CN100559458C - The tone generation method of performance apparatus and use performance apparatus - Google Patents

The tone generation method of performance apparatus and use performance apparatus Download PDF

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CN100559458C
CN100559458C CNB2006101076639A CN200610107663A CN100559458C CN 100559458 C CN100559458 C CN 100559458C CN B2006101076639 A CNB2006101076639 A CN B2006101076639A CN 200610107663 A CN200610107663 A CN 200610107663A CN 100559458 C CN100559458 C CN 100559458C
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Disclose a kind of performance apparatus and used the tone generation method of performance apparatus, arranged a plurality of keyswitches, capable to form a plurality of keyswitches, and a plurality of luminescence units are set accordingly with respect to keyswitch.Capable at each keyswitch, detect any operation push-button switch, and according to this detection, sequentially light luminescence unit in such a way: light the position at the operation push-button switch be arranged between the keyswitch in capable first precalculated position of keyswitch (for example a, end) under the operation push-button switch back and forth.Be arranged in the keyswitch synchronised that capable second precalculated position of keyswitch (a for example described end) is located with lighting, produce and be endowed at least one capable musical sound of described keyswitch (for example, giving the musical sound of operation push-button switch).When duration of the operation of operation push-button switch during, can light the luminescence unit that is positioned at preset range according to predetermined pattern, and effect can be authorized and the corresponding musical sound of operation push-button switch greater than the schedule time.

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The tone generation method of performance apparatus and use performance apparatus
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of performance apparatus and a kind of tone generation method that uses performance apparatus, described performance apparatus receives a plurality of keyswitches operations of user, and response user's keyswitch is operated and carried out performance.
Background technology
The application program that is known as " TENORI-ON " is known, for example, and according to non-patent literature 1: " Keitai News " [online], January 16,2002, ADSCII, [search] on April 1st, 2004, the Internet< URL:http: //k-tai.ascii24.com./k-tai/news/2002/01/16/632762-000.html? geta, and
Non-patent literature 2: " World of Digista Curator " [online], Digital Stadium, Toshio Iwai, Exhibition=TENORI-ON, [search] on April 1st, 2004, theInternet<URL:http: //www.nhk.or.jp/digista/lab/digista_ten/curator.html 〉
In these performance apparatus (for example portable phone and game station), on 16 * 16 grids of matrix structure, receive the some appointment input of importing by the user, described matrix structure has expression transverse axis regularly and the Z-axis of representing pitch.These performance apparatus sequentially produce the corresponding pitch of point with user's appointment from leftmost vertical row (or row).In this manner, the user can use performance apparatus to create and play to have higher flexibility and original simple melody.
In the aforementioned conventional performance apparatus, but produce data at the default musical sound of each specified point, and default according to these, form melody by the musical sound that produces respectively at each specified point.Therefore, can only repeat identical melody with predetermined interval, thereby utilize traditional performance apparatus, limit the degree of freedom that composes music considerably.In addition, in traditional performance apparatus, also repeat the same pattern of luminous demonstration (that is, lighting) with predetermined interval; Therefore, also limited the degree of freedom of relevant luminous demonstration (that is, lighting) pattern considerably.The user may be easy to this identical melody and luminous Show Styles are sick of.
Summary of the invention
Consider above, the tone generation method that the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of performance apparatus and use performance apparatus, wait and luminous demonstration but produce the interval, can form melody and luminous Show Styles with enhancing degree of freedom by the different musical sound that each user's specified point is provided.
To achieve these goals, the invention provides a kind of improved performance apparatus, comprising: a plurality of keyswitches, it is capable to arrange a plurality of keyswitches of formation; A plurality of luminescence units with the relation setting corresponding with keyswitch; The test section, capable detection is operated keyswitch at each keyswitch; The light emitting control part, according to the detection of test section, sequentially light luminescence unit in such a way: light the position be operated keyswitch and be operated keyswitch under the keyswitch capable between the keyswitch in first precalculated position back and forth; And musical sound produces part, partly lights the keyswitch that is arranged in capable second pre-position of keyswitch with light emitting control and synchronously produces and be endowed at least one capable musical sound of keyswitch.
According to the present invention, capable for each keyswitch, the musical sound of lighting control (that is light emitting control) and musical sound generation part of carrying out the light emitting control part independently produces control.Therefore, in two or more different key switches are capable under the situation of operation push-button switch,, produce pattern and carry out and light control and musical sound and produce and control according to different pattern and the musical sounds lighted at each row under the operation push-button switch.As a result, the present invention not only can realize easily that diversified light moves and musical sound produces, and can also realize having light control and the musical sound that strengthen degree of freedom according to user's free operant and produce and control.
As example, the keyswitch that is positioned at first precalculated position is the keyswitch that is positioned at the capable end place of keyswitch, the keyswitch that is positioned at second precalculated position be positioned at the keyswitch at the capable end place of keyswitch and operating switch at least one of them.In addition, give each keyswitch, and the musical sound that is operated keyswitch is given in the generation of musical sound generation part with musical sound.
In the performance apparatus of the present invention that is provided with in the manner described above, sequentially light and extinguish keyswitch between the coordinate of an end of coordinate that is operated keyswitch and two-dimentional keyswitch arrange regional, seem as reciprocal between an end in operation or selected keyswitch and zone so that light the position.In case light arrives an end of two-dimentional keyswitch arrange regional, produce data according to the musical sound that is endowed selected keyswitch and carry out musical sound generation control.Therefore,, produce musical sound if selected the capable keyswitch of a plurality of keyswitches, and according to and an end of each selected button and two-dimentional keyswitch arrange regional between the corresponding time interval of coordinate distance can export musical sound with listening.Therefore, the present invention can realize that diversified light moves and musical sound.The X and Y coordinates of using in conjunction with the present invention need not be confined to that horizontal direction is defined as X-direction and vertical direction are defined as Y direction and X coordinate increase the coordinate system that (as user during in the face of the front of equipment) and Y coordinate increase along from bottom to top direction along from left to right direction.For example, it is capable along inclined direction to arrange switch.
In addition, performance apparatus of the present invention can be set, so that partly light the capable operation push-button switch synchronised of given keyswitch with light emitting control, musical sound produces the part generation and has the musical sound of giving capable tonequality of given keyswitch and pitch.
As mentioned above, not only when light has arrived an end of two-dimentional keyswitch arrange regional, carry out musical sound and produce control, when light arrives the operation push-button switch, also carry out musical sound and produce control.In this manner, the present invention can also realize multiple the moving that light and musical sound produce.
In addition, performance apparatus of the present invention can be set in such a way: in case push the keyswitch that is positioned at the capable end place of any one keyswitch, stop the keyswitch of described keyswitch in capable and select, produce operation partly for described keyswitch capable light emitting control part and musical sound so that stop.
Utilize this set, can respond pushing of the keyswitch that is positioned at an end place, stop just being subjected to the selection that light emitting control and musical sound produce the keyswitch of control.Therefore, under the situation of two or more keyswitches in having selected two or more row, can easily change the combination of selecting keyswitch as required, so the present invention can also realize that the bright variation of luminous point is moved and diversified musical sound produces.
According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of improved performance apparatus, having comprised: a plurality of keyswitches that are arranged on a plurality of pre-positions; A plurality of luminescence units with the corresponding relation setting in the position that is provided with a plurality of keyswitches; Duration of the operation of just operated keyswitch in a plurality of keyswitches is detected in the test section; The light emitting control part, according to the operation duration of being detected by the test section, control is positioned at the luminous of the luminescence unit that comprises the predetermined key switch arrangement scope that is operated keyswitch; And musical sound generation part, after will authorizing musical sound, produce and the corresponding musical sound of operation push-button switch with detected operation duration corresponding effect.Utilize this set, the present invention can realize corresponding lighting and musical sound generation control of the duration of operating with user's keyswitch; Therefore, the present invention can realize lighting control with the degree of freedom based on the enhancing of user's free operant and musical sound produces control, greatly make thus light control and musical sound produce control diversified.
For example, when having selected any one keyswitch, produce musical sound, simultaneously, light and the corresponding luminescence unit of keyswitch according to tonequality, the duration of a sound and the pitch of giving selected keyswitch.In case the duration of selection key switch (promptly, the duration of the operation of keyswitch) surpassed the schedule time, certain effect of then giving tonequality, the duration of a sound and pitch according to authorizing produces musical sound, simultaneously, the pattern of lighting that comprises luminescence unit luminescence unit, that predetermined key switch arrangement scope is interior that is arranged on selected keyswitch is changed.In this manner, can provide diversified musical sound according to the various durations of the operation of keyswitch and light pattern.
In this manner, the present invention can provide different musical sounds to produce pattern at selected described each keyswitch of keyswitch capable (or line), therefore, can realize not having the musical sound of the repeat pattern of shorter cycle period relatively.In addition, the present invention can also provide the different patterns of lighting at selected described each keyswitch of keyswitch capable (or line), therefore, can realize not having shorter cycle period relatively repeat pattern light pattern.In the present invention, the user only need carry out the operation that is used to select to wish keyswitch, therefore, can easily realize having the music playing that strengthens dirigibility and original and enhancing degree of freedom and light pattern.
The present invention not only is constructed to aforesaid a kind of invention for apparatus, also is constructed to a kind of method invention.In addition, the present invention also is set up and is embodied as a kind of software program, carry out by the processor of for example computing machine or DSP, and a kind of storage medium of storing this software program.In addition, the processor of Shi Yonging can comprise the application specific processor with dedicated hardware logical circuit in the present invention, says nothing of and can move computing machine or other universal class processor of wishing software program.
Various details embodiment should be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to alternate preferred embodiment, under the prerequisite that does not break away from ultimate principle, can carry out various modification of the present invention.Therefore, only be limited to the appended claims scope of the present invention.
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In order to understand purpose of the present invention and further feature better, below with reference to accompanying drawing the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in more detail, among the figure:
Fig. 1 shows the skeleton view according to the outward appearance of the performance apparatus of first embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 shows from the place ahead of the performance apparatus of Fig. 1 (that is user side) and sees over the view of keyswitch group and luminescence display unit group;
Fig. 3 shows the block scheme of the example electronics setting of performance apparatus shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 shows the keyswitch coordinate required in (bouncing) pattern of beating and the figure of the relation between the mobile alignment;
Fig. 5 shows the concept map of the operation of matrix demonstration importation in the pattern of beating;
Fig. 6 shows the wherein figure of the matrix of selected a plurality of keyswitches demonstration importation in the pattern of beating;
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the mode treatment of beating carried out in first embodiment of performance apparatus;
Fig. 8 A and 8B show the figure that lights pattern (pattern) of matrix demonstration importation in the pattern of beating; And
Fig. 9 shows the process flow diagram of promotion (push) mode treatment of carrying out in second embodiment of performance apparatus.
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Now, provide description with reference to the accompanying drawings according to performance apparatus of the present invention.This performance apparatus is included in the shell (casing) of smooth in fact rectangular parallelepiped form upward with a plurality of keyswitches of arranged, and described performance apparatus comes playing music according to a plurality of keyswitches of selecting to wish.In addition, construct this performance apparatus, so that the musical sound that provides different musical sounds to produce pattern and luminous demonstration (or lighting) pattern according to the distance between the predetermined end of selected keyswitch and matrix display part produces data.Therefore, compare with traditional performance apparatus, performance apparatus of the present invention not only can come playing music easily with higher dirigibility and original and higher degree of freedom, can also realize the complicated pattern of lighting.
Fig. 1 is the front view according to the performance apparatus 1 of the embodiment of the invention.Fig. 2 shows from the place ahead of the performance apparatus 1 of Fig. 1 (that is user side) and sees the keyswitch group 10 in the past and the view of luminescence display unit group 110.
Performance apparatus 1 comprises the shell 500 of smooth in fact rectangular parallelepiped form, and at the described performance apparatus 1 of bearing 400 upper supports.On the upper surface of shell 500, arranged the keyswitch 100 of keyswitch group 10 with the two-dimensional matrix form.More specifically, keyswitch group 10 comprises 256 keyswitches 100 altogether of arranging with two dimensional form, wherein along 16 keyswitches of each arrangement in two orthogonal directionss (that is vertical and level) of shell 500 upper surfaces.
Each keyswitch 100 is a kind of pushbutton switches with luminescence display unit 110, and described luminescence display unit 110 comprises built-in LED etc.All luminescence display units 110 have constituted luminescence display unit group 11 together.One of correspondence in each luminescence display unit 110 response user press of key switch 100 is come luminous.Therefore, luminescence display unit group 11 can be come luminous with predetermined pattern according to the combination of a selected gauge tap 22 (describing subsequently) and one or more keyswitches 100 of selecting.
Represent the position of each luminescence display unit 110 of each keyswitch 100 of keyswitch group 10 and luminescence display unit group 11 by two-dimensional coordinate, wherein location tables vertically is shown the Y coordinate, and the location tables of along continuous straight runs is shown the X coordinate.Here hypothesis be arranged in Fig. 2 lower-left end (when the user in the face of the time) coordinate of the keyswitch 100 located is " mtSW (1,1) ", and be arranged in Fig. 2 upper right side (when the user in the face of the time) coordinate of the keyswitch 100 located is " mtSW (16,16) ".Here also hypothesis be arranged in Fig. 2 lower-left end (when the user in the face of the time) coordinate of the luminescence display unit 110 located is " mtLED (1; 1) ", corresponding with the keyswitch of lower-left end, and be arranged in Fig. 2 upper right side (when the user in the face of the time) coordinate of the luminescence display unit 110 located is " mtLED (16; 16) ", and is corresponding with the keyswitch of upper right side.
On the left hand edge part of shell 500, control knob 22A-22D is set, be positioned at the left side (when the user faces) of keyswitch group 10 and luminescence display unit group 11, on the right hand edge part of shell 500, control knob 22E-22H is set simultaneously, is positioned at the right side (when the user faces) of keyswitch group 10 and luminescence display unit group 11.In addition, control knob 22I and boombox 80 are set on the upper rim of shell 500, on the lower limb part of shell 500, control knob 22J and 22K and liquid-crystal display section 21 are set simultaneously.In addition, dividing on the rear surface of adjacent shell 500, the input terminal 23 that links to each other with an end of stube cable 300 is being set with lower edge portion.The other end of stube cable 300 links to each other with another performance apparatus as the communication party of performance apparatus 1.That is, performance apparatus 1 communicates by stube cable 300 and other performance apparatus.
Fig. 3 shows the block scheme of the example electronics setting of performance apparatus 1 shown in Figure 1.
Performance apparatus 1 comprises that host CPU 2, ROM 3, storage area 4, RAM 5, generater of musical tone 6, matrix show importation 9, display part 21, gauge tap 22, timer 13, I/O part 14, are used for communication interface (I/F) 24 and the communication interface (I/F) 25 that communicate with miscellaneous equipment, and said modules is connected with each other by bus 15.
Stored the start-up routine that is used to start performance apparatus 1 among the ROM 3 in advance.But storage area 4 is a kind of overwriting data memory storage, for example flash memory or hard disk.In storage area 4, stored preset program in advance, comprise being used to make performance apparatus 1 to carry out performance handling procedure and the necessary tentation data of playing of executive routine.For example, tentation data comprises that the musical sound generation is provided with data, comprises the data of the corresponding relation between the pitch of having indicated each keyswitch 100 and having given keyswitch 100 and the data of having indicated the benchmark tone color of default setting in the generater of musical tone 6.For example, preset the musical sound generation according to midi standard data are set.
RAM 5 stores the program and the data that read from storage area 4 provisionally as the perform region of host CPU 2.In addition, RAM 5 comprises: coordinate storage area 51, the data of having stored the coordinate of indicating keyswitch group 10 shown in Figure 1; And corresponding relation storage area 52.
The ON/OFF state of coordinate storage area 51 each keyswitches 100 of storage.Coordinate storage area 51 comprises one 16 * 16 table, has identical arrangement and shape with keyswitch group 10 shown in Figure 2.In coordinate storage area 51, adopt the form of a bit flag with keyswitch 100 corresponding each 16 * 16 position.If push any one keyswitch 100 in the time at the fixed time, will with the keyswitch 100 corresponding position values of being made as " 1 " of being pushed, the expression keyswitch 100 the ON state; When with keyswitch 100 corresponding position values of being set as " 0 ", the OFF state of keyswitch 100 is represented in the position.
Comprise note (note) number table T in the corresponding relation storage area 52, stored the tabulation of the note numbering that will distribute to each keyswitch 100.In the employed note number table of present embodiment T,, 16 note numberings are distributed to Y coordinate (1-16) by initial setting up; Identical 16 notes numbering distributed to (=1-16) each in corresponding 16 Y set of coordinates (or row) is so that in 16 X coordinates each, can select identical pitch with the X coordinate.Here, " note numbering " is the digital value of having indicated pitch etc., provides it to generater of musical tone 6 from the performance processing section of describing subsequently 201; Note numbering " 60 " has been indicated center scale note " C4 ".In the present embodiment, note numbering " 60 " is sequentially distributed to the Y coordinate to " 75 "; Default setting during according to starting outfit is distributed to Y coordinate " 1 " with note numbering " 60 ", and note numbering " 61 " is distributed to Y coordinate " 2 ", or the like, up to note numbering " 75 " is distributed to Y coordinate " 16 ".Alternatively, different notes can be numbered each that distribute in the individual switch 100 in 16 * 16 (=256).In addition, the note that distribute to switch 100 is numbered the scope that is not limited to " 60 "-" 75 ".
For example, generater of musical tone 6 be a kind of MIDI generater of musical tone (promptly, can produce the generater of musical tone of musical sound or audio volume control signal according to MIDI information), produce DAB (musical sound) signal, and the digital audio and video signals that is produced is sent to D/A converter 7 with predetermined tone color.In the present embodiment, generater of musical tone 6 can produce DAB (musical sound) signal arbitrarily according to the tone data (Wave data) that is stored in the storer, not only comprise polytype storage inside tone color or inner tone color (for example piano sound, guitar tone color etc.), also comprise the hope tone color (outside tone color) that the outside obtains.In generater of musical tone 6, with respect to the note numbering to its distribution, polytype tone data is set to the music waveform data of outside tone color.For example generater of musical tone 6 comprise readable/can write nonvolatile memory, be used to store outside tamber data, according to its musical sound pitch frequencies,, polytype tone data (Wave data) of said external tone color is stored in the storer with respect to the predetermined note numbering of distributing to it.By above-mentioned note number table T, carry out related with keyswitch 100 the note numbering; That is,, give the numbering of note separately to polytype tone data, so that it is associated with keyswitch 100 according to its pitch separately.Generater of musical tone 6 not only receives tone color from host CPU 2 and specifies, and the note numbering that also receives the musical sound that will produce is specified, and according to the tone color and the note numbering of appointment, reads tone data (Wave data) from above-mentioned storer thus.Therefore, generater of musical tone 6 produces DAB (musical sound) signal according to the tone data that is read (Wave data), so that length interior (for example 200 milliseconds) can be reproduced digital audio and video signals with listening or it is sounded at the fixed time.Note, can open the switch 200 of a hope or specify the note of the musical sound that will produce to number by the user according to the automatic playing information of separating storage.Notice that the tone data (Wave data) that will be stored in the storer can be the compressed format of any hope except that the PCM form, for example DPCM or ADPCM form.
D/A converter 7 will be converted to simulated audio signal from the digital audio and video signals that generater of musical tone 6 receives, and simulated audio signal is offered sonification system 8.Sonification system 8 can reproduce the simulated audio signal that is provided with listening or it is sounded by loudspeaker 80.
Matrix demonstration importation 9 comprises above divides into groups 11 with reference to figure 1 described keyswitch group 10 and luminous displaing part, and sub-CPU 12.
Sub-CPU 12 detects the coordinate of each keyswitch that is pressed 100 (Fig. 2), and the coordinate that is detected is offered host CPU 2, as the position of the switch information that is pressed.
13 pairs of times of timer count, so that notify the time of being counted to host CPU 2.I/O part 14 is interface circuits, be used for I/O from/go to the data of storage medium 400.The user can operation-control switch 22, so that various steering orders are provided.
Control the host CPU 2 of the operation of each coupled assembly and carry out the performance program, play processing section 201, mobile alignment calculating section 202 and display process part 203 so that serve as.
Performance processing section 201 is used the musical sound generation that is stored in the storage area 4 that data are set and is controlled the sound signal generation of being carried out by generater of musical tone 6, so that can produce each keyswitch 100 corresponding musical sounds operated with the user.More specifically,, play processing section 201 and specify predetermined initial tone color, and in note number table T, register and the corresponding note numbering of the Y coordinate of each keyswitch 100 by above-mentioned initial setting up to generater of musical tone 6 as initialization operation.
Play processing section 201 and receive the position of the switch information that is pressed, to detect the coordinate of user's press of key switch 100 from sub-CPU 12.
Play processing section 201 with reference to note number table T, number, and notify the coordinate of being discerned to generater of musical tone 6 with the corresponding note of identification and detected coordinate.Therefore, generater of musical tone 6 utilizes the tone color of Set For Current, produces the keyswitch 100 corresponding sound signals of pushing with the user.
Mobile alignment calculating section 202 calculates the predetermined vertically extending coordinate mobile alignment mt of a side (or an end) that shows importation 9 from the coordinate of required keyswitch 100 to matrix.
Fig. 4 shows the figure of the relation between the required keyswitch coordinate 100 and mobile alignment in so-called beating (bouncing) pattern.
As shown in Figure 4, mobile alignment mt is the route that coordinate progressively moves with predetermined time interval, vertically downward or upwards (along Y direction) to first precalculated position of matrix demonstration importation 9 (for example from the selected coordinate of the keyswitch 100 of pushing a hope by the user (below be called " selected coordinate "), the lower end), and when (for example arriving first precalculated position, the lower end) coordinate is selected in (along Y direction) " rebound " up or down vertically of coordinate time, coordinate.In addition, according to mobile alignment mt, coordinate selected the going bail for of rebound once more, and move downward vertically.Promptly, mobile alignment mt is a kind of coordinate motion track, along this track, coordinate shows between the lower end coordinate (as selected coordinate) of importation 9 reciprocal at the selected coordinate (as the starting point of route) of user's press of key switch 100 and matrix with identical X coordinate.
Select according to mobile alignment mt that calculates and default coordinate translational speed and the keyswitch 100 that responds the user, mobile alignment calculating section 202 sequentially provides to display process part 203 and pushes or selected keyswitch 100 and matrix show the coordinate of each keyswitch 100 between the lower end of importation 9.In addition, mobile alignment calculating section 202 provides information to playing processing section 201, and described information has been indicated the time of the lower end of lighting coordinate (position) arrival matrix demonstration importation 9 on the mobile alignment mt that is calculated and lighted the time that coordinate arrives the coordinate of selected switch 100.
Then, the time that 201 responses of performance processing section are notified carries out musical sound and produces processing, wherein play processing section 201 with reference to note number table T, number with the corresponding note numbering of identification and detected coordinate and to the note that generater of musical tone 6 notices are discerned.Therefore, generater of musical tone 6 utilizes the tone color of Set For Current, produces and user's press of key switch 100 corresponding sound signals.That is, in " beating " pattern, the time point place that the coordinate of generater of musical tone 6 on mobile alignment mt is consistent with the lower end coordinate of matrix importation 9 carries out with selected keyswitch 100 corresponding musical sounds and produces processing.
For each selected keyswitch, calculating and the musical sound that can carry out this mobile alignment mt concurrently produce processing.That is,, produce processing at calculating and the musical sound being scheduled to regularly carry out mobile alignment mt in the place for each selected keyswitch 100.In this case, can identical coordinate translational speed or different coordinate translational speeds be set at each mobile alignment that is calculated.
Therefore, from the musical sound of generater of musical tone 6 output be give in advance each selected keyswitch 100 and and the lower end of each selected button 100 and importation 9 between the combination of the musical sound that produces the corresponding musical sound generation cycle of distance, musical sound randomness according to this array output is very strong, has lower correlativity each other.As a result, the musical sound from generater of musical tone 6 outputs has very high dirigibility, originality and degree of freedom.
Display process part 203 is carried out display process, with the luminous demonstration of control luminescence display unit group 11 with light.
Fig. 5 shows the concept map that shows the luminous or illuminating state of importation 9 at following time point place matrix: when selecting any one keyswitch 100 (Fig. 5 (A)), when moving coordinate moves along the mobile alignment mt from selected keyswitch 100 to matrix demonstration importation 9 (B), when moving coordinate arrives the lower end of matrix demonstration importation 9 (C), and when moving coordinate moves along the mobile alignment mt from matrix demonstration importation 9 to selected keyswitch 100.
In display process, display process part 203 utilizes higher luminance brightness sequentially to light and the keyswitch 100 corresponding luminescence display units that are positioned on the mobile alignment mt according to the timing and the coordinate that are provided by mobile alignment calculating section 202.Shown in (A) among Fig. 5,, light the corresponding luminescence display unit of mtLED (13,8) with higher luminance brightness in case the user selects mtSW (13,8) keyswitch 100.Then, moving coordinate sequentially moves down according to given timing, therefore shown in Fig. 5 (B), with higher luminance brightness light mtLED (13, luminescence display unit Y1).In case moving coordinate arrives the lower end that matrix shows importation 9, shown in Fig. 5 (C), light luminescence display unit with lower end keyswitch 100 corresponding mtLED (13,1) with higher luminance brightness.Then, moving coordinate sequentially moves up according to given timing, therefore shown in Fig. 5 (D), with higher luminance brightness light mtLED (13, luminescence display unit Y2).In this manner, display process part 203 is sequentially lighted the luminescence display unit 110 that is positioned on the mobile alignment mt, makes moving coordinate along mobile alignment mt reciprocal (reciprocate) simultaneously.Therefore, the user seems to move consistently as sharing the same light, and beats between the lower end of selected keyswitch 100 and importation 9 simultaneously.
Following paragraph has been described the processing of carrying out in the present embodiment of performance apparatus.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the mode treatment of beating carried out in the present embodiment of performance apparatus.
If the user continues to push the keyswitch 100 of any one hope, matrix shows that the sub-CPU 12 of importation 9 is made as selected state with press of key switch 100, and provides and push or selected keyswitch 100 corresponding coordinate informations (step S1) to host CPU 2.
According to the coordinate that is provided, the mobile alignment calculating section 202 of host CPU 2 calculates the lower end that has the matrix demonstration importation 9 of identical X coordinate with selected keyswitch 100, and calculates mobile alignment mt (S2) thus.In addition, the performance processing section 201 of host CPU 2 provides with selected keyswitch 100 corresponding musical sounds to generater of musical tone 6 and produces data, to produce predetermined musical sound (step S3).In addition, 203 pairs of display process parts and selected keyswitch 100 corresponding luminescence display units 110 are carried out and are lighted/extinguish processing.
The mobile alignment calculating section 202 of host CPU 2 sequentially provides coordinate, move (step S5) along the mobile alignment mt that is calculated to the lower end of matrix demonstration importation 9 so that light the position, display process part 203 is carried out at each coordinate place that provides and is lighted/extinguish processing, up to providing matrix to show the coordinate (that is the coordinate of the lower end of mobile alignment) (step S6 → step S4) of the lower end of importation 9.
As determined at step S6, in case the coordinate in second precalculated position (for example lower end) of mobile alignment mt is provided, the performance processing section 201 of host CPU 2 provides with selected keyswitch 100 corresponding musical sounds to generater of musical tone 6 and produces data, to produce predetermined musical sound (step S7), the luminescence display unit 110 of 203 pairs of lower end coordinates of display process part is carried out and is lighted/extinguish processing (step S8).
Arrive the lower end that matrix shows importation 9 in case light the position, the mobile alignment calculating section 202 of host CPU 2 sequentially provides coordinate, show importation 9 on move up (step S9) along the mobile alignment mt that is calculated at matrix so that light the position, display process part 203 is carried out at each the coordinate place that is provided and is lighted/extinguish processing, up to the coordinate that selected keyswitch 100 is provided (step S10 → S8).
(step S10 → S8), provide halt instruction up to the user for example pushes and the corresponding keyswitch 100 of three-dimensional position (for example, above-mentioned lower end) coordinate by the user to continue to carry out circular treatment.Can this shut-down operation be set at each selected keyswitch, the user can easily change the combination of selected keyswitch 100; Therefore, can easily change the melody of being concerned about.
Embodiment has been described relatively: horizontal direction is defined as X-direction and vertical direction is defined as Y direction with following situation, and coordinate system is set, so that X coordinate edge direction from left to right increases (when the user shows importation 9 in the face of matrix) and the direction increase from bottom to top of Y coordinate edge.Yet the definition of these directions etc. only as demonstration, for example, can be provided with direction etc. according to any alternate manner.For example, as long as the rebound end is in the precalculated position, matrix can be shown that right-hand member, left end or the upper end (rather than lower end) of importation 9 is made as " rebound end ".
Next, with the description that provides according to the performance apparatus of second embodiment of the invention.
Second embodiment is identical with above-mentioned first embodiment aspect machinery and electronic structure, but difference is the musical sound generation processing of electronic structure aspect and lights/extinguish processing.Next section will be described the difference of second embodiment and first embodiment in detail.
In a second embodiment, except the musical sound that is used for each keyswitch 100 is provided with data, in the storage area 4 also pre-stored when in " promotion pattern ", exceeding the effect information that will use when continuing to push any corresponding keyswitch 100 in the schedule time, hereinafter will be described in detail the promotion pattern.In the storage area 4 also pre-stored luminescence display unit 110 light pattern; When in " promotion pattern ", exceeding when continuing to push corresponding keyswitch 100 in the schedule time, use each to light pattern.
The musical sound that utilization is stored in storage area 4 is provided with data, and the sound signal of playing processing section 201 control generater of musical tone 6 produces operation, with the keyswitch 100 corresponding musical sounds of generation with user's operation, so that play.More specifically,, play processing section 201, specify predetermined initial tone color, and will be registered among the note number table T with the corresponding note numbering of the Y coordinate of each keyswitch 100 to generater of musical tone 6 by above-mentioned initial setting up as initialization process.
Play processing section 201 and receive the press of key switch positional information, to detect the coordinate of user's press of key switch 100 from sub-CPU 12.
Play processing section 201 execution musical sounds generations and handle, with reference to note number table T, number, and notify the coordinate of being discerned to generater of musical tone 6 with the corresponding note of identification and detected coordinate.In this manner, generater of musical tone 6 utilizes the tone color of Set For Current, produces the keyswitch 100 corresponding sound signals of pushing with the user.
According to by playing the coordinate of the selected keyswitch 100 that processing section 201 obtains, display process part 203 is carried out display process, so that control the luminous demonstration of corresponding luminescence display unit 110 or light.
Here, host CPU 2 is measured the lasting compressing time (that is the duration of, pushing) of each user's press of key switch 100 according to the information of pushing that sub-CPU 12 provides.The lasting compressing time (that is, the duration of pushing) of the keyswitch 100 that continues to push as the user is when exceeding the predetermined threshold time value, and 2 pairs of host CPUs are played processing section 201 and display process part 203 and carried out " promotion pattern " and shift control.
When detecting the transfer of " promotion pattern ", play processing section 201 and from storage area 4, read effect information, and musical sound is produced data implementation effect processing sequentially in time.Effect process is intended to little by little change pitch, the duration of a sound and volume,, carries out frequency modulation (PFM), cycle period variation and changes in amplitude that is.
Utilize this processing, the various time spans or the duration of the keyswitch of pushing according to the user, provide various continuous musical sounds to produce data.In addition, continue to push two or more keyswitches, can easily provide to have dirigibility, originality and degree of freedom, the more diversified tone data of enhancing by the user.In this case, needn't begin pushing of two or more keyswitches simultaneously; If begin pushing of these keyswitches, can provide more diversified tone data at different time.In addition, although identical effect information can be used for all keyswitches, also different effect information can be used for each keyswitch, so that can strengthen the degree of freedom of tone data significantly.
In addition, when detecting the transfer of " promotion pattern ", play processing section 201 and from storage area 4, read effect information, and control the luminous of corresponding luminescence display unit 110 or light according to the pattern of lighting that is read.
Fig. 8 A show when the user only pushes a keyswitch (a bit pushing) the pattern of promotion begin locate the figure that lights pattern that matrix shows importation 9, and Fig. 8 B when showing when the user pushes two keyswitches through the schedule time matrix show the figure that lights pattern of importation 9.
When detecting the transfer of " promotion pattern " at given keyswitch 100A place, shown in Fig. 8 A, lighted with the user utilize the finger the 901 current corresponding luminescence display unit 110A of given keyswitch 100A that push state in, display process part 203 begins preset range carried out lights control, and described preset range comprises and luminescence display unit 110B around the corresponding luminescence display unit 110A of given keyswitch 100A.During this period, display process part 203 increases the luminosity of the luminescence display unit 110A that has lighted according to the passage of time.
In addition, when detecting the transfer of " promotion pattern " at another given keyswitch 100C place, shown in Fig. 8 B, lighted with the user utilize the finger the 902 current corresponding luminescence display unit 110C of another keyswitch 100C that push state in, display process part 203 begins preset range carried out lights control, and described preset range comprises and luminescence display unit 110D around the corresponding luminescence display unit 110C of keyswitch 100C.During this period, little by little enlarge the scope of luminescence display unit 110A luminescence display unit 110B on every side.
Light pattern and be not limited to the above-mentioned mode that enlarges gradually, also can little by little reduce luminosity, or increase, reduce luminosity then according to the predetermined cycle, and/or increase and reduce to light scope at interval with preset time.
Utilize this processing, the various time spans or the duration of the keyswitch of pushing according to the user, provide various continuous musical sounds to produce data.In addition, continue to push two or more keyswitches, can easily provide to have dirigibility, originality and degree of freedom, the more diversified tone data of enhancing by the user.
As a result, present embodiment makes the user can be not only make us very much the performance enjoyed acoustically and visually carrying out.
Fig. 9 shows the process flow diagram of the promotion mode treatment of carrying out in second embodiment of performance apparatus.
If the user continues to push the keyswitch 100 of any one hope, then matrix shows that the sub-CPU 12 of importation 9 is made as selected state with press of key switch 100, and will with push or selected keyswitch 100 corresponding coordinate informations are provided to host CPU 2 (step S11, S12 and S13).
Playing processing section 201 obtains and selected keyswitch 100 corresponding musical sounds generation data, and it is sounded, 203 pairs of display process parts are carried out normal high brightness with selected keyswitch 100 corresponding luminescence display units 110 and are lighted processing (step S14).
During this period, host CPU 2 utilizes the compressing time (that is the duration of, pushing) of 13 pairs of selected keyswitches 100 of timer to count (step S15).
In case the compressing time of being counted has exceeded predetermined threshold Tth (step S16), host CPU 2 is transferred to equipment " promotion pattern ", performance processing section 201 produces data to musical sound and gives effect (step S17), and display process part 203 is lighted control (step S18) according to the predetermined pattern execution of lighting simultaneously.
Continue this processing, up to push (the step S18 → step S11 → step S12) that has discharged selected keyswitch 100.
Utilize above-mentioned setting, second embodiment not only can easily compose music the user with enhanced flexibility and originality and degree of freedom, can also obtain Show Styles with the visual dirigibility that strengthens and originality and degree of freedom.
Although described in above-mentioned facility example under the situation of the pattern of beating, beat on Y-axis (vertical) direction accordingly with the X coordinate position of the button of pressing (that is, being undertaken by controlling follow-up lighting) in the position of lighting, and the present invention is not limited to this.For example, can make the Y coordinate position of the position of lighting and the button of pressing on X-axis (level) direction, beat accordingly (that is, being undertaken) by controlling follow-up lighting.
In addition, equipment of the present invention does not need to possess musical sound generation equipment, in this case, can produce command information (for example MIDI order) from equipment output musical sound of the present invention, and provide it to outside musical sound generation equipment.

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1. performance apparatus comprises:
A plurality of keyswitches, it is capable to arrange a plurality of keyswitches of formation;
With a plurality of luminescence units that are provided with the corresponding relation of keyswitch;
The test section, capable detection is operated keyswitch at each keyswitch;
The light emitting control part, detection according to described test section, sequentially light luminescence unit in such a way: be operated keyswitch and be operated keyswitch under the keyswitch capable in luminescence unit between the keyswitch in first precalculated position lighted in proper order along a direction at interval at preset time, then in case light the position and arrive with described and be operated the capable end position of the corresponding keyswitch of one of keyswitch or arrive described first precalculated position, described be operated keyswitch and the luminescence unit between the keyswitch in described first precalculated position preset time at interval in along being lighted in proper order in the opposite direction with a described side; And
Musical sound produces part, partly lights the keyswitch that is arranged in capable second pre-position of keyswitch with described light emitting control and synchronously produces and be endowed at least one capable musical sound of keyswitch.
2. performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the keyswitch that is positioned at first pre-position is the keyswitch that is positioned at the capable end place of the keyswitch that is operated under the keyswitch, and the keyswitch that is positioned at second pre-position be positioned at the keyswitch at the capable end place of keyswitch and be operated keyswitch one of at least.
3. performance apparatus according to claim 1 wherein, is given each keyswitch with musical sound, and the musical sound that is operated keyswitch is given in the generation of described musical sound generation part.
4. according to the described performance apparatus of one of claim 1 to 3, also comprise and stop control section, response is arranged in the operation of the keyswitch of capable the 3rd pre-position of keyswitch, light by the described light emitting control capable order of switch that partly stops key, and produce the part capable musical sound of switch that stops key by described musical sound and produce.
5. performance apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, the keyswitch that is positioned at the 3rd pre-position is the keyswitch at the capable end place of keyswitch.
6. performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the luminescence unit that described light emitting control part sequentially will be lighted switches to another from a luminescence unit, is being operated keyswitch and is being operated between the keyswitch at the capable end place of keyswitch under the keyswitch back and forth so that light the position.
7. performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, the translational speed that described light emitting control part order is lighted luminescence unit is can be provided with and changeable.
8. performance apparatus according to claim 7, wherein capable for each keyswitch, the translational speed that described light emitting control part order is lighted luminescence unit is can be provided with and changeable.
9. performance apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, capable for each keyswitch, detected the time point place of the operation of any one capable keyswitch of keyswitch in described test section, described light emitting control partly begins order and lights the capable luminescence unit of keyswitch.
10. one kind is used to utilize performance apparatus to produce the method for musical sound, and described performance apparatus comprises a plurality of luminescence units that are arranged in the capable a plurality of keyswitches of a plurality of keyswitches and are provided with the relation corresponding with keyswitch, and described method comprises:
Detect step, capable detection is operated keyswitch at each keyswitch;
Light step, detection according to described detection step, sequentially light luminescence unit in such a way: be operated keyswitch and be operated keyswitch under the keyswitch capable in luminescence unit between the keyswitch in first precalculated position lighted in proper order along a direction at interval at preset time, then in case light the position and arrive with described and be operated the capable end position of the corresponding keyswitch of one of keyswitch or arrive described first precalculated position, described be operated keyswitch and the luminescence unit between the keyswitch in described first precalculated position preset time at interval in along being lighted in proper order in the opposite direction with a described side; And
Musical sound produces step, lights the keyswitch that is arranged in capable second pre-position of keyswitch and synchronously produces and be endowed at least one capable musical sound of described keyswitch with the described step of lighting.
11. method according to claim 10, wherein, the keyswitch that is positioned at first pre-position is the keyswitch that is positioned at the capable end place of the keyswitch that is operated under the keyswitch, and the keyswitch that is positioned at second pre-position be positioned at the keyswitch at the capable end place of keyswitch and be operated keyswitch one of at least.
12. according to claim 10 or 11 described methods, wherein, give each keyswitch, and the musical sound that is operated keyswitch is given in the generation of described musical sound generation step with musical sound.
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