JP2570577B2 - Electronic percussion instrument - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic percussion instrument, and more particularly, to an electronic musical instrument capable of instructing sounding of a fill-in pattern or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, PCs based on actual drum sounds such as cymbals, snare drums, and bass drums have been developed.
By using the M sound source, or play realistic drum sound, or incorporating the synthesizer The over unique synthetic sounds, such as creating a new sense of drum sounds, electronic drums are gaining in popularity.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a conventional electronic drum. In the figure, for example, if the part a of the drum pad 31 is shot, an instrument sound or tone such as a cymbal sound or a bass drum sound can be freely selected if the part b is shot, and the performance output from the drum pad 31 Data is MIDI
After being converted into MIDI data by the converter 32, a musical tone waveform is created in the MIDI tone generator 33, and then the amplifier 3
The sound is emitted from the speaker 35 via the speaker 4.

Normally, the sound can be generated in accordance with the strength of the shot, that is, the velocity, so that the performance can be performed with almost the same feeling as when an acoustic drum is combined.

[0005]

However, since only one performance data for one sound is stored in correspondence with one shot of the drum pad, it is impossible to generate various drum patterns by one drum shot. It is difficult for a beginner to perform a fill-in pattern or the like, which cannot be performed, and particularly requires advanced performance techniques.

An object of the present invention is to perform not only one sound but also one hitting operation (drum shot) on the second player.
An object of the present invention is to make it possible to generate a continuous performance pattern of a certain length, for example, a fill-in pattern, which is stored in advance.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention first provides a player with
To detect and respond to a striking operation on the first player
It has performance control instructing means for instructing the generation of musical tones.

[0008] The means, the player, the first player, for example,
Shot in the center of the drum pad to play manually
The pad from the center of the pad for each shot.
Receiving a trigger pulse that is applied,
A trigger input unit for instructing a sound, for example.

Next, there is provided performance pattern data storage means for storing performance pattern data. The same means corresponds to shot timing (time data), playing intensity (velocity), and a shot drum pad as performance pattern data when automatically performing a fill-in pattern or the like, which is a kind of drum pattern with an electronic drum. This is a means for storing performance data and the like relating to the type of drum to be played, and is, for example, a memory such as a RAM (Random Access Memory).

Furthermore, to detect the <br/> batting operation against the second performance operators by the performer, corresponds to the performance pattern data sequentially reads from the play pattern data storing means effortlessly <br/> sound It has automatic performance control instructing means for instructing pronunciation. This means that when a first player, for example, a central portion of a drum pad is shot and a normal performance is performed, when a second player, for example, a sub-pad is shot once, the sub-pad is instantaneously responded to. the drum pattern data such as fill-in pattern to, the aforementioned play pattern data storing means, reads overlying Symbol normal playing, a means for causing the automatic performance such as the fill-in pattern.

[0011] In addition to the above configuration, the present invention includes storage control means for allowing a player to store the performance pattern data in the performance pattern data storage means. In the means, a player shots a central portion of a first player, for example, a drum pad, manually plays a drum pattern such as a fill-in pattern, and stores the performance pattern data in temporary storage means described later; Thereafter, when the player finishes the performance, he or she shots a second player, for example, a subpad, so that the performance pattern data stored in the temporary storage means is used as performance pattern data corresponding to the subpad shot by the player. This is a means for storing in the data storage means.

The means reads out performance data stored in advance on an external so-called ROM card or the like, or stores performance data created by a sequencer or the like in the performance pattern data storage means.

Further, the storage control means has a temporary storage means for temporarily storing the performance pattern data. The means is, for example, a memory such as a RAM for temporarily storing performance data when the player shot the first player and performed a fill-in pattern or the like as described above.

[0014]

The player can easily perform a complicated drum pattern such as a fill-in pattern automatically while performing a manual performance using the first and second performers described above.

In addition, the performance pattern data stored (recorded) in the above-described performance pattern data storage means is provided to the player using the first and second performers as described above. It can be easily recorded in the form of performance.

Furthermore, performance pattern data obtained from the performance of a drummer having a high performance technique can be directly recorded in the performance pattern data storage means.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail. Here, an electronic drum will be described as an example of an electronic percussion instrument. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a drum pad section 1 includes a plurality of drum pads 1a to 1e. Drum pad part 1
If you shot the center of each drum pad, for example,
1a is a snare drum sound, 1b is a cymbal sound, 1e is a percussion instrument sound such as a bass drum sound.

Each of the drum pads 1a to 1e outputs trigger information for generating a sound in response to a shot of each sound played by the player. The trigger information includes the velocity and shot at each shot. Also, information such as the type of the drum pad is included.

In each of the drum pads 1a to 1e,
For example, as shown in the first drum pad 1a, in addition to the center portion A, B, C, D, E, F, G
It is possible to play a pre-programmed fill-in pattern of, for example, a few seconds (automatic play) by playing a professional drummer or the like only by making a single shot with these sub-pads. Trigger information is output from each drum pad.

The above-mentioned trigger information is transmitted to the trigger input unit 2
And converted into a trigger signal. Each of the above-mentioned drum pads may be shot, for example, at the center portion A and, while the main performance is being performed, shot B or C so that the sound of the fill-in pattern is superimposed on the main performance. it can.

Thereafter, the trigger signal at the center is MI
It is sent to the DI information converter 8. Next, the CPU 4
Execute the instruction programmed in 3. RAM5 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), data such as various flags, timers, and drum patterns are stored. The timer unit 6 is used to measure the time between shots of each drum pad. The switch unit 7 has various switches.
Indicates the drum pattern recording switch (hereinafter, drum pattern
Rec switch, or simply the pattern Rec SW)
When this switch is pressed to enter a recording mode for recording a drum pattern, a "pattern Rec flag" to be described later is turned on.
The recording mode indicator lamp 7a using D or the like is turned on.

Next, the MIDI information converter 8 converts one of the trigger signals output from the trigger input unit 2 when the central part (for example, A of 1a) of the drum pad is shot, into one. The MIDI signal is converted into a MIDI signal corresponding to a sound, and is sent to one of the following MIDI sound sources 9. If one of the sub-pads B to G is shot while the pad center is being shot, for example, a drum pattern that continues for a certain period of time, such as the above-described fill-in pattern, is shot each time the shot is shot. Is output.

The MIDI sound source 9 generates a tone signal of a drum sound corresponding to each drum head stored in advance by inputting the MIDI signal. After that, the signal becomes D / A
The signal is converted to an analog signal by the converter 10 and
1, a drum sound is emitted from the speaker 12.

Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail. The operation of this embodiment is, for example, as described above.
A recording mode for recording a drum pattern such as fill-in and the like is roughly classified into a recording mode and a mode other than recording. Hereinafter, a fill-in pattern is used as an example of the drum pattern.

Here, the modes other than recording include, for example, a reproduction mode for reproducing the above-described recorded drum pattern, and a normal performance mode in which a player performs a shot by playing a central portion of each pad.

The above-mentioned recording mode and modes other than recording are
Drum pattern Rec SW provided in switch section 7 in FIG.
According to 7a, either one can be selected.
That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the drum pattern Rec SW 7a turns on a trigger pulse generating circuit 21 for generating a trigger pulse for switching between the two states.
When this switch is pressed once, one trigger pulse is generated and the recording mode is set. When the switch is pressed again, the recording mode is turned off and the recording mode is turned off. Switch.

It is determined whether or not the recording mode is set in FIG.
As shown in the configuration diagram of the RAM 5 (FIG. 1), the determination is made based on whether the "pattern Rec flag", which is a flag indicating that the drum pattern is being recorded, is ON or OFF.

The operation in each mode will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This flow is repeatedly executed at a speed sufficiently faster than the performance operation as a part of a main flowchart (not shown).

First, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the drum pattern Rec SW has been pressed. If YES, the process proceeds to step S31. This determination is made by determining the presence or absence of the above-described trigger pulse (FIG. 2).

In this case, the fact that the pattern Rec SW is pressed is either to start recording the fill-in pattern from now or to end the recording. Is checked for ON and OFF.

In step S31, the RAM 5 (FIG. 1)
It is determined whether or not the “pattern Rec flag” (FIG. 4) is ON. If YES, it indicates that the fill-in pattern is currently being recorded. Means that the state is changed to a state other than recording (recording is ended) as described above, and the process proceeds to step S34, and the "pattern Rec flag" is turned off.

If the determination in step S31 is NO,
Since the recording of the fill-in pattern is to be started from now on, in the next step S32, the "pattern Rec flag" is turned on, and in the next step S33, the "timer measuring flag" is set to 0FF. This flag will be described later.

As described above, when the pattern Rec SW is pressed and the “pattern Rec flag” is turned ON, the recording mode is set. Regarding the recording mode, a case where the player has shot the center part of the drum pad and a case where the player has shot the subpad will be sequentially described.

First, the case where the center of the drum pad is shot will be described. In step S1, the determination is NO since the pattern Rec SW has already been pressed and has not been newly pressed, and the trigger pulse (FIG. 2) has been generated. Further, the determinations in steps S2 and S3 are both YES, and the process proceeds to step S21.

In step S21, the determination is YES, and the process proceeds to step S22, where it is determined whether the "timer measuring flag" (FIG. 4) in the RAM 5 is ON.
This flag is a flag for determining whether or not the value of the "current timer value" in the RAM 5 is valid. When the recording of the fill-in pattern is started, the flag is turned off in step S33 described above. And the process proceeds to step S24.

The function of the "current timer value" will be described later. In step S24, the MID for reproducing the drum sound assigned to the shot pad
I data (for example, note-on data, velocity data at the time of a shot, etc.) is stored in a work address of the RAM 5.

The work address is an address in the work area of the RAM 5 shown in FIG. 4 which stores data for one sound to be processed now, and is initially reset to the head address of the work area. Shall be

Next, the process proceeds to step S25, in which the "timer measuring flag" (FIG. 4) in the RAM 5 is turned ON, and in step S26, the "current timer value" (FIG. 4) is cleared.

Then, in step S27, the work address is advanced by one. Then, in step S5,
The above MIDI signal corresponding to the shot pad is M
The sound is output to the IDI sound source 9 to generate a drum sound for one shot. Thereafter, the process proceeds from step S6 to S7, and the determination in step S7 is YES, so that the process returns to the main flow.

By the way, the timing at which the player shots the drum pad (shot-to-shot time) is usually about 1/20 second at the earliest, whereas the trigger pulse output from the pad is two digits or less. The above is also short,
In addition, the processing of the flowchart of FIG. 5 is executed, and the time is set to be much shorter than the time required for making one round of the main flow loop.

Therefore, after the above-described processing of step S7, the process returns to the main flow, makes a round of the main flow, and proceeds again from step S1 to step S2 in the same manner as the previous time.
Since the input of the trigger from the pad section has been completed, the determination is NO, and the process proceeds to step S6.

Thereafter, the process proceeds from step S6 to S7, and the determination in step S7 becomes YES, so that the process returns again.
Performing the above processing, the player shot the pad, and step S
Repeat until the judgment of 2 becomes YES.

Thereafter, when the player shots the center of the pad as the next shot, the determination in S2 is YES, and the process proceeds to step S22 in the same manner as the previous time. Here, the “timer measuring flag” (FIG. 4) of the RAM 5 is
Since it was turned on in the previous step S25,
The determination in step S22 is YES, and the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, the "current timer value" (FIG. 4) of the RAM 5 is stored in the work address. Here, the timer and the “current timer value” will be described.

In the recording mode, the timer measures the time from the shot of the drum pad to the next shot, and in the reproduction mode, measures the time from one event to the next event.

In the present embodiment, the timer interrupt (interrupt) shown in FIG. 3 is interrupted by the timer unit 6 (FIG. 1) into the flowchart of FIG. 5 or the main flowchart, for example, every 1/100 second. The routine is executed, for example, every 1/100 second, whereby a timer is configured with the "current timer value" (FIG. 4) on the RAM 5 that counts up every 1/100 second as a timer value.

Then, by the last shot in the center,
Since the “current timer value” has been cleared in step S26, the “current timer value” indicates the time from the previous shot to the current shot at the timing of the current shot. In step S23, this value is stored in the work address.

After the above-described operation, the process proceeds to step S24, and MIDI data relating to a new shot is stored in the work address as in the previous case. Further, step S
In step 5, the MIDI data is output to the MIDI sound source 9 and a sound generation operation is performed.
Proceed with (Yes) and return to the main flow.

As described above, every time the center of the pad is shot, S 1 → S 2 → S 3 → S 21 → S 22 (→ S 2
3) The processing of → S24 to S27 → S5 → S6 → S7 is repeated. If no shot has been taken, S1
The process of → S2 → S6 → S7 → Return → S1 → S2 is repeated, and it is in the waiting state.

In this way, the player can use the speaker 12
While listening to the drum sound emitted from FIG. 1 (FIG. 1), the performance data (time data and MIDI data) is sequentially stored in the work address by shot at the center of the drum pad to create a fill-in pattern. it can.

Next, as described above, when the center portion of the pad is shot, the sub pad, for example, the drum pad 1 is shot.
When a shot B (see FIG. 1) is performed, the fill-in pattern data stored in the work memory of the RAM 5 is registered as follows.

First, from the main flow, steps S 1, S
After 2 and S3, the determination in step S21 is NO, and the process proceeds to the next step S28. In step S28,
When the subpad is shot on the work address, the Rec End data is stored. The Rec End data is data indicating the end of the performance data of the above-described fill-in pattern.

Next, in step S29, sub pad B
All the performance data recorded on the above work address regarding the fill-in pattern up to the shot immediately before the shot is transferred to the “pad B part drum pattern data” area of the RAM 5 shown in FIG.
As a result, the fill-in pattern is registered in the subpad B portion.

Next, in step S30, a work address is set at the head of the work memory. This gives R
From the beginning of the work memory of the AM5, new performance data of the fill-in pattern can be recorded.

Thereafter, the flow advances to step S33 to turn off the "timer measuring flag" (FIG. 4). Then, the flow returns to the main flow, and a state in which a fill-in pattern similar to that described above can be recorded again.

Here, S2 → S6 → S7 → Return →
The process of S1 → S2 is repeated, but if the performance is continued, every time a trigger is input from the pad, S22 (→ S
23) → S24 to S27 → S5 → S6 → S7 are repeated, and the MIDI performance data for each sound of the shot and the time data between shots are overwritten from the first address of the work area of the RAM 5 and the same as the previous time. Will continue to be remembered.

Thus, the performance in which the second fill-in pattern is to be recorded ends, and for example, the sub pad 1a
When the C is shot, all the performance data from immediately after the B shot to immediately before the C shot are stored in the drum pattern data area of the pad C portion of the RAM 5 in the same manner as when the sub pad B is shot. Will be transferred.

As described above, the center portion of the drum pad is shot, the fill-in pattern is played, and the performance data is sequentially recorded in the memory area of the RAM 5 corresponding to the pad.

Next, to end the recording, the drum pattern Rec SW 7a is turned on. As a result, step S1
Is YES, and the process proceeds to step S31. However, since the "pattern Rec flag is ON" during recording, the determination in step S31 is YES.

Next, in step S34, the "pattern
The flag during Rec ”is turned off, and the recording mode of the fill-in pattern is ended. The above is a description of the recording mode. Next, a mode other than the recording mode, that is, a normal performance mode, and a recording of a fill-in pattern or the like, which is performed by shooting the central portion of the pad, are reproduced (automatic performance). The mode will be described.

In this case, steps S1 to S
2 and the trigger is not input from the pad until the drum pad is shot.
Since the "timer measuring flag" (FIG. 4) on the AM 5 has been turned off in step S34 and has not yet been turned on, the determination in step S6 is NO, and no sound generation processing is performed. Hereafter, until there is a trigger input, S1 →
The processing of S2 → S6 → Return → S1 is repeated, and the state is waiting for a trigger.

When a pad is shot and a trigger is entered,
The process proceeds from step S1 to S2 to S3. In step S3, the recording is not being performed, and the "pattern Rec flag" is set to OF
Since it is F, the determination is NO and the process proceeds to step S4.

In step S4, it is determined whether or not the central portion of the pad has been shot. Here, the case where the center of the pad is shot first will be described.
Is YES, and the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, a MIDI signal corresponding to the pad being shot is output to the MIDI sound source 9, so that the drum sound corresponding to the pad is generated.
Sound is emitted from the speaker 12.

Next, the process proceeds to step S6, but since the "timer measuring flag" has not been turned ON yet, the determination is N.
It returns to O, and returns to the first S1. The above operation is repeated while the central portion of the pad is shot.

The above is the case of the normal performance mode in which the player shots the center of the drum pad while listening to the performance sound. Next, during the performance of the pad while the above-mentioned pad is being shot, the sub-pad, for example, B of the sub-pad 1a, is shot once, so that the corresponding fill-in pattern is automatically performed. The playback mode will be described.

In this case, from step S1 to step S3
Up to this, it is the same as the above-mentioned normal performance mode. Next, in step S4, the determination is NO, and in step S15
Proceed to.

In step S15, the shot No. of the subpad is written into the "pattern playing pad No. memory" area of the RAM 5 shown in FIG. next,
In step S16, on the RAM 5 shown in FIG.
From the drum pattern data area (for example, the area of the pad B portion) corresponding to the subpad, the MIDI data at the head of the drum pattern is read, and the MIDI data is read from the MIDI sound source 9.
Output to As a result, a drum sound corresponding to the first shot sound of the several to ten-odd shot sounds constituting the fill-in pattern is emitted from the speaker 12.

In the next step S17, time data is read from the drum pattern data area, and this is used as a timer value until the next shot sound in the RAM 5.
Is set in the "next timer value" area (see FIG. 4).

In the following step S18, the "timer measuring flag" (FIG. 4) in the RAM 5 is turned on. Further, in step S19, the "current timer value" (FIG. 4) in the RAM 5 is cleared. This will be described later.

Then, in step S20, the read address of the drum pattern data area is incremented. After that, the process returns to the main flow, and S1 → S again
Proceed to 2, but this time there is no trigger from the pad,
The determination is no, and the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, first, in step S6,
At 18, the "timer measuring flag" is turned on, so the determination is YES and the process proceeds to the next step S7. In step S7, the "pattern Rec flag" is set to O.
Since it is not N, the process proceeds to step S8.

Next, in step S8, the "current timer value" in the RAM 5 is compared with the "next timer value" (both shown in FIG. 4), and while the "current timer value" is smaller than the "next timer value", If the determination is NO, the musical tone corresponding to the next shot in the fill-in pattern is not sounded yet and returns.

Then, again from the main flow, S1 → S
Returning to step S8 in the order of 2 → S6 → S7 → S8, the above operation is repeated as long as the determination in step S8 is NO. By the way, the "current timer value" is cleared at the tone generation timing according to the first MIDI data of the above-described fill-in pattern (step S19). As described above, the value in the RAM 5 is increased with the lapse of time. The value of the "current timer value" in S8 gradually increases, and when it becomes equal to or more than the "next timer value", the determination in step S8 becomes YES and the process proceeds to the next step S9.

Here, in the “next timer value”, in step S 17, time data from the first shot sound of the fill-in pattern until the next shot sound is read from the drum pattern data area and set. Have been. Therefore, the timing until the next shot sound of the fill-in pattern is measured by the above operation.

In step S 9, MIDI data corresponding to the drum sound to be reproduced this time is read from the drum pattern data area of the RAM 5, output to the MIDI sound source 9, and the drum sound is emitted from the speaker 12.

Then, the process proceeds to a step S10, wherein the time data to be counted up to the next drum sound to be reproduced is stored in the RAM.
5 is read from the drum pattern data area and set to the “next timer value”.

In step S11, the "current timer value" is cleared, and in step S12, the read address of the drum pattern / data area is incremented.

In the following step S13, step S10
It is determined whether or not the “next timer value” set in step 2 is Rec End data. If NO, the process returns. The Rec End data is data representing the end of the recorded performance data, as described above with reference to step S28.

Thereafter, from the main flow, the above operation is repeated again, and every time the determination is YES in step S8, the drum sound is generated in step S9 as described above.

Finally, in step S13, if the next timer value is not time data but Rec Rec data,
The determination is YES, the reproduction ends, and in the next step S14, the "timer measuring flag" is turned off.

As is clear from the above description, a fill-in pattern of, for example, several seconds can be automatically performed only by one shot of the subpad. In the above description, the normal performance mode and the reproduction mode are described separately. However, in the case of a polyphonic musical instrument, a normal performance can be performed while the fill-in pattern is being reproduced.

Next, the outline will be described. First, when the sub pad is shot once, as described above, steps S1 (No) → S2 (Yes) → S3 (No) → S4 (No) → S15 →
・ ・ ・ → Return → S1 (No) → S2 (No) → S6 (No) ・ ・
... → Return → S2 (No) → S6 to 13... → Returns the same processing as the return, and reproduces a previously recorded, for example, fill-in pattern.

During the above-described repetitive processing, when the central portion of the pad is shot, S1 (No) → S2 (Yes) → S3 (No) → S4 (Y
es) → S5, and in step S5, as described above, a drum sound corresponding to the performance of the player is generated.

Next, the process proceeds to step S6, but in step S6
In the determination in step 6, since the "timer measuring flag" is ON, the process proceeds to step S7 and subsequent steps for performing processing when the subpad is shot, and the above-described sounding of the fill-in pattern is continued.

As described above, for example, a sub-pad is shot and superimposed on the fill-in pattern during reproduction, so that the player can freely perform using the center portion of the pad.

In the above description of the flowchart, the case of polyphonic (multiple sound) is not described. However, when the electronic percussion instrument is composed of polyphonic, for example, in FIG. In addition to the pad 1a, the other 1b, 1
Perform simultaneously using various different drum sounds such as c or 1e, record the performance data as described above,
It can be played automatically.

In the above-described embodiment, for automatic performance, the player plays using the center of the pad and the performance data obtained at that time is recorded in the drum pattern data area. The data is not limited to data in which performances are stored (recorded) in real time as in the above example.

That is, the performance data created in advance from external storage means, for example, the performance of a professional drummer, is stored in the RO.
Performance data written on an M pack (card) or the like and read from the ROM pack before the performance may be loaded into the data area.

In the above-described embodiment, the shape of the drum pad is hexagonal and the vicinity of the vertex is a subpad. FIG. 6 shows an example.

1A and 1B, A corresponds to the center of the drum pad of FIG. 1, and B and below correspond to the subpads B, C, D, E, F, G, etc. of FIG. I do.
With such a shape, in the case of FIG. 6A, since the subpad is circular, the number of miss shots is reduced. Similarly, in FIG. 3B, the subpads are gathered in one place, so that they are suitable for playing in a narrow place and are easy to set.

[0093]

According to the present invention, a complicated performance pattern over several seconds can be reproduced (automatic performance) only by one shot of the second performance element, so that a drummer who is good at performing in advance can play the performance pattern. When a difficult fill-in pattern or the like is recorded, at the time of a concert, etc., a hitting operation (one-shot) for the second player is performed in parallel with a tone generation operation by a hitting operation for the first player. The player can freely perform a normal performance by reading out and matching or superimposing it.

In the case of early stick handling, if the same is recorded in advance and used for back performance, rhythm percussion that cannot be performed by one person can be performed. Also, by preparing a plurality of second performers, it is possible to use different drum sounds of different musical instruments and various drum patterns. In addition, all of the performance patterns appearing in one song can be reproduced in units of one bar. By recording each of the second performers separately, it is possible to enjoy one drum percussion performance only by shooting each second performer once per bar.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a pattern Rec SW.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart relating to a timer interrupt.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a RAM 5 (FIG. 1).

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 6 (a) and (b) are views showing another embodiment of the drum pad according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a conventional electronic percussion instrument.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Drum pad part 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e Drum pad 2 Trigger input part 3 ROM 4 CPU 5 RAM 6 Timer part 7 Switch part 7a Drum pattern recording switch 7b Recording mode display lamp 8 MIDI information converter 9 MIDI sound source 10 D / A converter 11 Amplifier 12 Speaker 21 Trigger pulse generation circuit 31 Drum pad 32 MIDI converter 33 MIDI sound source section 34 Amplifier 35 Speaker

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A performance control instruction means for detecting a hitting operation on the first performer and instructing generation of a corresponding musical tone, wherein the first and second performers are capable of performing a hitting operation, and Means for storing performance pattern data to be stored, and a performance generated by a striking operation on the first performer.
Performance pattern data in the performance pattern data storage means.
Storage control means for storing, and automatic performance control instruction means for detecting a striking operation on the second performer, sequentially reading out the corresponding performance pattern data from the performance pattern data storage means, and instructing generation of a corresponding musical tone An electronic percussion instrument comprising: 2. The musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein the first musical instrument and the second musical instrument are mutually connected.
2. The electronic percussion instrument according to claim 1, wherein the electronic percussion instrument is arranged at a position close to the electronic musical instrument. 3. The musical instrument according to claim 2, wherein the second musical instrument is composed of a plurality of musical instruments.
The performance pattern data storage means.
The performance pattern data corresponding to each of the second performers
3. The electronic percussion instrument according to claim 1, wherein the data is stored . 4. The performance control device according to claim 1 , wherein
A temporary storage unit for temporarily storing data;
The performance pattern data is obtained by hitting the player.
Is stored in the temporary storage means, and thereafter, the second performance
Is stored in the temporary storage means by a hitting operation on the child.
The played pattern data is assigned to the struck second player.
The corresponding performance pattern data as the corresponding performance pattern data.
4. An electronic percussion instrument according to claim 3 , wherein said electronic percussion instrument is stored in data storage means . 5. The performance pattern data is stored in an external storage in advance.
Claims 1 to 4 electronic percussion instrument according to, characterized in that it comprises a play pattern data stored by憶means.