JP2754936B2 - Tone generator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical sound generator, and more particularly to a musical sound generator for sampling and reproducing sounds of a natural musical instrument or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a tone generator which samples attenuated sounds of a piano or guitar, stores waveform data (sampling data), and reproduces the stored waveform data. In such a tone generator, usually, in order to simplify the configuration and save the memory amount,
The entire waveform data of the attack part and the waveform data of one waveform of the loop part after the attack are stored, and the waveform data of the attack part is first read out during reproduction, and thereafter, the data of one waveform of the loop part is repeatedly read out. There is.

However, in such a system, when the sound enters the loop portion, the sound tends to be discontinuous, and a system such as a cross-fade loop or a folded loop is applied as a system for reducing this.

There is also a method of storing one waveform data of each of a plurality of discrete sections in a loop portion after an attack, and connecting the waveforms at the time of reproduction while cross-fading each of the plurality of discrete sections. No. 1-22631).

[0005]

By the way, in the above-described cross-fade method, each loop section is controlled only by a preset set value, and each parameter cannot be changed in real time. The pitch can be changed in real time by, for example, a vent wheel, but a change suitable for each loop section cannot be realized.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, the present invention relates to a tone generating apparatus for generating and outputting a loop waveform after an attack by connecting waveform data of a plurality of sections while cross-fading. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to change loop processing parameters such as a loop time and a crossfade time in real time with performance information such as data.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a musical tone generating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a pitch data instructing means for instructing a pitch of a musical tone to be generated; An operation element for outputting the performance information of various values in real time, a storage means for storing a plurality of waveform data, and a reading speed according to the pitch specified by the pitch data specifying means. each waveform data it
Repeatedly read for a predetermined loop time
Sequentially connected to a tone signal forming means to form a <br/> tone signal based on the read is connected waveform data on the basis of the performance information output in real time from the operating elements, the length of the loop time And control means for changing and controlling the change. According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a musical tone generating apparatus comprising: a pitch data instructing unit for instructing a pitch of a musical tone to be generated; an operating element for outputting real-time continuous performance information according to an operation; Storage means for storing waveform data and second waveform data; and first and second waveform data and second waveform stored in the storage means at a reading speed according to a pitch designated by the pitch data designating means. repeatedly reading data, respectively, by combining with cross-fade from the first waveform data over a predetermined crossfade time to the second waveform data, to the synthesized waveform data
A tone signal forming means for forming a tone signal based on the tone signal, and a control means for changing and controlling the length of the cross-fade time based on performance information output in real time from the operator.

[0008]

According to the above construction, the loop time and the cross-fade time of the repeated reading of the waveform data in the musical tone signal forming means are reset based on the performance information output from the operator.
Change control is performed in real time .

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic musical instrument (a so-called sampler) to which a tone generator according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. In this figure, 1 is an external input unit, 2 is an analog / digital converter (A / D converter), 3 is a waveform sample writing unit, 4 is an access control unit, 5 is a waveform memory, 6 is a microcomputer, 7 is a keyboard, Reference numeral 8 denotes a panel switch, 9 denotes a sound source, 10 denotes a digital / analog converter (D / A converter), and 11 denotes a sound system.

This electronic musical instrument can sample a sound input from the outside and set and register the timbre as a voice. By playing the keyboard 7 by designating a voice, a tone can be generated with the tone color of the sampled sound.

The sampling of sound is performed as follows. First, an external sound is converted into an analog electric signal by the external input unit 1 and input. This input signal is converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 2. The waveform sample writing unit 3 writes this digital input signal into the waveform memory 5 via the access control unit 4 as waveform sample data. The operations of the waveform sample writing section 3 and the access control section 4 are performed by the microcomputer 6
Is controlled by

Next, the microcomputer 6 performs an edit process, and cuts out the waveform data of the attack portion and the waveform data of some one wavelength of the loop portion from the sampled data. That is, the microcomputer 6 accesses the waveform memory 5 via the access control unit 4 and cuts out required data from the waveform sample data in the waveform memory 5. The remaining data may be deleted or left as it is.

FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing a state of cutting out from sampling data. FIG. 5 is a memory map of a portion storing waveform data cut out in the waveform memory 5.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 401 denotes sampling data. The sampling data stored in the waveform memory 5 is actually a sequence of amplitude data (digital data) at each sampling position of the waveform 401, but here, for the sake of explanation, the sampling data is represented by a simulated analog representation of the waveform 401. Shall be shown. The microcomputer 6 extracts the waveform data WA of the attack portion of the sampling data 401 and the waveform data WL1, WL2,..., WL8 of a plurality of discrete sections of the loop portion. Each of the loop waveform data WL1, WL2,.
This is data for a cycle (one wavelength). The range to be cut out as an attack waveform and the number and position to cut out the loop waveform are as follows.
It can be arbitrarily specified by the panel switch 8. In this figure, eight loop waveforms WL1, WL2,.
In this example, L8 is cut out. Reference numeral 402 denotes the extracted attack waveform data WA, and reference numeral 403 denotes the extracted fifth loop waveform data WL5.

The extracted attack waveform data WA and loop waveform data WL1, WL2,..., WL8 are stored in the waveform memory 5 in the order of sequence as shown in FIG. Further, the microcomputer 6 sets various voice data at the time of extracting the waveform data. The voice data includes the following. (A) Attack start address AS This is the start address of the attack waveform data WA stored in the waveform memory 5 as shown in FIG. (B) Loop start address LSi (i = 1 to 8) These are the start addresses of the loop waveform data WL1, WL2,..., WL8 stored in the waveform memory 5 as shown in FIG. (C) Loop length LLi (i = 1 to 8) These are the data lengths (the number of sampling data) of the loop waveform data WL1, WL2,..., WL8 stored in the waveform memory 5 as shown in FIG. (D) Loop time LTi (i = 1 to 8) Indicates a time for repeatedly reading each of the loop waveform data WL1, WL2,..., WL8. For example, as shown in FIG.
Assuming that the loop times corresponding to the loop waveform data WL1, WL2,... Are LT1, LT2,..., The loop waveform data WL1 is repeatedly read during the loop time LT1, and then the loop waveform data WL2 is repeatedly read during the loop time LT2. Then, the processing proceeds. The loop time is
In practice, it is represented by the reciprocal of time. That is, for example, the loop time LT1 is set so that the value of LT1 is accumulated for each reference clock, and when the value exceeds “1”, the loop time ends. (E) Loop pitch ratio LRi (i = 1 to 8) Loop length LL of i-th loop waveform data WLi
It is calculated from i by the following formula.

LRi = −1200 × log ₂ (SPL / LLi) where SPL indicates a reference loop length corresponding to a reference pitch when sampling is performed. This reference pitch can be appropriately set by the user. Assuming that the frequency corresponding to the loop length LLi is fi and the sampling frequency is fs, the number of samples per unit time, for example, one second, is fs, and the frequency fi corresponds to how many loop lengths LLi are included therein. = Fs / fi.
Similarly, if the reference frequency corresponding to the reference pitch is f0, SPL = fs / f0. Therefore, LRi = 1200 × log ₂ (fi / f0). As described above, the loop pitch ratio LRi is such that the frequency fi corresponding to the loop length LLi is equal to the reference frequency f0.
It is a value that indicates how many cents are deviated from the pitch, in other words, the pitch deviation.

Note that it is not always necessary to use the reference frequency as the attack portion, and the middle or last loop portion may be used as the reference frequency, or the reference frequency may be set independently of any waveform. (F) Cross-fade time XTi Indicates the cross-fade time at the time of transition from one loop waveform data to the next loop waveform data. For example, XT1
Is the loop waveform data WL2 from the loop waveform data WL1.
Indicates the time of the crossfade to The crossfade time is actually represented by the reciprocal of time. That is,
For example, the crossfade time XT1 is set so that the value of XT1 is accumulated for each reference clock and the crossfade time ends when the value exceeds "1". (G) Modification data MOD is a coefficient based on the amount of initial touch and after touch. This coefficient MOD modifies the loop time LTi and the crossfade time XTi in real time. (H) Envelope generator data These are parameters for generating an envelope waveform.

Of the above voice data, the attack start address AS and the loop start address LSi
Is automatically determined when the microcomputer 6 stores data in the waveform memory 5. The loop length LLi is determined according to the sampling data extraction position, and the loop pitch ratio LRi is automatically calculated. As shown in FIG. 4, the loop time LTi is calculated based on a time interval between positions at which each loop waveform is cut out at the time of sampling. The loop time LTi can be arbitrarily set by the user. The user can arbitrarily set the cross-fade time XTi and the envelope generator data. The user can arbitrarily set how to output the value of the decoration data MOD based on the amount of the initial touch and the after touch (that is, the degree of the touch effect).

As described above, the waveform data is cut out in the waveform memory 5, and the voice data is set. Referring to FIG. 1 again, when the keyboard 7 is played by designating this voice by the panel switch 8, performance information is input from the keyboard 7 to the microcomputer 6. The microcomputer 6 sends a tone generation instruction signal to the sound source 9 based on the performance information. The sound source 9 reads out waveform data and voice data corresponding to a voice designated in advance from the waveform memory 5, synthesizes a tone signal, and outputs the synthesized tone signal to the D / A converter 10. The tone signal converted into the analog signal is generated by the sound system 11.

FIG. 2 shows a detailed configuration of the sound source 9 of the electronic musical instrument of FIG. Before describing the sound source of FIG. 2, a brief description will be given of a pitch change at the time of reproduction of a loop portion in the sound source.

FIG. 6A shows a pitch change in the device of this embodiment. A curve 601 in the attack portion indicates a change in the pitch of the attack waveform data. A dotted curve 602 in the loop portion indicates a pitch change of the original sound actually sampled. The pitch change is shown by the height from the reference pitch. .. Indicate the timing at which reading of each loop waveform data WL1, WL2,.

Since the attack waveform portion 601 stores and reproduces all data of the attack portion of the sampled sound, the pitch change of the original sampled sound is reproduced. On the other hand, since the loop portion repeatedly reads and reproduces loop waveform data (data for one wavelength), the pitch change of the original sound as indicated by the dotted curve 602 is not reproduced. Therefore, in the sound source 9, the pitch change in each loop section is sequentially changed by 60 line segments.
4-1, 604-2,... That is, the pitch of the first loop waveform data WL1 is shifted from the reference pitch by the loop pitch ratio LR1, and
Of the loop waveform data WL2 is shifted from the reference pitch by a loop pitch ratio LR2. Therefore, the first
While the volume is cross-fade from the loop waveform data WL1 to the second loop waveform data WL2, the reading speed is controlled so that the deviation from the reference pitch also cross-fade from the loop pitch ratio LR1 to LR2. .

FIG. 6B shows the speed at which each waveform data of FIG. 5 is read. Since the attack waveform data WA is all data of the attack portion of the sampled sound, FIG.
By reading data at a constant speed (speed corresponding to the pressed key) as shown by the line segment 610 in FIG. 6B, the pitch change of the curve 601 in FIG. 6A is reproduced. As described above, the loop pitch ratio indicating the amount of deviation from the reference pitch is also cross-fade in the loop portion, so that the positions marked with circles have the same read speed as the attack waveform. That is, since the waveform sizes are different, in order to reproduce at the same pitch, the address must be advanced faster as the number of samples is larger.

The sound source 9 of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The sound source 9 is a sound source capable of generating a plurality of sounds, and each circuit described later is used in a time-division manner. The sound source 9 of this embodiment is
It has registers 21 to 28 for storing voice data corresponding to the voice number specifying the voice. The register 21 has an attack start address AS, the register 22 has a loop start address LSi, the register 23 has a loop length LLi, the register 24 has a loop time LT, the register 25 has a loop pitch ratio LRi, and a register 26.
Indicates the crossfade time XTi, the register 27 stores the decoration data MOD, and the register 28 stores the envelope generator (EG) data. Where i =
1 to 8. Reference numeral 29 denotes an interface for inputting a sound generation instruction signal from the microcomputer 6 in FIG. The microcomputer interface 29 provides a reproduction pitch (cent range) of a musical tone to be produced in accordance with the pronunciation instruction.
PBP, keyboard touch data, and key-on signal KO
N is output. The touch data includes initial touch data IT and after touch data AFT from IT +
k × AFT is calculated and output. k is a predetermined coefficient.

The waveform sequence generator 39 receives the attack signal AT and the carry signal from the loop time counter 41 and outputs a sequence number n. The attack signal AT is a signal generated by the address generator 32, and is "1" when reading the attack part and "0" when reading the loop part. The carry signal from the loop time counter 41 is generated when each loop time ends. The waveform sequence generator 39 always outputs “0” when the attack signal AT is “1”, and sequentially increments the value each time a carry signal is input after the attack signal AT becomes “0”. Output. Therefore, when the sequence number n is "0", the attack portion is read, and when the sequence number n is "1", the first loop waveform data of the loop portion is read (the second loop waveform data is simultaneously read due to cross-fade). Is read out), when the sequence number n is "2", the second loop waveform data of the loop portion is read out (the third loop waveform data is read out at the same time), and so on. The process proceeds to.

The sequence number n output from the waveform sequence generator 39 corresponds to the registers 21, 22, 23, 2
4, 25, 26 and 27 are input. In addition, register 2
Reference clocks φ are input to 2 and 23. In response to these inputs, each register outputs data as follows.
That is, the register 21 outputs the attack start address AS when the sequence number n = 0. The register 22 outputs the n-th loop start address LSn for the sequence number n when the reference clock φ is at “0” level, and outputs the (n + 1) th loop start address when the reference clock φ is at “1” level. Address LSn +
Outputs 1. The register 23 outputs the n-th loop length LLn for the sequence number n when the reference clock φ is at the “0” level, and outputs the (n + 1) th loop length Ln when the reference clock φ is at the “1” level.
Ln + 1 is output. The register 24 outputs the n-th loop time LTn for the sequence number n.
The register 25 stores (n + 1) th sequence number n
The second loop pitch ratio LRn + 1 is output. The register 26 outputs the n-th crossfade time XTn for the sequence number n.

The pitch variation PF is added to the reproduction pitch PBP by the adder 30, and the result is input to a frequency number (F number) generator 31. F number generator 3
1 generates an F number corresponding to the input pitch value. This F number is input to the address generator 32. The address generator 32 also includes an attack start address AS and a loop start address LSn / LSn + 1 of the registers 21, 22, and 23 together with the key-on signal KON.
And the loop length LLn / LLn + 1 are input. As described above, registers 22 and 23 are read based on reference clock φ. When reference clock φ is at “0” level, n-th data LSn and L-th data LSn are output.
When Ln is at “1” level, the (n + 1) th data L
Sn + 1 and LLn + 1 are read, respectively.

The address generator 32 will be described with reference to FIG. The address generator 32 receives the F number and accumulates it in the accumulator 71. The F number is a value proportional to the frequency of a musical tone to be generated (a musical tone having a pitch corresponding to a key-depressed key) (usually, a value around 1 is used). Is output. The integer part directly corresponds to the address, and the decimal part is used for interpolation. However, in this embodiment, the interpolation processing using the decimal part is omitted for convenience of explanation.

When the key-on signal KON is input, the attack register 77 stores the attack start address AS. Further, the flip-flop 75 is set to “1”. The value “1” of the flip-flop 75 is output to the outside as an attack signal AT, and
To enter. At this time, the selector 76 selectively outputs the attack start address AS of the attack register 77 to the adder 73. When the attack waveform data is read (sequence number n = 0), “1” is input to the multiplier 72 (when the reference clock φ is “1”). From the above,
The address generator 32 outputs the following address AD.

AD = qF + AS Here, qF is a value obtained by accumulating F, which is the F number, q times. Thus, the address generator 32 outputs the read address AD of the attack waveform data.

Next, when the accumulation of the F number progresses and the address output AD exceeds the start address LS1 of the first loop waveform data WL1 (sequence number n =
1), the comparator 74 outputs a reset signal to the flip-flop 75. As a result, the value of the flip-flop 75 becomes “0”, the attack signal AT becomes “0”, and “0” is input to the selector 76. At this time, the selector 7
6 is a loop start address LS1 / LS2 to adder 7
3 is selected and output. Therefore, the address generator 32
Outputs AD = qF × LL1 / SPL + LS1 when the reference clock φ is “0”, and outputs AD = qF × LL2 / SPL + LS2 when the reference clock φ is “1”. Similarly, generally, the address generator 32
Outputs AD = qF × LLn / SPL + LSn when the reference clock φ is “0” when the sequence number is n, and outputs AD = (qF × (LLn + 1 / SPL)) + LSn + 1 when the reference clock φ is “1”. I do.

Referring again to FIG. 2, address generator 32
Memory (Fig. 5) by address AD output from
Is accessed, and the waveform data 33 is read. In this reading, when reference clock φ is at “0” level, n-th loop waveform data WLn is read, and when reference clock φ is at “1” level, n + 1-th loop waveform data WLn + 1 is read. The read waveform data is input to the cross-fade synthesizing unit 34. The cross-fade synthesizing unit 34 stores the read waveform data in the latch 51 at the rise of the latch clock φ1. The latch clock φ1 is set to rise while the n-th loop waveform data WLn is being read,
As a result, the data of the n-th loop waveform data WLn is latched in the latch 51. The multiplier 52 outputs the n-th loop waveform data WLn latched by the latch 51.
Is multiplied by the output of the inverter 46, and an adder 5
4 is output. As will be described later, the inverter 46 gradually decreases from "1" to "0" and outputs "0" after the cross-fade time. On the other hand, when the reference clock φ is at the “1” level, the multiplier 53 multiplies the data of the (n + 1) th loop waveform data WLn + 1 by the output of the crossfade counter 43 and outputs the result to the adder 54. As described later, the crossfade counter 43 gradually increases from "0" to "1" and outputs "1" after the crossfade time. The adder 54 adds the output of the multiplier 52 and the output of the multiplier 53 and outputs the result to the multiplier 35.

The register 28 receives the key-on signal KON and the touch data, and outputs the corresponding envelope generator data. The EG unit 38 receives the envelope generator data and outputs an actual envelope waveform. The multiplier 35 multiplies the output waveform data from the adder 54 by this envelope waveform and outputs the result. Output data of each channel output from the multiplier 35 in a time-division manner is accumulated for each channel by the channel accumulator 36 and output to the D / A converter 10 in FIG.

The loop time data LTn output from the register 24 is multiplied by the modification data MOD in the multiplier 40 and input to the loop time counter 41. The loop time counter 41 always outputs a carry signal when the attack signal AT is "1", that is, when the attack waveform data is being read. When the attack signal AT is "0", that is, when the loop waveform data is being read, the value of the input from the multiplier 40 is accumulated and output as a count result, and when the count result exceeds "1". Generate carry signal. Therefore, a value that gradually increases from “0” to “1” is output to the inverter 62 and the multiplier 64 of the crossfade unit 45 as the count result. Inverter 62 subtracts this count result from “1”, and outputs a value that gradually decreases from “1” to “0” to multiplier 63 as a result.

The loop pitch ratio LRn + 1 output from the register 25 is input to a cross-fade unit 45 for cross-fading the loop pitch ratio. The latch 61 of the cross-fade unit 45 controls the loop pitch ratio L at the timing of the carry signal from the loop time counter 41.
After latching Rn, the waveform sequence generator 39 increments the sequence number and outputs the next loop pitch ratio LRn + 1, so that the latch 61 stores the previous loop pitch ratio LRn. The previous loop pitch ratio LRn latched by the latch 61 is multiplied by the multiplier 63 with a value that gradually decreases from “1” to “0”. The result is input to the adder 65. The loop pitch ratio LRn + 1 is multiplied by the multiplier 64 with a value that gradually increases from “0” to “1”. The result is input to the adder 65. The adder 65 is a multiplier 63
And the output of the multiplier 64. Thus, the loop pitch ratio LRn of the next loop waveform data WLn + 1 is changed from the loop pitch ratio LRn of the loop waveform data WLn.
The pitch variation value PF can be calculated by interpolating up to +1 by crossfading. The pitch fluctuation value PF is added to the pitch of the musical tone to be generated in the adder 30,
Even when the wavelengths of the respective waveform data are different, the respective waveform data are naturally connected.

The cross-fade time XTn output from the register 26 is applied to the modifier data MOD in the multiplier 42.
, And input to the crossfade counter 43.
The crossfade counter 43 is reset by an output signal from the OR circuit 44. The carry signal and the attack signal AT of the loop time counter 41 are input to the OR circuit 44. Therefore, the crossfade counter 43 is reset when the attack portion is being read, or when the loop time of a certain loop section ends and the process shifts to reading the next loop waveform data. The crossfade counter 43 accumulates the input value from the multiplier 42 and outputs the accumulated value. When the overflow exceeds "1", the crossfade counter 43 holds and outputs "1". Therefore, from "0" to "1"
Then, a value that gradually increases to “1” and thereafter becomes “1” is output to the inverter 46 and the multiplier 53. This output is
As described above, it is used for cross-fading of loop waveform data.

FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing the cross-fade processing in the cross-fade synthesizing section 34. While the reference clock φ is at the “0” level, the latch clock φ1 rises. Address generator 3
2 is WLn when the reference clock φ is at the “0” level, and WLn + 1 when the reference clock φ is at the “1” level. The latch 51 has a latch clock φ.
The data of the waveform data WLn is latched at the rising timing of 1. When the reference clock φ is at the “1” level, the data of the waveform data WLn and the data of the waveform data WLn + 1 are cross-fade.

FIG. 8 is a timing chart for explaining the cross-fade processing along the waveform sequence number. When the sequence number is "0", the attack waveform data is read. At this time, the attack signal AT is “1”, and the attack waveform data WA is read at the timing when the reference clock φ is “0”. Reference clock φ
Is "1", nothing is read. Attack signal AT
Is "1", the crossfade counter 43 and the loop time counter 41 are both "0", and no crossfade processing is performed.

When the reading of the attack waveform data is completed, the sequence number becomes "1", and the reading of the loop waveform data is started. First, at the timing when the reference clock φ is “0”, the first loop waveform data WL
1 is read, and the second loop waveform data WL2 is read at the timing when the reference clock φ is “1”. During the loop time for reading these waveform data, the loop time counter 41 gradually increases from "0" to "1". Therefore, during this loop time, the loop pitch ratio LR1 corresponding to the first loop waveform data WL1 initially.
Output the pitch fluctuation value PF, and gradually increase the loop pitch ratio LR2 corresponding to the second loop waveform data WL2.
, And outputs the pitch fluctuation value PF by the loop pitch ratio LR2. Further, during the cross-fade time included in this loop time, the cross-fade counter 43 gradually increases from “0” to “1”. Therefore, during this cross-fade time, the first loop waveform data WL1 is output at first, and the loop waveform data WL1 is gradually increased.
, The volume of the second loop waveform data WL2 is increased, and finally only the loop waveform data WL2 is output. After the crossfade time, only the loop waveform data WL2 is output. Thereafter, the same processing is performed as the sequence number n is counted up.

According to this embodiment, waveform data and voice data are read in two series according to the value of the reference clock φ,
These are cross-faded, and a pitch shift is interpolated between two cross-fading waveform data. That is, the pitch shift amount PF is calculated by cross-fading the pitch shift amount and added to the F number. Since the F number specifies the read speed at which the waveform data is read, the read speed is cross-fade. Since the reading speed is cross-fade as described above, even when the wavelengths (periods) of the respective waveform data are different, the reading can be performed such that the wavelengths shift naturally. Further, it is possible to gradually return to the reference wavelength.

Furthermore, since the loop time and the crossfade time are modified according to the touch data, the speed of change of the tone can be changed by changing the touch.

In this embodiment, the loop time counter 4
The pitch fluctuation value PF is created by pitch interpolation using the output of No. 1, but instead, a memory storing a pitch envelope extracted for each sequence number from the original waveform of FIG. 4 is read by a loop time counter and read. The pitch envelope may be the pitch variation value PF.

The pitch and volume crossfading may be performed based on a common crossfade generator. The pitch crossfade may be performed in a curved manner.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A routine for repeatedly reading out the waveform data of the tone signal forming means in real time in accordance with the performance information output from the operator.
Since the loop time and the crossfade time are controlled to be changed , the changing speed of the timbre can be changed according to the performance information such as touch data, and a more natural tone can be formed. Also, the pitch and the like have an optimum change direction and sensitivity for each loop state.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic musical instrument to which a musical sound generator according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sound source of the tone generator.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an address generator of the musical sound generator.

FIG. 4 is a waveform diagram showing a state of cutting out from sampling data.

FIG. 5 is a memory map of a portion storing the extracted waveform data.

FIG. 6 is a graph showing a pitch change and a reading speed during reproduction.

FIG. 7 is a timing chart showing a cross-fade process;

FIG. 8 is a timing chart for explaining cross-fade processing along a waveform sequence number.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 external input unit 2 analog / digital converter 3 waveform sample writing unit 4 access control unit 5 waveform memory 6 microcomputer
7 ... keyboard, 8 ... panel switch, 9 ... sound source, 10
... Digital / analog converter, 11 ... Sound system.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pitch data designating means for designating a pitch of a musical tone to be generated, an operator for outputting performance information of a continuous value according to an operation in real time, and a storage for storing a plurality of waveform data. Means for reading the respective waveform data stored in the storage means repeatedly for a predetermined loop time at a reading speed according to the pitch specified by the pitch data specifying means.
Connected sequentially in time, read and connected waveform data
And tone signal forming means to form a musical tone signal based on, on the basis of the performance information output in real time from the operator, characterized by a control means for changing control of the length of the loop time Musical sound generator. 2. A pitch data designating means for designating a pitch of a musical tone to be generated, an operator for outputting performance information of a continuous value according to an operation in real time, a first waveform data and a second waveform data. Storage means for storing the first waveform data and the second waveform data stored in the storage means at a reading speed in accordance with the pitch designated by the pitch data designating means. Music signal forming means for synthesizing the first waveform data to the second waveform data while cross-fading over a predetermined cross-fade time, and forming a tone signal based on the synthesized waveform data ; A musical sound generator comprising: control means for changing and controlling the length of the cross-fade time based on performance information output from an operator in real time.