  Akira Miki ,  Fukushi Kawakami ,  Shinichi Sawara

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H1/08 ,  G10H1/0091 ,  Y10S84/16 ,  Y10S84/27

摘要： On a casing of an electronic keyboard instrument, there are provided front speakers, rear speakers and upper speakers as non-front speakers, a woofer speaker, and a vibrator. Tone generator section generates tone signals of tone colors corresponding to tones of various musical instruments. Assignment section adjusts, on a tone-color-by-tone-color basis, tone volume allocations, of the generated tone signals, to the speakers and vibrator. Further, the thus-adjusted tone signals are mixed for each of speaker reproduction systems and vibrator drive system, and then the resultant mixed tone signals of the speaker reproduction systems and vibrator drive system are supplied to corresponding ones of the speakers and vibrator.

摘要翻译： 在电子键盘乐器的外壳上，提供前置扬声器，后置扬声器和上扬声器作为非前置扬声器，低音扬声器和振动器。 音调发生器部分产生对应于各种乐器的音调的音色的音调信号。 分配部分以色调色调为基础，将生成的音调信号的音量分配调整到扬声器和振动器。 此外，对于每个扬声器再现系统和振动器驱动系统混合这样调节的音调信号，然后将扬声器再现系统和振动器驱动系统产生的混合音调信号提供给扬声器和振动器中的相应扬声器和振动器。

公开(公告)号：US06822153B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-23

申请号：US10143812

申请日：2002-05-14

申请人： Claude Comair ,  Rory Johnston ,  Lawrence Schwedler ,  James Phillipsen

发明人： Claude Comair ,  Rory Johnston ,  Lawrence Schwedler ,  James Phillipsen

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H1/0025 ,  G10H2210/026 ,  G10H2240/056

摘要： An interactive dynamic musical composition real time music presentation video game system uses individually composed musical compositions stored as building blocks. The building blocks are structured as nodes of a sequential state machine. Transitions between states are defined based on exit point of current state and entrance point into the new state. Game-related parameters can trigger transition from one compositional building block to another. For example, an interactivity variable can keep track of the current state of the video game or some aspect of it. In one example, an adrenaline counter gauging excitement based on the number of game objectives that have been accomplished can be used to control transitions between more relaxed musical states to more exciting and energetic musical states. Transitions can be handled by cross-fading between one music compositional component to another, or by providing transitional compositions. The system can be used to dynamically generate a musical composition in real time. Advantages include allowing a musical composer to compose a number of discrete musical compositions corresponding to different video game or other multimedia presentation states, and providing smooth transition between the different compositions responsive to interactive user input and/or other parameters.

摘要翻译： 交互式动态音乐作品实时音乐演示视频游戏系统使用存储为构建块的单独组合的音乐作品。 构建块被构造为顺序状态机的节点。 状态之间的转换是根据当前状态的出口点和进入新状态的入口点来定义的。 与游戏相关的参数可以触发从一个组合构建块到另一个构建块的过渡。 例如，交互变量可以跟踪视频游戏的当前状态或其某些方面。 在一个示例中，基于已经完成的游戏目标的数量的肾上腺素计数器测量兴奋可以用于控制更轻松的音乐状态之间的转变到更令人兴奋和精力充沛的音乐状态。 转换可以通过一个音乐作曲组件与另一个音乐组合部分之间的交叉衰落来处理，也可以通过提供过渡组合来处理。 该系统可用于实时动态生成音乐作品。 优点包括允许音乐作曲者组成对应于不同视频游戏或其他多媒体呈现状态的多个离散乐曲，并且响应于交互式用户输入和/或其他参数提供不同构图之间的平滑过渡。

公开(公告)号：US06762358B2

公开(公告)日：2004-07-13

申请号：US10339105

申请日：2003-01-08

申请人： Akira Iguchi ,  Toshio Yamabata

发明人： Akira Iguchi ,  Toshio Yamabata

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H7/02

摘要： A waveform reproduction apparatus and process for carrying out waveform reproduction without delays. Waveform data expressing first and latter half portions of a musical tone waveform are stored on a storage device. In response to a tone generation start indicator, waveform data that express first half portions corresponding to the tone generation start indicator are successively read out and corresponding musical tone waveforms are formed. Following this, the waveform data that express latter half portions corresponding to the tone generation start indicator are successively read out and corresponding musical tone waveforms are formed. After the first half portions are successively read out and corresponding musical tone waveforms are formed, if the read-out of the waveform data that express the latter half portions corresponding to the tone generation start indicator is not completed in time, the formation of the musical tone waveforms is based on a specified segment set in the first half portion of the waveform data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于不延迟地执行波形再现的波形再现装置和处理。 表示乐音波形的后半部分的波形数据被存储在存储装置上。 响应于音调生成开始指示符，连续地读出表示对应于乐音产生开始指示符的前半部分的波形数据，并且形成相应的乐音波形。 接下来，连续地读出表示与乐音产生开始指示符对应的后半部分的波形数据，形成相应的乐音波形。 在连续读出前半部分之后，形成相应的乐音波形时，如果读出对应于乐音产生开始指示符的后半部分的波形数据的读出未及时完成，则形成音乐 音波形基于在波形数据的前半部分中设置的指定段。

公开(公告)号：US06658309B1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-02

申请号：US08976147

申请日：1997-11-21

申请人： Steven R. Abrams ,  Daniel V. Oppenheim ,  Donald P. Pazel ,  James L. Wright

发明人： Steven R. Abrams ,  Daniel V. Oppenheim ,  Donald P. Pazel ,  James L. Wright

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H7/002 ,  G10H1/0008 ,  G10H2220/106 ,  G10H2240/056

摘要： The present invention discloses a computer system adapted for composing sound. Sound is composed via a combination of blocks and modifiers, where a block is an abstraction of a collection of data that, when processed by appropriate algorithms and hardware, produces sound. Further, the current invention also comprises one or more modifiers, each of which, when applied to a block, alters the sound produced by that block.

摘要翻译： 本发明公开了一种适于构成声音的计算机系统。 声音通过块和修饰符的组合组成，其中块是数据集合的抽象，当由适当的算法和硬件处理时，产生声音。 此外，本发明还包括一个或多个改性剂，每个改性剂当应用于块时改变由该块产生的声音。

公开(公告)号：US06605768B2

公开(公告)日：2003-08-12

申请号：US09998320

申请日：2001-12-03

申请人： Toshihiko Date ,  Ryousuke Kobayashi ,  Michiko Ogawa ,  Tomomi Hirata

发明人： Toshihiko Date ,  Ryousuke Kobayashi ,  Michiko Ogawa ,  Tomomi Hirata

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H7/002 ,  G10H2250/105 ,  G10H2250/585

摘要： Upon receipt of a music signal from a music-signal input section, a sound-source separating section in a preprocessing section separates the music signal into a plurality of signals in units of the type of audio source. A physical-property converting section changes a physical property of each of the signals on the basis of control information received from a control-information input section. A signal-synthesizing section synthesizes a plurality of output signals outputted from the physical-property converting section, and supplies the resultant signal to a data-compressing section. For example, in compressed data, a high data rate is allocated to a vocal, whereas low data rates are allocated to other parts. As a result, quality improvement can be implemented in auditory perceptibility of a musically important part.

公开(公告)号：US06576825B2

公开(公告)日：2003-06-10

申请号：US09348239

申请日：1999-07-06

申请人： Youichi Yamada ,  Tomohiko Kimura ,  Hiroyuki Isobe ,  Gen Inoshita ,  Ko Atsumi

发明人： Youichi Yamada ,  Tomohiko Kimura ,  Hiroyuki Isobe ,  Gen Inoshita ,  Ko Atsumi

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G11B19/02 ,  G10H2210/241 ,  G11B19/247 ,  G11B27/005 ,  G11B2220/2545

摘要： Disclosed is an audio reproduction apparatus for reproducing music information recorded on a digital disk. This apparatus includes a rotatable body, a detection section for detecting a rotational state of the rotatable body, and a processing section for processing the music information to be reproduced in accordance with the rotational state detected by the detection section.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于再现记录在数字盘上的音乐信息的音频再现装置。 该装置包括旋转体，用于检测旋转体的旋转状态的检测部，以及根据由检测部检测出的旋转状态来处理要再现的音乐信息的处理部。

公开(公告)号：US06525253B1

公开(公告)日：2003-02-25

申请号：US09337958

申请日：1999-06-22

申请人： Takeshi Kikuchi ,  Yuji Koike

发明人： Takeshi Kikuchi ,  Yuji Koike

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H1/0066 ,  G10H2240/295 ,  G10H2240/305 ,  G10H2240/315

摘要： A musical tone information transmitting apparatus that can efficiently transmit musical tone information comprises: a device for inputting musical tone information; a plurality of processing units which jointly process the musical tone information from said input means in distributed processing; a packet generator for measuring an amount of said musical tone information distributedly processed by the plurality of processing units at a predetermined cycle, for extracting and packetizing a predetermined amount of the musical tone information into a first packet when the amount of the musical tone information is greater than the predetermined amount and for further packetizing next musical tone information after said predetermined cycle is lapsed from the time corresponding to the last musical tone information of said first packet; and a device for transmitting said packets generated by said packet generator.

摘要翻译： 能够有效地发送乐音信息的乐音信息发送装置包括：用于输入乐音信息的装置; 多个处理单元，其以分布式处理联合地处理来自所述输入装置的乐音信息; 分组发生器，用于以预定周期测量由所述多个处理单元分配处理的所述乐音信息的量，用于当所述乐音信息的量为音乐信息的数量时将预定量的所述乐音信息提取和分组为第一分组 大于预定量，并且在从与所述第一分组的最后乐曲信息相对应的时间过去所述预定周期之后进一步分组下一个音调信息; 以及用于发送由所述分组生成器生成的所述分组的装置。

公开(公告)号：US06452082B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-17

申请号：US08977727

申请日：1997-11-25

申请人： Hideo Suzuki ,  Masao Sakama ,  Yoshimasa Isozaki

发明人： Hideo Suzuki ,  Masao Sakama ,  Yoshimasa Isozaki

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H1/24 ,  G10H1/0033 ,  G10H7/02 ,  G10H2210/061 ,  G10H2210/221 ,  G10H2240/311

摘要： A method of generating musical tones and a storage medium storing a program for executing the method are provided. Musical piece data is decomposed into phrases, the musical piece data being formed of pieces of performance data arranged in the order of performance. The pieces of performance data of the musical piece data are analyzed for each of the phrases obtained by the decomposing step. Tone color control data is prepared for each of the phrases according to results of the analyzing. The pieces of performance data of the musical piece data are reproduced by sequentially reading the pieces of performance data at timing at which the pieces of performance data are to be performed to the order of performance. Tone color characteristics of musical tones to be generated based on selected ones of the pieces of performance data which are reproduced by the reproducing step, are controlled according to the tone color control data prepared for ones of the phrases to which the selected ones of the pieces of performance data belong, respectively.

摘要翻译： 提供一种产生乐音的方法和存储用于执行该方法的程序的存储介质。 乐曲数据被分解为短语，乐曲数据由按照演奏顺序排列的演奏数据组成。 对通过分解步骤获得的每个短语分析乐曲数据的演奏数据。 根据分析结果为每个短语准备色调颜色控制数据。 通过在执行演奏数据的执行的定时按顺序读取演奏数据，再现乐曲数据的演奏数据。 根据通过再现步骤再现的选定的演奏数据生成的乐音的色调特性根据为所选择的部分的短语准备的音色控制数据进行控制 的性能数据分别属于。

公开(公告)号：US06410837B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-25

申请号：US09804739

申请日：2001-03-13

申请人： Satoru Tsutsumi

发明人： Satoru Tsutsumi

IPC分类号： G10H700

摘要： A remix apparatus and method and slice apparatus and method is provided, which are capable of generating new musical tone pattern data from previously generated musical tone pattern data in real time, and storage media storing programs for implementing these methods. Musical tone pattern data of a predetermined length stored in a flash memory or a RAM is divided into a plurality of musical tone piece data of a length smaller than the predetermined length, and location information indicative of locations in the flash memory where the musical tone piece data obtained by the division are stored is stored in the flash memory. When a user selects one of plural types of stored rearrangement information, the location information on the musical tone piece data is supplied such that the musical tone piece data are rearranged in an order indicated by the selected rearrangement information and the musical tone piece data are sequentially reproduced in an order indicated by the supplied location information, that is, the musical tone piece data are rearranged based on the location information which requires a small amount of data to be controlled. Therefore, new musical tone pattern data can be generated from previously generated musical tone pattern data in real time.

公开(公告)号：US06362409B1

公开(公告)日：2002-03-26

申请号：US09449045

申请日：1999-11-24

申请人： Sharadchandra H. Gadre

发明人： Sharadchandra H. Gadre

IPC分类号： G10H700

CPC分类号： G10H7/02 ,  G10H1/0041 ,  G10H2250/641

摘要： A software based digital wavetable synthesizer receives musical data from an external source and generates a plurality of digital sample values corresponding to the musical source. The musical source may be a synthesized music source or an actual instrument. In an exemplary embodiment, a sample for each semi-tone for the musical instrument is sampled and stored. A subsequent process analyzes the sampled and selects a single cycle representing that musical instrument at each of the semi-tones. The data is subsequently normalized such that each cycle begins with a zero value and the normalized data is stored in a data structure along with labels indicative of the musical instrument and the musical note. In subsequent use, the user can create synthesized music by selecting the desired instrument and notes. Additional musical rules, such as rules associated with Indian classical music, may be applied to specify the synthesis process. The musical notes, generated in accordance with the associated musical rules are provided to a music output file, which may be converted into a conventional waveform format and played on a conventional sound card. The invention is totally software based and does not rely on synthesized data stored in firmware or hardware on a special musical synthesizer card. Instead, any conventional sound card may be readily used thus allowing portability of the music synthesizer between computing platforms.

摘要翻译： 一种基于软件的数字波表合成器从外部源接收音乐数据，并产生对应于音乐源的多个数字样本值。 音乐来源可以是合成音乐源或实际乐器。 在示例性实施例中，对用于乐器的每个半色调的样本进行采样和存储。 随后的过程分析采样并选择在每个半色调处表示乐器的单个循环。 随后数据被归一化，使得每个周期以零值开始，并且归一化数据与指示乐器和音符的标签一起存储在数据结构中。 在随后的使用中，用户可以通过选择所需的乐器和音符来创建合成音乐。 附加的音乐规则，例如与印度古典音乐相关的规则，可以用于指定合成过程。 根据相关联的音乐规则生成的音符被提供给音乐输出文件，该音乐输出文件可以被转换成传统的波形格式并且在传统的声卡上播放。 本发明是完全基于软件的，并不依赖存储在固件或硬件上的专用音乐合成器卡上的合成数据。 相反，任何常规的声卡可以容易地使用，从而允许音乐合成器在计算平台之间的可移植性。