JPH09230865A - Electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the electronic musical instrument which enables easy-to-use timbre specification through easy operation. SOLUTION: Timbre specification information outputted by user's timbre specifying operation is converted into a timbre identifier by using selected conversion tables TBL1-TBL4, and timbre data is read out with the timbre identifier to set a timbre. Further, timbre data is read out by the selected conversion table TBLi with a bank number and an in-bank timbre number 307 obtained by converting a bank number and an in-bank timbre number 301 that the user has inputted, thereby setting a timbre.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic musical instrument, and more particularly to an electronic musical instrument that allows a user to specify a tone color that is convenient for use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known an electronic musical instrument having a plurality of tone color data therein and capable of generating a musical tone with a tone color selected by a user. In recent years, the number of timbres that can be generated is much larger than the number of switches for designating timbres, so that many timbres can be designated with a small number of switches.

For example, one method is to divide a switch for designating a tone color into a switch for designating a bank and a switch for designating a tone color within a designated bank. For example, if the number of timbres that can be specified is 128,
8 groups of 16 tones (Bank A
~ H), one bank is designated from banks A to H by eight bank switches, and one tone color in the bank is designated by 16 tone color switches. With this, 128 bank switches and 16 tone color switches (24 switches in total)
You can specify individual tones.

[0004]

By the way, when the above-mentioned method is adopted, a plurality of timbres are often divided into bank groups corresponding to the timbre type and system of the musical tone. For example, in the case of 128 tones, the bank A is often divided into 16 piano tones, the bank B is divided into 16 brass tones, and so on.

However, some users may desire a different way of dividing from the prescribed bank. For example, when a jazz performance is desired, it is easier to use the sounds of jazz piano and brass in one bank. Some conventional electronic musical instruments also have operations such as exchanging one tone and another tone, and copying one tone to the position of another tone. It is possible to collect desired tones in one bank.

However, there is a problem that the operation itself is troublesome and there are many erroneous operations. Furthermore, while performing operations such as replacing tones, the same tone data may be redundantly set in different locations even if the user does not want it, and there is the problem of wasted memory capacity. It was

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical instrument capable of designating a tone color which is easy to use with a simple operation.

[0008]

To achieve this object, an electronic musical instrument according to a first aspect of the present invention comprises a tone color memory storing a plurality of tone color data accessible by a tone color identifier, and a tone color based on given tone color data. A tone generating means for generating a tone, and a tone designating operator for outputting tone designating information for designating a tone according to a user's tone designating operation;
A plurality of conversion tables for converting the tone color designation information output from the tone color designation operator into a tone color identifier, a table designation operator for selectively designating one of the plurality of conversion tables, and the table Using one conversion table selected and designated by the designated operator, the tone color designation information output from the tone color designation operator is converted into a tone color identifier,
Tone color setting means for reading tone color data from the tone color memory with the tone color identifier and sending the tone color data to the tone generating means.

The electronic musical instrument according to a second aspect of the present invention is tone color data corresponding to each tone color when the entire tone color is divided into a plurality of banks and each bank is composed of a plurality of tone colors. A tone color memory that stores a plurality of tone color data that can be accessed by numbers, a tone generation unit that generates a tone with a tone color based on the given tone color data, and a bank number for specifying a tone color according to a user's tone color designation operation. And a tone color designating operator for outputting the tone color number in the bank, a plurality of conversion tables for converting the bank number and the tone color number in the bank output from the tone color designating operator, and one of the plurality of conversion tables. Using a table designating operator for selectively designating one and one conversion table selectively designated by the table designating operator,
A tone color setting means for converting the bank number and the in-bank tone color number output from the tone color designating operator, reading the tone color data from the tone color memory with the converted bank number and in-bank tone color number, and sending the tone color data to the tone generating means. It is characterized by having and.

The "bank number and in-bank tone color number" in claim 2 need not necessarily be two numbers, and may be an ordered identifier capable of identifying the bank and tone color in the bank. For example, in the embodiment of the invention described later, in the example in which 128 tones are divided into eight banks A to H, every 16 tones, 0 is assigned to the first tone of bank A and 1 is assigned to the second tone of bank A. , The third tone color of bank A is 2, ..., the 16th tone color of bank A is 15, the first tone color of bank B is 16, ..., The 16th tone color of bank H is 127, and the tone number is assigned to the conversion table. This tone color number is converted and the tone color data is read out.
Designating the tone color number of 27 is the same as designating the bank number and the tone color number in the bank. Therefore, the invention according to claim 2 includes a case where the timbre is specified by such timbre number.

In addition, "bank number and tone color number in bank output from tone color designating operator" in claim 2
Is an expression focusing on the fact that the information output from the tone color designating operator is the information for designating the tone color, but the information output from the tone color designating operator is the information that identifies the operated operator. It can be seen as there is. Therefore, the tone color designating operator outputs information for identifying the operator operated by the user, converts the information identifying the operator by the conversion table into the bank number and the tone color number in the bank, and reads out the tone color data. Such an electronic musical instrument is also included in claim 2.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the electronic musical instrument according to the second aspect, the conversion tables selected and designated by the table designating operator in the bank number order and in the bank tone color number order are selected. A means for accessing and sequentially outputting the tone color data of the tone color memory in the order of the converted bank number and the in-bank tone color number obtained by the access, and recording the series of tone color data by various external devices is further provided. It is characterized by having.

In the electronic musical instrument according to a fourth aspect, in the second aspect, the conversion table selected and designated by the table designating operator is accessed in the order of the in-bank tone color number in the designated bank, and is acquired thereby. Characterized in that it further comprises means for sequentially outputting the tone color data of the tone color memory in the order of the converted bank number and the tone color number in the bank, and recording the series of tone color data by various external devices. To do.

An electronic musical instrument according to a fifth aspect is the electronic musical instrument according to the first aspect.
4 further includes means for changing the setting of the conversion table by the user.

[0015]

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

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an electronic musical instrument according to the present invention. This electronic musical instrument has a central processing unit (CP
U) 101, read only memory (ROM) 102, random access memory (RAM) 103, keyboard and switch 104, tone synthesis circuit 105, sound system 106, floppy disk device (FDD) 107, M
An IDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) interface 108, and a bus line 1 for connecting each part
09.

The CPU 101 controls the operation of the entire electronic musical instrument. The ROM 102 stores a control program executed by the CPU 101, various constant data, and the like. The RAM 103 is a storage device that provides various work areas and the like required when the CPU 101 executes the control program. A tone color memory area and a conversion table area, which will be described later with reference to FIG. 3, are also secured in the RAM 103.

The keyboard and switch 104 are a keyboard provided with a plurality of keys for the user to perform a performance operation, and switches for the user to give various instructions to this electronic musical instrument. The keyboard and the switch 104 also include a switch group for selecting a tone color, which will be described later with reference to FIG. The tone synthesis circuit 105 synthesizes a tone signal based on an instruction from the CPU 101 and outputs it to the sound system 106.
The sound system 106 outputs the tone signal from the tone synthesis circuit 105. The CPU 101 detects the operation of the keyboard and the switch 104, and outputs an instruction (for example, a musical tone pronunciation instruction or a tone color change instruction) corresponding to the operation to the musical tone synthesis circuit 105.

The FDD 107 is a floppy disk device for writing the tone color data of this electronic musical instrument to a floppy disk or reading the tone color data from the floppy disk and storing it in the tone color memory. The MIDI interface 108 is an interface for transmitting tone color data to an external MIDI device and receiving tone color data from an external MIDI device.

FIG. 2 shows a switch group for selecting a tone color. Reference numeral 220 is a bank switch for designating eight banks A to H, and 230 is a bank switch for designating one of the 16 tone colors in the bank. , The first tone switch,
The second tone color switch, ..., And the sixteenth tone color switch). Bank switch 22
One bank is designated by 0, and the bank tone color switch 2
This is done by designating one tone color in the bank by 30. Since there are 8 bank switches 220 and 16 bank tone color switches 230, from 8 × 16 = 128,
128 tones can be specified.

In this electronic musical instrument, the assignment of the tone color to these switches is performed by the table designating switches 201 and 201.
It is possible to switch using 11 to 214. When the table designation switch 201 is turned on, FIG.
Tone assignment based on the default table DEF described later in (b) (factory preset)
Is adopted. That is, for example, bank A has 16 piano-type tones, bank B has 16 brass-type tones, ...
When the table designation switch 201 is turned on, the bank switch 220 and the tone color switch 230 can perform a tone color designation operation according to the assignment.

On the other hand, table designating switches 211 to 21
4 is turned on, any one of FIG.
The tone color allocation based on the conversion tables TBL1 to TBL4 described later in (b) is adopted. Conversion table TBL1
The content of TBL4 can be customized by the user. Therefore, for example, the user converts the conversion table TBL1.
By customizing and assigning the 16 tones that the user wants to use when performing jazz to Bank A as jazz tones, and assigning the 16 tones that you want to use when performing rock to Bank B as rock tones. If the table designating switch 211 is turned on, if the switch designating the bank A is turned on, the above-mentioned 16 jazz tone colors can be designated by the in-bank tone color switch 230, and the switch designating the bank B can be assigned. If this is turned on, the above-mentioned 16 tones of the lock type will be selected in the bank tone color switch 23.
It can be specified by 0.

FIG. 3A shows a tone color memory area secured in the RAM 103. 128 to this tone color memory area
Individual tone color data is prepared. These tone data are
When the power of the electronic musical instrument is turned on, it is read from the ROM 102 or the FDD 107 and set in this tone color memory area. In FIG. 3A, reference numeral 301 denotes a tone color number (0 to 127) for specifying one tone color data.
Each tone color data includes a tone color name 302, a waveform number 303, an envelope (ENV) parameter 304, and other parameters 305.

The tone color number 301 is in a default state (as a conversion table, a default table DEF to be described later).
Is a numerical value that specifies the bank and the tone color in the bank in the selected state). That is, in the default state, the correspondence relationship between the tone color number and the bank and the tone color in the bank is as follows. In short, the entire timbre is roughly divided in the order of banks A to H, the 16 timbres in each bank are respectively ordered, and the timbre numbers 0 to 127 are assigned in that order. Tone number Bank and in-bank tone 1 First tone of bank A (1) 2 Second tone of bank A 3 Third tone of bank A :: 16 16th tone of bank A 17 1st tone of bank B :: 128 bank H 16th tone

FIG. 3B shows an area for storing a conversion table that defines how to assign a tone color to each bank. The prepared conversion table is the default table DE
F and five conversion tables of tables TBL1 to TBL4. The index described on the left side is an index (tone color number before conversion) when referring to these tables. Table designating switches 201 and 201 of FIG.
11 to 214, these conversion tables DEF, T
Select one of BL1-TBL4. That is,
When the default table DEF designation switch 201 is turned on, the default table DEF is selected.
Further, when the table designating switches 211 to 214 are turned on, the conversion tables TBL1 to TBL4, respectively.
Is selected.

Regardless of which table is selected as the conversion table, the bank switch 220 shown in FIG.
When the in-bank tone color switch 230 is operated, the following tone color numbers (from the keyboard and the switch 104 in FIG. 1) that specify the corresponding bank number and in-bank tone color number in the default state are output. This timbre number becomes an index when referring to the conversion table. Operated switches 220 and 230 Tone number output Bank A 1st tone color switch 1 (2) Bank A 2nd tone color switch 2 Bank A 3rd tone color switch 3: ::: Bank A 16th tone color switch 16 Bank B number 1 tone color switch 17 ::: Bank H 16th tone color switch 128

In FIG. 3B, the default table DEF is a conversion table that returns the same numerical values as the numerical values 1 to 128 of the index. Therefore, when the default table DEF is selected, the timbre number output according to the operation of the switches 220 and 230 becomes the timbre number after conversion by the default table DEF as it is. Tone number after this conversion
The tone color data is read from the tone color memory area (a) and the tone color is set.

On the other hand, the conversion tables TBL1 to TBL4
Is a conversion table that can be defined by the user. For example,
In the conversion table TBL1 of FIG. 3B, 93, 6, 12, and 64 are set at the positions of the indexes 1, 2, 3, and 4 in order, but these settings are made by the user. When the conversion table TBL1 is selected, the tone color numbers output according to the operation of the switches 220 and 230 as described above are converted by the conversion table TBL1 and output. Then, the timbre data is read from the timbre memory area of FIG. 3A with the converted timbre number, and the timbre is set.

Therefore, when the conversion table TBL1 is set as shown in FIG. 3B and the table designating switch 211 is turned on, the switches 220 and 230 are set.
When the first tone color switch of the bank A is turned on, the tone color number “1” output from the switch 104 is converted to the tone color number “93” in the conversion table TBL1, and the tone color data of the tone color number “93” is set. Will be done. Similarly, the tone color of the tone color "6" is set by the second tone color switch of bank A, the tone color of the tone color number "12" is set by the third tone color switch of bank A, and the tone color is set by the first tone color switch of bank B. The tone of number "93" is set. Therefore, the user sets in advance the tone color numbers of the tones he wants to use in bank A at the positions of indexes 1 to 16 of the conversion table TBL1, and the tone color numbers of the tones he wants to use in bank B at the positions of indexes 17 to 32. If you make settings for other banks in the same way,
At the time of performance, by simply turning on the table designating switch 211 for selecting the conversion table TBL1, it is possible to designate a tone color by assigning a desired tone color. The same applies to the other conversion tables TBL2 to TBL4. In addition,
The same tone color number may be set at different positions on the conversion table. For example, in the conversion table TBL1 of FIG. 3B, the same tone color number "93" is assigned to index 1 (the position corresponding to the first tone color switch of bank A) and index 17 (the position corresponding to the first tone color switch of bank B). Is set.

The electronic musical instrument has a function of transmitting a series of tone color data from the MIDI interface 108 and a function of receiving a series of tone color data from the MIDI interface 108. This is a so-called bulk dump function. When transmitting a series of tone color data from the MIDI interface 108 by bulk dump, the tone color data to be transmitted is in the order described in the conversion table selected at that time. For example, when the default table DEF is selected, the tone color data in the tone color memory area of FIG. 3A is sent out in the order described in the default table DEF, that is, in the order of tone number 1, 2, ..., 128. It Further, when the conversion table TBL1 is selected, FIG.
The tone color data in the tone color memory area is continuously transmitted in the order of tone color numbers 93, 6, 12, 64, ..., 103, 35 according to the contents of the table TBL1 in (b).

The MIDI device which has received the series of tone color data transmitted by the bulk dump in this manner writes the tone color data in the tone color memory area in the order of reception. Since the transmission is done in the order of the conversion table at the time of transmission, the assigned tone color of the conversion table is received as is.
It will be set in the DI device. Therefore, for example, on the transmitting side, the conversion table TBL1 has the bank A
Tone is assigned to a jazz performance tone, and bank B is assigned to a rock performance tone.
When the tone color data is transmitted by bulk dump with BL1 selected, the tone color to be used for jazz performance is assigned to bank A and the tone color to be used for rock performance is assigned to bank B on the receiving side. . That is, along with the tone color data itself, the assignment order of these tone colors can be transferred to another electronic musical instrument.

Further, this electronic musical instrument has a function of saving a part (bank unit) of the tone color data to a floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) and conversely loading the tone color data of the FD into a tone color memory area. FD of tone color data
When saving to, specify the bank to save. Then, the tone color data is saved in the order specified by the conversion table selected when the save instruction is given.
For example, when the default table DEF is selected and the save instruction to the FD of bank A is instructed, the timbre data of timbre numbers 1 to 16 are sequentially read from the timbre memory area and written to the FD, and the FD of the bank B is FD. When a save command is issued to the tone color data, tone color data of tone color numbers 17 to 32 are sequentially read from the tone color memory area and written in the FD. In addition, when the conversion table TBL1 is selected and a save instruction to the FD of the bank A is issued, the conversion table TBL1
The tone color data of indexes 1 to 16 of BL1, that is, the tone color data of tone color numbers 93, 6, 12, 64, ... Are sequentially read from the tone color memory area and written in the FD.

When reversely loading a series of tone color data saved in the FD, the bank to be loaded is designated. Also when loading, the tone color number is read from the position of the index corresponding to the designated bank of the conversion table selected at that time, and the tone color data is written in the position of the tone color number in the tone color memory area. For example,
With the default table DEF selected,
When loading to bank A is instructed, 16 pieces of tone color data read from the FD are sequentially written to the positions of tone numbers 1 to 16 in the tone color memory area, and when loading to bank B is instructed from FD. The 16 tone color data that have been read are sequentially written in the tone color numbers 17 to 32 in the tone color memory area. Further, when loading to the bank A is instructed with the conversion table TBL1 selected,
The 16 tone color data read from the FD are written in the tone color numbers of indexes 1 to 16 of the conversion table TBL1 in the order of tone color numbers 93, 6, 12, 64, ... Be done. As a result, the tone color data of the desired tone color collected by the user in the bank can be transferred to another electronic musical instrument via the FD together with the order of assignment.

Next, the operation of the electronic musical instrument (CPU of FIG. 1)
The operation 101) will be described.

FIG. 4A is a flowchart of the main routine executed by the CPU 101 when the power of this electronic musical instrument is turned on. First, in step 401, various initial settings are performed. Next, in step 402, MID
I interface 108, keyboard and switch 104
Detect events from and generate musical tone events. Specifically, when a key on the keyboard is operated for performance, a tone generation event corresponding to the operation is generated as a tone event. When a program change (tone color change) is received from the MIDI interface 108, the program change is generated as a musical tone event. further,
When the switches 220 and 230 for selecting a tone color as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 are operated, the program change corresponding to the operation (that is, the tone number shown in (2) above is changed. Program change).

Next, at step 403, it is judged whether or not there is a musical sound event. When there is a musical tone event, the musical tone event processing (FIG. 4B) is performed in step 404, and when there is no musical tone event, step 405 is performed as it is.
Proceed to. In step 405, a corresponding process is executed based on various operations of the panel switch. The process of changing the conversion table selected according to the operation of the table designating switches 201, 211-214 of FIG. 2 is performed in this step 405. next,
In step 406, a sound generation processing routine is executed, and if there is a musical sound to be sounded, it is sounded. That is, when a tone generation event is delivered from step 413 of FIG. 4B, which will be described later, a sound is generated according to the tone generation event. Further, when a program change is delivered from step 413 of FIG. 4B, which will be described later, the tone color is changed according to the program change (the tone color data of the tone color number designated by the program change information is read to synthesize the musical tone). Processing for sending to the circuit 105). After step 406, the process returns to step 402.

FIG. 4B shows step 40 of FIG.
It is a flow chart which shows musical sound event processing of No. 4. In step 411, it is determined whether the musical tone event is a program change. If it is a program change, in step 412, the program change information (tone color number) is rewritten based on the currently selected conversion table. The tone color number rewriting process is as described with reference to FIGS. Next, at step 413, the musical tone event is passed to the tone generation processing routine. If the program change is not made in step 411, the process proceeds to step 413.

FIG. 5A is a flowchart of the table creation processing routine. This table creation processing routine is executed when the conversion table creation is designated by the user in step 405 of FIG.

First, in step 501, the conversion table to be set is selected. Here, the default table DEF
Other than four conversion tables TBL1 to TBL4 other than
Choose one. Next, in step 502, the contents of the conversion table are rewritten according to the user's designation. Then, in step 503, the name is given to the conversion table, and the process is ended.

FIG. 5B is a flowchart of the tone color bulk dump processing routine. The tone color bulk dump processing routine is executed when the tone color data bulk dump is instructed in step 405 of FIG. 4A.

First, in step 511, the work register i
Is initialized to 1. Next, at step 512, the timbre information corresponding to the i-th program change in the currently selected conversion table (that is, the timbre number at the index i position in the conversion table) is obtained. And
In step 513, the MIDI interface 108 outputs the tone color data of the tone color number. Next, in step 514, i is incremented, and in step 515, it is determined whether or not the value of the work register i is 128 or less, and if so, step 512 is executed to output the next tone color data.
Return to In step 515, the value of work register i is 12
When it exceeds 8, the processing is terminated.

FIG. 6A shows a flowchart of a partial save processing routine for saving a part (bank unit) of the tone color data in the FD. The partial save processing routine is performed by the F that specifies the bank in step 405 of FIG.
This is executed when an instruction is given to save the tone color data to D.

First, in step 601, a file name of a file for saving the tone color data is generated based on the currently selected conversion table and the name of the bank for which partial saving is specified, and the file is created on the FD. To do. Next, in step 602, the work register i is initialized to 1. Next, in step 603, the tone color data corresponding to the i-th program change in the bank designated in the currently selected conversion table is acquired. next,
The tone color data acquired in step 604 is recorded in the file, the work register i is incremented in step 605, and the process proceeds to step 606. In step 606, it is determined whether the value of the work register i is 16 or less, and if so, step 603 is performed to record the next tone color data.
Return to In step 606, the value of work register i is 16
When it exceeds the value, it means that all 16 tone color data of the designated bank have been recorded in the FD, and the process is terminated.

FIG. 6B shows a flowchart of a partial load processing routine for loading a part (bank unit) of the tone color data from the FD. The partial load processing routine is
This is executed when it is designated to load a part of the tone color data in step 405 of FIG. 4A.

First, at step 611, a load destination bank is selected. At step 612, the file on the FD to be loaded is selected. Next, in step 613, the tone color data of the selected file is read out, loaded into the tone color memory area from the beginning of the selected bank, and the process ends.
Note that the loading of the tone color data in step 613 is based on the conversion table selected at that time. That is,
The tone color number is read from the position of the index corresponding to the designated bank of the selected conversion table, and the series of tone color data read from the FD is sequentially written to the position of that tone color number in the tone color memory area.

In the above embodiment, only tone color data is exchanged in bulk dump and save / load to FD, but the conversion table itself may be included in the bulk dump or save / load information. Good.

[0047]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the tone color designation information output by the user's tone color designation operation is converted into a tone color identifier in the selected conversion table and the tone color data is read out. Since it is set by setting the tone color, the tone color can be specified easily and conveniently for the user. Further, according to the invention of claim 2, since the tone color is set by the converted bank number and the in-bank tone color number obtained by converting the bank number and the in-bank tone color number in the selected conversion table, the user can still set the tone color. You can specify the tone color easily and easily.

Further, since tone color data can be bulk dumped or saved / loaded to / from the FD in the order based on the currently selected conversion table, the assignment set by the user can be transferred to another device as it is. You can Since the conversion table can be freely set by the user, the user can freely set the timbre assignment to the switch.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic musical instrument according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a switch group for selecting a tone color.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a tone color memory area and a conversion table.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main routine and a tone event processing routine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a table creation processing routine and tone color bulk dump processing routine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a partial save processing routine and a partial load processing routine.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... Central processing unit (CPU), 102 ... Read only memory (ROM), 103 ... Random access memory (RAM), 104 ... Keyboard and switch, 105 ... Music synthesis circuit, 106 ... Sound system, 107 ... Floppy disk device ( FDD), 108 ... MIDI interface, 109 ... Bus line, 201, 2111
214 ... Table designation switch, 220 ... Bank switch, 230 ... Bank tone color switch.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A tone color memory storing a plurality of tone color data accessible by a tone color identifier, a tone generation means for generating a tone with a tone color based on given tone color data, and a tone color according to a user's tone designation operation. A tone color designating operator that outputs tone color designating information for designating, a plurality of conversion tables for converting the tone color designating information output from the tone color designating operator into a tone color identifier, and among the plurality of conversion tables Using the table designating operator for selectively designating one and the one conversion table selectively designated by the table designating operator, the tone color designating information outputted from the tone designating operator is converted into a tone color identifier. , A tone color setting means for reading tone color data from the tone color memory with the tone color identifier and sending the tone color data to the tone generating means. 2. A tone color data corresponding to each tone color when the entire tone color is divided into a plurality of banks and each bank is composed of a plurality of tone colors, and a plurality of tone colors that can be accessed by a bank number and a tone color number in the bank. A tone memory that stores data, a tone generator that generates a tone with a tone based on the given tone data, and a bank number and a tone number within a bank to specify the tone according to the user's tone specification operation. Tone color designating operator, a plurality of conversion tables for converting the bank numbers and the in-bank tone color numbers output from the tone color designating operator, and one for selecting and designating one of the plurality of conversion tables. A bank output from the tone designating operator by using a table designating operator and one conversion table selected and designated by the table designating operator No. and the tone color number in the bank, and the tone color setting means for reading the tone color data from the tone color memory with the converted bank number and the tone color number in the bank and sending it to the tone generating means. Musical instrument. 3. A conversion table selected and designated by the table designating operator is accessed in the order of bank number and in-bank tone color number within each bank. In order of bank tone numbers,
A means for sequentially outputting the tone color data of the tone color memory and recording the series of tone color data by various external devices,
The electronic musical instrument according to claim 2, further comprising: 4. A bank number after conversion and a tone color number within a bank obtained by accessing the conversion table selected and designated by the table designating operator in the order of in-bank tone color numbers in a designated bank. 3. The electronic musical instrument according to claim 2, further comprising means for sequentially outputting the tone color data in the tone color memory and recording the series of tone color data by various external devices. 5. The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a unit that allows a user to change the setting of the conversion table.