JPH09101777A - Automatic playing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To greatly improve the efficiency of editing operation for musical sound data by sounding musical sound data which are already stored and musical sound data to be added at the same time. SOLUTION: When musical sound data of musical sound parameters specified by a 2nd specifying means are written in a timing position specified by a 1st specifying means 21 as to musical performance data which are stored in a storage means, a sound generating means generates the musical sound of musical sound data which are already written in the timing position specified by the 1st specifying means 21 for musical performance data that are already stored in a storage means at the same time together with the musical sound of the musical sound parameters specified by the 2nd specifying means 4. An operator can, therefore, grasp the relation between the musical sound which is already stored and the musical sound to be added with ease. When it is decided that the musical sound specified by the 2nd specifying means 4 is used, a musical sound data writing means writes the musical sound data on the musical sound in musical performance data in the storage means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic performance device capable of stepwise input of tone data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a method of inputting musical tone data called step input in an automatic performance device. The step input is a method in which the automatic performance device is set to the step record mode, and in the same mode, the position of the musical score to which the musical sound data is input is designated by the pointer and the musical sound data is manually input to the position. The tone data input in steps is sounded at the time of the step input, and it is possible to confirm what tone is input. In this way, the musical tone data is input to each position of the musical score to create the musical performance data of the entire musical piece.

In this step input method, when adding new musical tone data to the position of the musical score where musical tone data is already stored, it is necessary to confirm the musical tone data already stored at that position. For this confirmation,
It is necessary to once set the automatic performance device to the play mode, specify a position where additional musical tone data is to be stepwise input, and reproduce a series of performance data including the position.

After confirming the musical tone data already stored in this way, the automatic musical instrument is again set to the step record mode, and the position of the musical score to which the musical tone data is input is again pointed by the pointer as described above. Specify and manually input additional tone data for that position. At this time, the added musical sound data can be confirmed by being sounded at the time of the step input, but the musical sound data already stored at the same input position is not sounded.

[0005]

As described above, in the case of adding new musical tone data to the position of the musical score to which the musical tone data has already been input, the automatic performance is performed in order to confirm the already stored musical tone data. It is necessary to perform a troublesome work such that the device is once set to the play mode for confirmation, and then the step recording mode is set to re-specify the input position and stepwise input the additional musical tone data. This kind of complicated work interrupts the thinking of the performer who is trying to revise the old musical sound data immediately before forgetting it because a new musical idea came up, and I thought of it for this work. Sometimes the music is lost.

Further, when the additional tone data is step-input, only the newly added tone data is sounded at that time, and the tone data already stored at the step input position is not sounded. For this reason, for example, if the already input musical tone data is the main melody musical tone data and the newly added musical tone data is the sub-melody musical tone data, the balance between the two musical tones is not known at the time of step input, and it is necessary to confirm that It is necessary to switch to the play mode once, which makes the work troublesome.
The same applies to the case where a new constituent sound is added to the already stored chord sound.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when a new musical tone data is added by designating an input position with a pointer, the musical tone data already stored is added. Based on the concept of simultaneously producing musical sound data, confirmation of already stored musical sound data can be performed without interrupting the performer's thinking and re-specifying the input position when adding musical sound data. By doing so, it is an object of the present invention to remarkably improve the efficiency of musical sound data editing work.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an automatic performance apparatus according to the present invention stores a storage means for storing performance data consisting of a series of musical tone data and an arbitrary timing position of a performance music piece. A first designating means for designating, a second designating means for designating a musical tone parameter including at least pitch information, and a musical tone of the designated musical tone parameter when the musical tone parameter is designated by the second designating means Sounding means, and if the musical sound data is stored at the timing position designated by the first designating means in the performance data of the storage means, the musical sound means of the musical sound data is generated at the same time; The musical tone data composed of the musical tone parameters whose designation has been confirmed by the second designating means is set to the timing position designated by the first designating means in the performance data stored in the storage means. And a musical tone data writing means for burn them.

According to the automatic musical instrument having the above-mentioned structure, the musical tone data of the musical tone parameter designated by the second designating means is added to the musical performance data stored in the storage means.
When attempting to write to the timing position designated by the first designating means, the sound producing means together with the musical tone of the musical tone parameter designated by the second designating means, the timing position of the performance data stored in the storing means. The musical tones of the musical tone data already written in are also pronounced at the same time.
Therefore, the operator can easily grasp the relationship between the musical tone already stored and the musical tone to be newly added. When it is decided to use the musical tone designated by the second designating means, the musical tone data writing means writes the musical tone data of the musical tone in the performance data of the storage means.

Further, in the automatic performance device, the sounding means, even when the timing position is designated by the first designating means, in the performance data of the storage means,
If musical tone data is stored at the timing position designated by the first designating means, the musical tone of the musical tone data can be generated.

Thus, when the operator designates the timing position by the first designating means, the operator can easily know what the musical tone of the musical tone data already stored at the timing position is.

Further, in the above-mentioned automatic performance device, a third designating means for designating a predetermined section of the musical composition including the timing position designated by the first designating means, and a performance instruction for giving a performance instruction for the predetermined section. The sounding means, when the performance instructing means gives a performance instruction, outputs the musical sound of the performance data of the predetermined section designated by the third designating means, which is stored in the storage means. The musical tone of the musical tone parameter designated by the second designating means can be inserted while being inserted into the timing position designated by the first designating means.

Thus, it is possible to easily listen to the performance of a predetermined section (for example, one bar) including the musical tone data to be newly added by the second designating means to the already inputted performance data stored in the storage means. it can.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a schematic structure of an automatic performance device as one embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment device is
The present invention is applied to an automatic playing device capable of writing and playing using a sheet-like keyboard composed of a transparent touch panel and a display.

In the figure, reference numeral 41 is a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus.
(Central processing unit), 42 is a ROM for storing the program of the CPU 41 and data necessary for executing the program
(Read-only memory) 43 is a RAM (random access memory) as a work area for program execution, and performance data and the like are also stored therein. 4
Reference numeral 4 denotes a transparent touch panel, and 45 denotes a display device. The touch panel 44 and the display device 45 detect an operation performed by the user touching the display content while viewing the display surface of the display device 45 through the transparent touch panel 44. The operation panel 46 is configured. 47 is CPU4
It is a sound source that produces musical tones based on the instruction information from 1.

First, the operation panel 46 will be described.
FIG. 3 shows the mechanical structure of the operation panel 46. The operation panel 46 has a structure in which a transparent touch panel 44 is attached to the upper surface of the display device 45, and various display elements as shown in FIG. 1 are displayed on the display surface of the display device 45.

The transparent touch panel 44 is an analog type touch panel, and when touched with a touch pen or the like, the X direction,
By generating a voltage corresponding to each position in the Y direction, A / D converting the voltage, reading the voltage as a digital signal into the CPU, and processing the voltage, information such as the change in the touch panel 44 pressed and the pressed position is displayed. You can get
By aligning the positions of the display unit 45 and the touch panel 44, the pressing operation / sliding operation on the touch panel 44 can be performed with respect to the positions of display elements such as parameters, parameter values, and icons displayed on the display surface of the display unit 45. It can be associated with a pressing operation / sliding operation.

Next, the display elements of the operation panel 46 will be described. The device of the present embodiment is characterized by having an operation panel 46 composed of a display 45 and a transparent touch panel 44. By touching a display element on the operation panel 46 with a touch pen or the like, a conventional automatic performance device can be obtained. Compared to this, the musical tone data can be written and played automatically in an intuitive manner.

The display elements displayed on the operation panel 46 will be described below. “SONG” window 2 By default, the selected song number is displayed, but each time you touch this area, the current measure number display and the song number display are switched alternately. .

"TRACK" track icon 3 A plurality of track numbers are displayed, and one track can be selected by touching this track number. The selected track number flashes. The timbre assigned to the track selected here can be played by the keyboard icon 4 described below.

"Keyboard" icon 4 By touching each key of this keyboard icon 4, the key can be played with the tone color assigned to the currently selected track. In step recording, it is used as a keyboard for specifying the pitch to be input.

"KEY HOLD" key hold icon 20 Each time the area of this key hold icon 20 is touched, the hold "ON" state and the hold "OFF" state alternate. In the hold "ON" state, the character "KEY HOLD" is displayed in the corresponding area, and in the hold "OFF" state, this character is not displayed. When any key of the keyboard icon 4 is touched in the hold “ON” state, until the hold “OFF” state or the same key (that is, the same pitch) is touched again,
The pronunciation of the musical sound of the key is maintained. It should be noted that when the attenuated sound is selected as the timbre, the sound is attenuated with the passage of time, so that the sound is muted midway. By using the function of the key hold icon 20, a plurality of keys of the keyboard icon 4 can be played simultaneously,
For example, when inputting a chord, it is convenient because a plurality of constituent tones can be played at the same time for confirmation.

">>>>""<<" icon 24 By touching, the tone range of the keyboard is shifted in octave units. When you touch the ">>>>" area, the tone range shifts one octave higher each time you touch it, and "<<
When the area is touched with "<", the sound range shifts one octave lower with each touch.

"Velocity" palette 5 This is a palette for setting the velocity (that is, the volume) to be sounded by the keyboard icon 4. By touching this area and sliding to the left or right, the magnitude of velocity increases or decreases,
You can set any velocity. The set position is displayed by filling the staircase-shaped cells displayed in the palette area.

"DEL" delete icon 6 Lights only when an event exists at the current position in step recording. Touching this delete icon 6 erases the event.

"MAN / AUTO" manual / auto step icon 7 This is displayed only at the time of step recording, and either the manual step "MAN" or the auto step "AUTO" can be touched to select either one. When the manual step “MAN” is selected, the writing position in the message area 1 described later does not move even if an event is input. When the auto step “AUTO” is selected, after writing an event, the writing position (cursor) automatically moves to the next writing position according to the duration of the event.

"Duration" palette 8 This palette is displayed only at the time of step recording, and includes various note symbols. By touching these note symbols, you can select the duration of the event you are about to write. The selected duration flashes. It can be specified in combination with the dotted icon “·” and the triple icon “ 3 ”.

"TIE" tie icon 9 This icon is displayed only when the auto step "AUTO" is selected during step recording. When touched, the duration of the selected event is selected on the duration palette 8. Make the value longer.

"REST" rest icon 10 This icon is displayed only when the auto step "AUTO" is selected during step recording. When touched, only the value selected in the duration palette 8 from the current writing position. Move the writing position.

"Message" area 1 This area is a character display area of 16 characters and 2 lines and can display some special symbols in addition to alphanumeric characters. In step records and the like, a screen for setting parameter values and the like is displayed.

"<"">" Event search / page icon 11 At the time of step recording, when there is an event already written ahead or behind the current writing position, the event search is performed according to the front or back. The icons are displayed on the right side or the left side of the message area 1. When these icons 11 are touched, an event is searched forward or backward from the current writing position, and the writing position is moved to the position of the first searched event, depending on whether the touch is the icon on the left side or the right side. When the message area 1 has a plurality of screens (pages) except for step records, the icon 11 lights up in the direction in which the screens exist (the previous page is the left side and the subsequent page is the right side). To do. A screen (page) can be switched by touching these icons 11.

"PLAY" play icon 12 When touched while the song play is stopped, automatic performance is started. Touch in the standby state during step recording to switch to step recording mode. When touched in the step record mode, only the data of the selected measure is played once and automatically stopped (one-shot preview).

"STOP" stop icon 13 When touched during play, the performance is stopped. If touched in step record mode, it shifts to the step record standby state. Touch in the step record standby state to switch to song play mode.

"REC" record icon 14 If touched while stopped, the step record is entered. "Reset" Reset icon 15 Touch this while stopped to return to the beginning of the song. Fast forward icon 16 Touch this while stopped to advance the measure. Rewind icon 17 Touch this while stopped to rewind the measure.

"MIXER" icon 18 When this icon is touched, the message display area 1
However, as shown in FIG. 5, it becomes a screen in which the track number 103 of each track and the pan, volume, effect send, etc. of the track are visually displayed by numerical values and a fader graphic 102. By touching the display figure (fader) 102 on this screen and sliding it up and down, the positions of the knobs and the like can be changed in the same manner as an actual fader, and parameters can be set like a mixer. .

"PREVIEW" preview bar 19 This is a display element that functions only during step recording. While the preview bar 19 is being touched, the data of the specified bar is played in a loop. Further, the playing tempo of the song being loop-played can be changed by the position (position in the bar axis direction) touching the preview bar 19. Of course, the sliding tempo can change the performance tempo even during the performance. In song play mode (during stop), it also functions as a song scroll bar, allowing you to intuitively specify the bar position on the song. For example, touch the left end of the bar to specify the beginning of the song, and touch the right end to specify the song end.

Next, the step input operation by the apparatus of the embodiment will be described.

[Screens Related to Step Record Mode] When the record icon 14 is touched while the song play mode is stopped, the duration palette 8, the tie icon 9 and the rest icon 1 are displayed on the operation panel 46.
0, the AUTO / MAN icon 7 is displayed, and the message area 1 becomes the step record standby screen. FIG. 6 shows a display example of the standby screen of this step record. This standby screen consists of three pages. The first page is the track selection screen of FIG. 6 (1), the second page is the timing display resolution (grid resolution) designation screen of FIG. 6 (2), and the third page is FIG. 3)
Is a preview / track designation screen of.

In the track selection screen of FIG. 6A, the track to be step-recorded is selected by touching the track icon 3 or operating the track number of the message area up and down with a touch pen or the like. In the timing display resolution (grid resolution) designation screen of FIG. 6 (2), the timing grid display form for designating and displaying the timing within the bar of the musical sound data is displayed, and by sliding the screen left and right, Select the display format. The display form is usually "NOR".
It is possible to select M display or triplet "TRI" display.
On the preview / track designation screen of (3), the track designation of the pronunciation "Shot" by the one-shot preview and the pronunciation "Bar" by the preview bar 19 described later is selected by sliding the screen. This track designation is "CRT" to sound only the currently selected track, and "AL" to sound all tracks.
This is done by selecting L ″.

On this standby screen, play icon 12
Touch to switch to step record mode and write / edit music data. FIG. 7 shows a display example of the operation panel 46 in the step record mode. As mentioned above, when it comes to step records, the duration palette 8, tie icon 9, rest icon 10, AUTO / MAN icon 7
Is displayed, and in the step record mode, the bar number (MEAS), beat (BEAT), clock (CLOCK), pitch (NO
TE), duration (DURATION), and velocity (VELOCITY) parameter values are displayed, and a timing grid is displayed in the lower row.

In the example of FIG. 7, the message area 1 has a measure number (MEAS) of "001" and a beat (BE).
AT is "2", clock (CLOCK) is "48",
Pitch (NOTE) is "G3", duration (DUR)
ATION is "♪", velocity (VELOCIT)
Y) is displayed as “62”, and the timing grid is displayed with 16 timings of “1 ... 2 ... 3 ...

When the play icon 12 is further pressed in the step record mode state, the one shot preview state is set, and the performance data in the selected bar is played only once and automatically stopped.

The state of transition between the above modes is as follows. ○ Song play mode ↓ (Record icon 13) ↑ (Stop icon 13) ○ Step record standby ↓ (Play icon 12) ↑ (Stop icon 13) ○ Step record mode ↓ (Play icon 12) ↑ (Automatic stop / Stop icon 13) ○ One-shot preview

In the step record mode, the sound generation start timing, pitch (note number), sound generation duration (duration) of each sound of each track of the song,
This mode is for writing (storing) while specifying the velocity, and various automatic performance data can be created in this mode.

The duration palette 8 is a collection of icons for designating the duration of the musical sound data to be written, and the duration palette shown in FIG.
By touching any of the note symbols in the palette 8, the duration corresponding to the note can be selected. Each note symbol is lit when not selected and blinks when selected.
Of course, it can be specified in combination with a dot or triple icon.

The velocity palette 5 which is always displayed can also be used in this mode, and the tone data is written at the velocity specified here.

[Example of Step Record Operation] To actually input the tone data in the step record mode, the following procedure is performed. The setting of the song, track, and tone color to be written is assumed to have been set in advance by operating the song play screen, and a description thereof will be omitted here.

In order to specify the timing of writing the musical sound data (timing of starting sounding of the data), first, referring to FIG.
The bar number under "MEAS" of the guide display 21 of is designated. For this designation, the display area in which the bar numbers are displayed is touched with a touch pen or the like and slid to increase or decrease the bar numbers and set a desired bar number. The reset icon 15, the rewinding arrow 17, and the fast-forward icon 16 may be used to increase or decrease the bar number.

Next, the timing within the bar is designated by touching the timing grid displayed in the lower line of the message area 1. The timing grid represents a division of timing (hereinafter referred to as a grid) obtained by equally dividing one bar into 16 sections (12 sections if triplet display is specified). -By touching the desired grid, the timing within the bar for step input is specified.

To specify more delicate timing,
Guide display 21 "BEAT" and "CLOC" in FIG.
It is possible to specify the numerical value by sliding the parameter value display area displayed under K "to change the numerical value.
"BEAT" is the beat from the beginning of the bar (quarter note)
It is a number, and "CLOCK" is indicated by a unit in which a quarter note is 96 clocks.

When a desired grid in the timing grid is designated, the grid becomes a blinking display, and if there is musical tone data already written in the designated track, the musical tone data is Is pronounced. The display example of FIG. 7 indicates that the cursor position is at bar number “1”, beat “2”, and clock “48”. It should be noted that a grid containing musical tone data is displayed as "●", and a grid containing no musical tone data is displayed as ".". Further, when data exists in the beat timing grid, numbers such as "1" and "2" with □ are displayed.

Since the grid has a timing width, when a plurality of tone data exist in the grid, they are not always the tone data at the same time. Further, by utilizing that the musical tone data already written in the grid is generated when the grid is designated, for example, as shown in FIG. 8, the timing grid can be slid from left to right with the touch pen 30. With, you can roughly and manually play the musical sound data of the selected track (within that bar).

Further, when the timing is designated by grid, BEAT, CLOCK, etc., if there is musical tone data already written at that timing in the designated track, it corresponds to those musical tone data in the keyboard icon 4. The key pitch indicator lights up.
FIG. 9 shows the lighting display. As shown in the figure, a pitch indicator with a ● mark is displayed on the key. When the pitches of those data cannot be displayed in the keyboard area currently displayed on the operation panel, as shown in FIG. 10, there is a triangle mark indicating that data having a pitch outside the range of the current keyboard exists. 25 is displayed.

When the timing is designated in this way,
The duration and velocity of the data to be written are specified on the duration palette 8 and the velocity palette 5, and the key of the pitch to be written on the keyboard icon 4 is touched.

At this time, the pitch indicator of the touched key blinks to sound the pitch of the key, and at the same time when the grid is designated, the musical tone data already written in the grid is sounded at the same time. . Therefore, there is an advantage that the musical tone data can be written while grasping the performance image of the musical tone data, without having to interrupt the work each time the musical tone data is added and play the original musical tone data for confirmation.

The musical sound data designated by the keyboard icon 4 is
It is written when the touch of the key of the keyboard icon 4 is stopped (that is, when the touch pen is released from the key), so if the pitch is incorrectly specified when the key is touched and pronounced, the key with the correct pitch will be used. By sliding on the keyboard, the writing pitch can be corrected. FIG. 11 shows how this correction is made. During this sliding operation, if you stop sliding in the area other than the keyboard icon 4 and release the touch pen, the pitch of the key passed immediately before leaving the keyboard icon area is set, and the pitch indicator of that key is displayed. Light. Further, when the pitch of the musical tone data which has already been written is designated during the sliding operation, a confirmation message is displayed in the message area 1 to warn against erroneous overwriting.

When the touch of the keyboard icon 4 is stopped (the touch pen is released from the icon), the pitch is fixed and the musical tone data is written, the pitch indicator of the key at that pitch changes from the blinking state to the lit state. Change.

As described above, in the step record, by designating the writing timing with the timing grid and the like, and by touching the key of the pitch to be written in the keyboard icon 4, new musical tone data to be written and already written data are written. The musical tone data in the grid is sounded at the same time, and when the touch of the keyboard icon 4 is stopped, the musical tone data is confirmed and written. After the musical tone data is fixed, the data writing position changes depending on the selection state of the auto / manual step icon 7.

When "AUTO" is selected, "auto step" is set, and after the musical tone data is determined, only the duration of the musical tone data (that is, the timing length corresponding to the note selected in the duration palette 8) is automatically calculated. The writing timing on the timing grid is advanced. Therefore, this "auto step" is a convenient setting for writing a phrase such as a melody that does not have a plurality of musical tone data at the same timing.

When "MAN" is selected,
It becomes a "manual step", and the writing timing on the timing grid etc. does not change even after the musical tone data is confirmed. Therefore, this "manual step" is a convenient setting for writing a phrase having a plurality of musical sound data at the same timing, such as chord backing.

As described above, by selecting and using "auto step" and "manual step", musical tone data can be input very efficiently.

14 and 15 show flowcharts of routines for performing the above processing. This routine is a routine read from the main routine (not shown) when the step record mode is specified.
In parallel with this processing, for example, the operation of the play icon 12 and the preview bar 19 is monitored. Less than,
This routine will be described.

When the routine is started, first, it is judged whether or not a bar is designated by sliding the bar display under "MEAS" in the guide display (step S).
1). If a measure is specified, the timing of the beginning of the specified measure is displayed, the corresponding grid is blinked, the input position is set, and the lighting of the icon is controlled (step S
2).

When the process of step S2 is completed or when no measure is designated (step S1), it is next determined whether or not the timing within the measure is designated by the timing grid (step S3). When the grid is designated, the timing corresponding to the designated timing grid is displayed, the corresponding grid blinks, the input position is set, and the lighting of the icon is controlled. If there is musical tone data already written in the grid, it is sounded (step S4).

When the processing of step S4 is completed, or when the grid is not designated (step S3), the timing in the bar is "BEAT" and "CLO".
It is determined whether or not it is designated by "CK" (step S
5). If these are specified, the specified "BEAT"
And the timing corresponding to "CLOCK" is displayed.
The corresponding grid is blinked, the input position is set, and the lighting of the icon is controlled (step S6).

When the processing of step S6 is completed, or when "BEAT" and "CLOCK" are not designated (step S5), the musical tone data of the musical tone to be written is designated by the keyboard icon 4 or the message area 1 next. It is determined whether or not (step S7). If a tone input is designated, the tone indicator of the corresponding key of the keyboard icon 4 is made to blink, the tone is pronounced, and the tone data already written in the grid is simultaneously pronounced (step S8). , Step S if not specified
Check whether there is a mode change operation at 15.

When the processing of step S8 is completed, it is next determined whether the touch pen 30 is released from the key of the keyboard icon 4 and the musical sound is fixed (step S9). If the musical tone data of the musical tone has been confirmed after being released from the key, the musical tone data of the confirmed musical tone is written at the designated timing (step S10). If the musical tone is not fixed (the keyboard icon is still pressed), it is determined whether the pitch is changed by the sliding operation (step S16). If the pitch has been changed, the process of step S8 is executed, and if not, it is determined again in step S9 whether or not it has been confirmed.

When the processing of step S10 is completed,
Next, it is determined whether Oststep is selected.
If auto stop is selected, after the musical tone data is confirmed, the writing timing is automatically advanced by the duration of the musical tone data (step S12), and the timing corresponding to the designated timing grid is displayed, and the corresponding grid is displayed. Blinks, the input position is set, and the lighting of the icon is controlled (step S1).
4). If there is musical tone data already written in the grid, it is pronounced.

When the manual step is selected instead of the automatic step (step S11), the writing timing is not changed even after the musical tone data is confirmed, and the pitch indicator of the key is changed from blinking to lighting.

When step S13 or step S14 is completed, it is then determined whether or not another mode is selected to cancel the step record mode. If another mode is selected, this routine is completed.

[Microscope Edit] The upper row of the message area in FIG. 7 is the pitch (note) of the inputted musical tone data at the specified timing (measure, beat, clock) of the currently selected track. Number), duration, and velocity are displayed.
If there is no musical sound data at that timing, each item is displayed as "-".

Therefore, the parameter value to be changed in the upper line of the message area 1 can be changed by touching it with a touch pen to perform a sliding operation. Therefore, the pitch of the tone data that has already been input can be changed. , Duration, velocity can be modified.

As for changing the pitch, as described above (refer to the operation example of the step record), the pitch indicator displayed on the key corresponding to the pitch already input is touched and slid. It is also possible to operate.

The area corresponding to the guide display "DURATION" in the message area 1 ("DURAT"
When touching the ION "lower area", the duration display area is expanded and the duration is displayed along with the actual numerical value display in addition to the musical notation display, as shown in FIG. 12, while being touched. By touching and sliding this numerical value display area, it is possible to set a more delicate value that cannot be specified by the duration palette 8. Also, correct the duration by this method and stop touching. Then, the display will return to the display of only the note symbols, in which the note symbol closest to the corrected actual set value is displayed.

When the input musical tone data is present at the designated timing, the delete icon 6 is displayed, and by touching it, the input musical tone data can be erased.

[Event Search] As described above, if the musical tone data exists at the designated timing, the parameter is displayed in the message area 1. However, the timing is slightly deviated from the just timing of the designated grid. It is troublesome to search the musical tone data when the existing musical tone data is to be modified. For this reason,
An event search icon 11 is prepared as shown in FIG.

The event search icon 11 is displayed when data (event) exists ahead of or behind the currently specified timing, and when the front search icon "<" 11 is touched, it is currently specified. The timing is moved to the timing of the nearest tone data on the front side of the present timing (when there are a plurality of tone data at the same timing, the search is also performed), and the parameter is displayed. Similarly, when the rearward search icon “>” 11 is touched, the nearest musical tone data on the rear side of the currently designated timing (when plural musical tone data exist at the same timing, those musical tone data are also searched). Move to the timing of and display the parameter.

The event search icon 11
Is also used as an icon for page switching on screens other than step records.

[Preview by Preview Bar] When the preview bar 19 displayed at the bottom of the operation panel display surface of FIG. 1 is touched in the step record mode (when not in the one-shot preview), Only, the performance data of the bar currently specified in the message area 1 is played in a loop. However, whether to play only the performance data of the currently selected track or the performance data of all tracks can be specified on the step record standby screen.

Also, in this loop performance, the position where the preview bar 19 is touched (position in the bar axis direction)
You can change the playing tempo with
As shown in, the playing tempo can be changed by sliding the touch position during the performance.

In this embodiment, the function of simultaneously producing the events already written at the time of inputting the event has been described as using the transparent touch panel as the operation system, but it is generally used in the conventional automatic performance apparatus. Of course, an operation system other than the touch panel may be used.

In this embodiment, only note information (pronunciation information) is handled, but control change and program
It does not matter if you handle messages other than note information, such as change information. In this case, regarding the sound generation at the time of writing the musical sound data and at the timing designation by the grid, for example, the pitch bend may be reflected in the grid in which the musical sound data is written.

Further, regarding the sounding at the time of writing the musical sound data and at the time of designating the timing by the grid, in the present embodiment, all the musical sound data in the grid are processed to have the same timing, but the actual sounding in the grid is performed. You may sound in consideration of the difference in timing. By doing so, for example, even when a guitar stroke or the like is input with a slightly deviated timing, it is possible to confirm in a more realistic form.

[0084]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an attempt is made to add new musical tone data by designating the input position with the pointer, the musical tone data already stored is to be added. Since the musical tone data and the musical tone data can be sounded at the same time, it is possible to confirm the musical tone data that has already been stored, without interrupting the performer's thinking when adding the musical tone data, and to respecify the input position. This can be done without performing, and the efficiency of editing the musical sound data can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation panel of an automatic performance device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic block configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a mechanical configuration of an operation panel of the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a tempo adjustment screen in the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a mixer mode screen in the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a standby screen of a step record in the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation panel at the time of step recording in the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a method of performing a preview by slidingly operating a timing grid in the apparatus according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of lighting of a pitch indicator in the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of out-of-key range data in the device of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a method of pitch correction by a sliding operation in the embodiment apparatus.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of a microscope edit of duration in the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a preview operation by a preview bar in the device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a write processing routine (1/2) read when the step record mode is designated in the apparatus of the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of a write processing routine (2/2) read when the step record mode is specified in the apparatus of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Message area 2 SONG
Window 3 Track icon 4 Keyboard icon 5 Velocity palette 6 Delete icon 7 Auto / manual step icon 8 Duration palette 9 Thailand icon 10 Rest icon 11 Event search / page icon 12 Play icon 13 Stop icon 14 Record icon 15 Reset icon 16 Fast forward icon 17 Rewind icon 10 MIXET icon 19 Preview bar 20 Key hold icon 21 Guide display

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Storage means for storing performance data composed of a series of musical tone data, first designating means for designating an arbitrary timing position of a musical composition, and second designating musical tone parameters including at least pitch information. Of the musical tone parameter designated by the second designating means, the musical tone of the designated musical tone parameter is pronounced, and designated by the first designating means in the performance data of the storage means. If the musical tone data is stored at the designated timing position, the sounding means for simultaneously producing the musical tones of the musical tone data and the musical tone data consisting of the musical tone parameters whose designation is confirmed by the second designating means are stored in the storing means. An automatic performance device provided with musical tone data writing means for writing to the timing position designated by the first designating means in the performance data stored in. 2. The sound producing means, even when the timing position is designated by the first designating means, produces a musical tone at the timing position designated by the first designating means in the performance data of the storage means. 2. The automatic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein if the data is stored, the musical tone of the musical tone data is generated. 3. The above-mentioned sounding is provided, comprising: third designating means for designating a predetermined section of a musical piece including the timing position designated by the first designating means, and performance instructing means for giving a performance instruction for the predetermined section. The means designates, by the second designating means, the musical sound of the performance data of the predetermined section designated by the third designating means, which is stored in the storage means, when the performance designating means gives the performance instruction. The automatic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the musical tone of the musical tone parameter is generated while being inserted into the timing position designated by the first designating means.