KR20100124057A - Musical equipment system for synchronizing setting of musical instrument play, and digital musical instrument maintaining the synchronized setting of musical instrument play - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A musical instrument system for synchronizing setup of musical instrument play, and a digital musical instrument keeping musical instrument setup are provided to reduce the weight and size of a basic microcomputer without high-quality hardware or display. CONSTITUTION: A synchronization interface(21) receives synchronization data from an external device. A storage medium(22) stores musical instrument modeling information. The storage medium stores the synchronization data. A music player(23) generates mechanical input for music play. An electronic sound generating unit(24) converts the mechanical input to an electric signal to generate an electric play signal according to the musical instrument modeling information.

Description

MUSICAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING SETTING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAY, AND DIGITAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAINTAINING THE SYNCHRONIZED SETTING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PLAY}

The present invention relates to a music equipment system for synchronizing musical instrument performance settings and a digital musical instrument for maintaining synchronized musical instrument performance settings. In particular, the present invention provides an electronic performance function using synchronization information in a digital musical instrument and connects the digital musical instrument to an external musical instrument. Receives and stores synchronization information for instrument performance settings such as parameters and presets. Even if the digital instrument is separated from the external music device and moved, it can be digitally matched to the tone, instrument type, and various environmental variables set in the external music device through the pre-stored synchronization information. It is about a technology that enables the playing of musical instruments.

Digital instrument refers to an instrument that converts a player's playing behavior into an electrical signal and outputs electronic sound through a speaker. Compared to a conventional classical instrument, a digital instrument can convert a variety of colors and is easy to process signals. It is used.

Synthesizers and electric guitars are widely used as typical digital instruments, and they are not only used in indoor performances, but are also favored over classical instruments in that large-scale performances can be performed in outdoor performances by connecting amplifiers and speakers.

Digital instruments such as synthesizers have not only simple performance functions but also various sound sources, allowing you to set the tone and instrument sounds according to the taste of the performer. However, since a synthesizer includes many components due to such a function, there is a problem in that it is inconvenient to carry because it is heavy and bulky.

Recently, a master keyboard with only a function of removing a sound source from a digital musical instrument has been used, and it is widely used due to its simplicity and low price.

However, since the master keyboard does not have its own sound source, it is inconvenient to always use it in connection with an external device. That is, in order to generate a performance sound using the master keyboard, a sound source must be equipped and connected to an external device equipped with a speaker. The external device can receive a signal generated from the master keyboard and convert it according to its own sound source. It converts the signal and plays the sound through the speaker.

Therefore, in the case of a synthesizer, the sound source is equipped with its own sound, but it is inconvenient to carry, and in the case of a master keyboard, it is good to carry, but the master keyboard itself cannot set various playing environments, and the external device must also be accompanied. There is a problem.

It is an object of the present invention to set the detailed conditions for the instrument performance setting by external control while having only minimal hardware and music playing function, and once the instrument performance setting is set, it is set separately while carrying with the external control device. It is to provide a digital instrument that can play music according to the set value.

A digital musical instrument for maintaining synchronized musical instrument performance settings according to the present invention is a digital musical instrument for generating electronic sounds according to music performance, and is connected to an external device and includes synchronization data including musical instrument performance setting information for driving musical instrument modeling information. A synchronization interface for receiving a message from an external device; A storage medium which stores instrument modeling information in advance and receives and stores synchronization data from a synchronization interface; A music player for generating a mechanical input for playing music according to a user's playing operation; An electronic sound generating unit configured to drive musical instrument modeling information by applying musical instrument setting information included in synchronization data received from an external device, and convert an mechanical input into an electrical signal according to the instrument modeling information to generate an electrical performance signal; And an audio output line for amplifying and outputting an electric playing signal.

In addition, in a digital instrument that maintains the synchronized instrument performance setting according to the present invention, the synchronization interface receives the synchronization data in real time and stores the data in a storage medium, and the electronic sound generating unit stores the synchronization data in the storage medium when the synchronization interface is not connected to an external device. It is preferable to drive the instrument modeling information by reading the instrument performance setting information from the stored synchronization data.

In addition, in the digital instrument that maintains the synchronized instrument performance setting according to the present invention, the storage medium has a built-in electronic sound conversion program, the electronic sound generation unit is implemented by a digital signal processor (DSP) capable of executing the program, and executes the electronic sound conversion program Reads the instrument performance setting information of one or more of electronic sound conversion algorithm included in the synchronization data, environmental variables including parameters and presets of external devices, voices, and instrument types, and generates the electric performance signal by reflecting the read instrument performance setting information. It is desirable to.

In addition, in the digital musical instrument which maintains the synchronized musical performance setting according to the present invention, the music player is preferably composed of one or more mechanical input means of a keyboard, a vibration cord, a diaphragm, contact pressure, and air pressure.

A musical equipment system for synchronizing musical instrument performance settings according to the present invention comprises: a digital musical instrument according to the above-mentioned description; And an instrument playing setting interface for receiving environmental variables and conditions for setting the instrument playing by a user operation, and generating instrument playing setting information according to the information input through the instrument playing setting interface, and synchronizing data including instrument playing setting information. Main audio control including a synchronization data generation unit for generating a digital data output unit, a synchronization data output unit for outputting synchronization data, and an output interface that can be connected to a digital instrument and receives synchronization data from the synchronization data output unit and transmits the synchronization data to the digital instrument. It is configured to include a device.

In addition, in the music equipment system for synchronizing the musical instrument performance setting according to the present invention, the synchronization data generation unit may include synchronization data including one or more musical instrument setting information among environmental variables, voices, and instrument types including an electronic sound conversion algorithm, parameters and presets. It is desirable to produce.

In addition, in the music equipment system for synchronizing the musical instrument performance setting according to the present invention, the synchronization data generating unit detects the change of the environment variable, automatically generates the synchronization data when detecting the change of the environment variable and synchronizes through the synchronization data output unit and the output interface It is desirable to transfer the data to a digital instrument.

According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the weight and size by having only basic micom and music playing functions without having high-end hardware or display for internal sound control and editing in the digital musical instrument, thereby making it convenient to carry.

In addition, since the editing and control is performed in the external music equipment, the cost of the digital instrument itself can be reduced, and system booting and program loading time are not required when the digital instrument is driven.

In addition, the digital musical instrument has the effect of generating an electronic playing sound by maintaining the synchronized musical instrument settings even if the portable musical instruments are separated and carried freely after moving to another place while being synchronized with the external music equipment.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a music equipment system for synchronizing musical instrument performance settings according to the present invention.

The music equipment system for synchronizing musical instrument performance settings according to the present invention comprises a main audio control device 10 and a digital musical instrument 20.

The main audio control apparatus 10 may be configured as a general personal computer or computer equipment with arithmetic processing function, and may be input by a user by an input means such as a mouse or a keyboard. If necessary, the MIDI device 30 may be attached to the main audio control device 10, and a MIDI program having a MIDI function implemented in software may be installed and used in the main audio control device 10. It may be.

The main audio control device 10 is provided with various sound sources and setting functions necessary for performance and can be connected to the digital musical instrument 20. Then, when receiving the electric signal generated by playing the digital instrument 20, converts the electric signal into an audio signal according to the sound source settings and other settings.

Therefore, when the player plays the digital instrument 20 after attaching a separate speaker to the main audio control device 10 and connects the digital instrument 20, the speaker may be changed after signal conversion is performed in the main audio control device 10. The sound will play through.

At this time, the main audio control device 10 according to the present invention not only outputs the electric performance signal of the digital musical instrument 20 as audio, but also transmits various control setting values used for the audio output conversion to the digital musical instrument 20. Then, the digital musical instrument 20 synchronizes between the main audio control apparatus 10 and the digital musical instrument 20 by storing control setting values transmitted from the main audio control apparatus 10.

The digital instrument 20 is a digital instrument having only a minimum musical instrument playing function, and can be applied to not only an electronic keyboard but also various digital instruments such as an electric guitar, a drum and a trumpet.

At this time, the digital musical instrument 20 does not have various setting functions necessary for playing the instrument by itself, and is connected to the main audio control device 10 to synchronize the contents set by the main audio control device 10 without change. You can.

The synchronization process may be set manually by the user, but may be automatically synchronized when there is a change by detecting a change in parameters and preset information on the hardware or software of the main audio control apparatus 10. Alternatively, the synchronization may be implemented to be synchronized in real time or at a predetermined time.

In this case, the preset refers to a so-called pre-made tone on a hardware / software instrument. For example, when presets can be layered and set, first, a 'piano' voice may be selected, and various instrument voices such as 'grand piano', 'upright piano', 'electric piano', ... may be set as presets. 2 illustrates an example of an interface screen for setting a preset in the main audio control apparatus 10.

In addition, the parameter may be viewed as a pre-set setting like the preset, but there is a conceptual difference from the preset in that it means various editing setting values that can be arbitrarily adjusted by the user. More specifically, the knobs and values that determine the timbre are called parameters. 3 illustrates an example of an interface screen for setting parameters in the main audio control apparatus 10.

However, whether a user creates a new parameter by adjusting a parameter, or a user arbitrarily revises a tone in a predetermined preset, the tone is adjusted in a manner almost similar to that of a hardware / software instrument.

Once the synchronized data is stored in the digital instrument 20, the digital instrument 20 can be separated from the main audio control device 10, moved to another place, and then played independently. In addition, by connecting a separate speaker can also be used for performances.

FIG. 4 is an overall configuration diagram of the main audio control device 10 for synchronizing the instrument playing settings of the digital instrument 20 in FIG.

The main audio control device 10 includes an instrument playing setting interface 11, a synchronization data generating unit 12, a synchronization data output unit 13, and an output interface 14.

The instrument playing setting interface 11 is a means for receiving environmental variables and conditions for setting the instrument playing by a user operation. The user can operate the keyboard, mouse and other instrument inputs to select environmental variables and conditions for instrument performance settings.

For example, the type of sound produced by the digital musical instrument can be selected. That is, it is possible to specify the sound of the instrument such as a general piano sound, electronic organ sound, pipe organ sound, xylophone sound. In addition, it is possible to set the tone by adjusting the equalizer, and environmental variables and conditions according to other instrumental performance settings may be selected.

The synchronization data generation unit 12 generates musical instrument setting information according to a user's operation input through the musical instrument setting interface 11 and generates synchronization data including musical instrument setting information. The synchronization data may include musical instrument setting information such as an electronic sound conversion algorithm, an environmental variable, a tone, and an instrument type. Here, the environment variable includes various parameters and preset information on hardware or software of the main audio control apparatus 10. The synchronization data is then transferred to the digital instrument 20.

In this case, the instrument performance setting information may include information on environment variables and conditions as it is, but may be transmitted by minimizing the amount of data transmitted to the digital instrument 20.

That is, the basic information for modeling the instrument is provided in the inside of the digital instrument 20, and the synchronization data generation unit 12 of the main audio control device 10 has a minimum of setting environment variables and conditions. It can also be implemented to generate the synchronization data by making only the data as musical instrument setting information.

This configuration allows the main audio control device 10 to synchronize with the digital instrument 20 even though it provides only minimal data without transmitting all the data necessary for synchronization to the digital instrument 20, and synchronizes in real time more quickly. Can be made.

In addition, the synchronization data generation unit 12 detects changes in environment variables such as parameters and preset information on hardware or software of the main audio control apparatus 10 to reduce the burden of real time synchronization, and synchronizes when there are changes. It can also be implemented to generate data automatically. That is, whenever a specific change is detected in the main audio control device 10, the synchronization data is generated and transmitted to the digital musical instrument 20 for synchronization.

In addition, the generation of the synchronization data may be manually issued by the user or may be performed at regular intervals.

The synchronization data output unit 13 converts the synchronization data generated by the synchronization data generation unit 12 into an externally output signal and provides the same to the output interface 14.

The output interface 14 may be connected to the digital instrument 20 according to a protocol for controlling the digital instrument 20, and receives synchronization data from the synchronization data output unit 13 and transmits the synchronization data to the digital instrument 20. At this time, the synchronization data transmission between the output interface 14 and the digital instrument 20 may be made in real time or may be performed at regular intervals. In addition, transmission may occur when a user's command occurs. Alternatively, as described above, the synchronization data transmission may be automatically performed whenever internal data changes.

In addition, the output interface 14 is preferably configured to comply with the MIDI standard for various compatibility. However, it is not necessary to comply with the MIDI specification and may use a serial protocol such as I ² C or may be implemented in other ways.

FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram of the digital musical instrument 20 that maintains the instrument playing settings synchronized in FIG. 1.

The digital musical instrument 20 is an apparatus for generating electronic sounds according to music performance by digital information. The digital musical instrument 20 includes a synchronization interface 21, a storage medium 22, a music player 23, an electronic sound generator 24, and an audio output line. It comprises 25.

The synchronization interface 21 is connected to the output interface 14 of the main audio control apparatus 10 of FIG. 4 to receive synchronization data including musical instrument setting information. In this case, the synchronization interface 22 may be implemented in a variety of ways and serial protocols such as MIDI, I ² C and the like as the output interface 14 of the main audio control device 10.

In addition, the synchronization interface 21 receives and stores the synchronization data in the storage medium 22, and may receive and store the synchronization data in real time from the externally connected main audio control device 10.

The storage medium 22 receives and stores synchronization data including musical instrument setting information from the synchronization interface 21. In this case, the instrument playing setting information included in the synchronization data is information for driving the instrument modeling information, and the instrument modeling information is stored in advance in the storage medium 22.

In other words, the instrument modeling information forms the basic framework for modeling the behavior of digital instruments by setting the type of instrument, electronic sound conversion algorithm, voice settings, parameters, preset information, and other environmental variables. By applying performance setting information, digital instrument modeling is performed for actual performance.

In addition, the storage medium 22 may have a built-in electronic sound conversion program, which is a program for converting a performance sound into an audio signal according to digital instrument modeling previously determined through instrument performance setting information and instrument modeling information.

The music player 23 generates a mechanical input for playing music in accordance with a user's playing operation. At this time, the music player 23 may be composed of one or more mechanical input means of a keyboard, a vibration string, a diaphragm, a contact pressure, and air pressure. That is, it may be a keyboard instrument such as an electronic keyboard, an electric guitar in the form of a stringed instrument, an electronic violin, or may be implemented in various forms such as an electronic drum and an electronic wind instrument.

The electronic sound generator 24 is composed of a microcomputer with a minimum of arithmetic functions. The electronic sound generator 24 extracts instrument performance setting information from the synchronization data received from the main audio control apparatus 10 to drive the instrument modeling information stored in the storage medium 22. do.

When the digital instrument is modeled according to the driving of the instrument modeling information, the mechanical input generated by the performance through the music player 23 is converted into an electrical signal.

In this case, the electronic sound generator 24 may be implemented as a digital signal processor (DSP) capable of executing a program, and execute the electronic sound conversion program stored in the storage medium 22. When the electronic sound conversion program is executed, the mechanical input generated by the player's playing behavior is converted into an electric performance signal according to the digital instrument modeling result.

In addition, when the main audio control device 10 is connected through an external connection, the electronic sound generator 24 may directly receive synchronization data and use musical instrument setting information, and connect with the main audio control device 10. Even when not separated, the instrument modeling information may be driven by reading instrument performance setting information from the synchronization data stored in the storage medium 22.

The audio output line 25 may amplify and output the electric playing signal generated by the electronic sound generating unit 24, and may output an electronic playing sound according to a musical instrument performance by connecting an external speaker or the like.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a view showing the overall configuration of a music equipment system for synchronizing musical instrument performance settings according to the present invention;

2 is an exemplary view of an interface screen for setting a preset in the main audio control apparatus 10;

3 is an exemplary view of an interface screen for setting parameters in the main audio control apparatus 10;

4 is an overall configuration diagram of the main audio control device 10 for synchronizing the instrument playing settings of the digital instrument 20 in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an overall configuration diagram of the digital musical instrument 20 that maintains the instrument playing settings synchronized in FIG. 1.

Claims (7)

A digital instrument that generates electronic sound according to music performance, A synchronization interface connected to an external device to receive synchronization data including musical instrument setting information for driving the instrument modeling information from the external device; A storage medium which stores instrument modeling information in advance and receives and stores the synchronization data from the synchronization interface; A music player for generating a mechanical input for playing music according to a user's playing operation; An electronic sound for driving the instrument modeling information by applying instrument performance setting information included in the synchronization data received from the external device, and converting the mechanical input into an electrical signal according to the instrument modeling information to generate an electric performance signal. Generation unit; And An audio output line for amplifying and outputting the electric playing signal; Digital instruments that maintain synchronized instrumental performance settings, including: The method according to claim 1, The synchronization interface receives the synchronization data in real time and stores it in the storage medium. When the synchronization interface is not connected to an external device, the electronic sound generating unit reads the instrument performance setting information from the synchronization data stored in the storage medium to drive the instrument modeling information. Digital instrument. The method according to claim 2, The storage medium has a built-in electronic sound conversion program, The electronic sound generating unit is implemented by a digital signal processor (DSP) capable of executing a program, and executes the electronic sound conversion program, an electronic sound conversion algorithm included in the synchronization data, an environment variable including a parameter and a preset of an external device, a tone, an instrument And reading the instrument performance setting information of one or more types and reflecting the read instrument performance setting information to generate the electric performance signal. The method according to claim 3, The music player is a digital instrument for maintaining a synchronized instrument performance setting, characterized in that composed of a mechanical input means of at least one of a keyboard, a vibration line, a diaphragm, contact pressure, air pressure. The digital musical instrument according to any one of claims 1 to 4; And A musical instrument setting interface that receives environment variables and conditions for setting the instrument playing by a user operation, and generates instrument playing setting information according to the information input through the instrument playing setting interface, and includes the instrument playing setting information. A synchronization data generation unit for generating data, a synchronization data output unit for outputting the synchronization data, and an output interface connectable to the digital instrument and receiving the synchronization data from the synchronization data output unit and transmitting the synchronization data to the digital instrument. A main audio control device comprising; Music equipment system for synchronizing the instrument performance settings configured to include. The method according to claim 5, The synchronizing data generating unit generates a synchronizing data including at least one instrument setting information of the electronic sound conversion algorithm, environmental parameters including the parameters and presets, tones, instrument types . The method according to claim 6, The synchronization data generation unit detects a change in the environment variable, and automatically generates the synchronization data when detecting the change in the environment variable, and transmits the synchronization data to the digital instrument through the synchronization data output unit and the output interface. Features music equipment system for synchronizing instrument performance settings.

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