53 £1;ciao_/UW i1 ?liala“?$1.In a Y_ EY

25 Pages·2013·1.88 MB·English

USO06051771A
United States Patent
[19] [11] Patent Number = 6,051,771
IiZuka [45] Date of Patent: Apr. 18, 2000
[541 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
GENERATING ARPEGGIO NOTES BASED 2431292 5/1990 M an
ON A PLURALITY 0F ARPEGGIO 2129598A 5/1984 UII?ted~ Kingdom .
PATTERNS AND MODIFIED ARPEGGIO
PATTERNS Primary Examiner—Stanley J. WitkoWski
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Rossi & Associates
[751 Inventor: Akira Iizuka, Hamamatsu, Japan [57] ABSTRACT
[731 Asslgnee: Yamaha Corporatiom Japan An arpeggio notes generating apparatus includes a ROM
Which stores data de?ning a plurality of arpeggio patterns
[211 Appl- NO-I 09/176,645 and a plurality of groove patterns. An arpeggio pattern is
Filed Oct 21 1998 composed of a succession of chord constituent notes to be
[221
' ' ’ generated at respectively corresponding timings. A set of
[301 Foreign Application Priority Data data for each note include data to identify the note genera
tion timing, the key number, the duration and the velocity
Oct. 22, 1997 [JP] Japan 9-290010 Value~ Agroove pattern is Composed of a Succession of note
[511 Int. Cl.7 G10H 1/36 generation modi?er data Set5> and each Set is for each
[521 US. Cl. 84/622; 84/638; 84/716 arpeggio note and includes data to de?ne amounts of mod‘
[581 Field of Search 84/622—625 638 ?ca?on to be applied to the data for each note generation‘
84/659_661 692_700 716 DIG‘ 12’ 613’ TWo arpeggio patterns and tWo groove patterns are selected
’ 637 656 669’ 715 D16 22’ in correspondence. The note generation timing, the durations
’ ’ ’ ’ and the velocity values in each arpeggio pattern are indi
[561 References Cited vidually modi?ed according to the corresponding data in
each groove pattern to provide tWo modi?ed arpeggio pat
U-S- PATENT DOCUMENTS terns. The note numbers of the keys depressed in the
arpeggio key range are allotted to the key numbers. The
.mm
e mNam .nP
mNmn
H00
mmmm.....-............
GSy.“ ?
HRa_.......g. A.e n
E7O19O7uUV_Gr|,|,||,,,,I|||F|||||| L mwmm)ma m
m%mDmna mm
_uu" 6_. 3
/_".N\u" . mnaw( e" n1? 0__6PIGm PY R“n.R w GmTtR
kO__S__.PO1 Im_||m||||| “rd.a |1_|||D||| S Smd C _uu I %7udDP m WdSEm8ws tw
4m74,4A74,575P, m EP_"14445W4 FGGnE1__10R8R3 5 & " ER_?_A__?W? ? ? ? _.m___NMm_e Re “Q..E..nE a em m mmEn &mm ?_ Sa a EE.Cmm1_d .MnmAmummovMe_Ass mo v MGR6R0_Rl6
m“_pn"nc_-tmm|n|m l -hs. _
G1_4_8__E70 7 0 EnG“1Q04PFM"_9w2 2 M"mO__T99 9_.9 _Fu9 9 O8 8G E88"u9M 9 1 4 "6_V9 68 R nu""Os_mt_.to 0 4m.-m11................. ....... .................. g IIlIlIlItIlIlllIlIIIll\lIII a IL7 HBaN.m.rGIGIRh U $?ial1“i1a.?l :“0zFRPMp1WFMaMDcQ WmHM1mW_rEAE nG%“Ep Y
R@n”mm"_N u mmEa“nnmNJo.o m m m u8. A8.. 0 “R1 /1PP3##1 2P3TT l _lIAmA I RR mE m _0mA A. 0. 2 MM305 nmm.YDDwm o d-._wa........1 mr.1......... YaYII_YE n c.£iU_51a_31o; W/ _MRFrFLEe.RhBLB_Nl T B GGA.REa t_r .
xllIIlIIuu_I GM0MP332PW89 1H “I
DD_
mWWGaGw
og512m _m__m
oomm“mEE mm umm_FF00

U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 2 0f 13 6,051,771
ARPEGGIO PATTERN F 2
TIMING
GATE TIME
DATA sET FOR
KEY NUMBER ONE NOTE GENERATION
OCTA VE
VELOCITY
TIMING
GATE TIME
KEY NUMBER
OCT AVE
VELOCITY
END DATA
GROOVE PATTERN F - 3
QUANTIZATION VALUE 19'
CLOCK SHIFT GROOVE \
GATE TIME RATE DATA
VELOCITY OFFSET
CLOCK SHIFT
GATE TIME RATE IN NUMBER OF sETs
VELOCITY OFFSET >. CORRESPONDING T0
CLOCK SHIFT QUANTIZATION VALUE
GATE TIME RATE
VELOCITY OFFSET
END DATA
U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 3 0f 13 6,051,771
u _ _ _ _
E98052%.
mmQQEmNPEQi5QE_»6
"_m.-.......-....mE...- ....... qmJmmzp.z. ................ ..........
mn-mJ\...................... m_A@ 5ir2 n5
mmmmS:E5.0:05H 5 5 »
YAmmn.oN0< 61 2 E5 ?
uJ"mG"zmmmzmma“tz ?
“n0"60_E| ”? mmm>mto0No6i5>2 m5 ;
w.ZQQEQ_.m..............L.......Z............. mPQ rA
_._
mmmm“36z2o<c5m>8am0 m0m?? é“v
nmI 05255805 95;V
mz"@no"6im2uu9z3zg65?mo ” ém ? m n-|.---L-In0 6__8l% |? nuQE5_8_0m9 :
__|z“o"F<F9o0Hu0507E0im5:3mo2”m ?2 ?5 WmnJJ|||||||||“||||||| ||| L _
____
IA__!I|||II wwmmmmmnmmw<mqmwm\amwwwm?wma m
mmmm55%
4MM55 5m3....m.............-.................... 6 L3r
__ _I
_HH__
mmE"m72"nmzzxam82zm iN5 ?1 % E ;
__
U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 4 0f 13 6,051,771
Fig. 5
C3 C4 E3 E4
Fig. 6
QUARTER NDTE
\
r 24
0.5 > #1 GRID
10
<
24
0 > #2 GRID
DATA SET FOR 4 D 4
ONE MEASURE _ 24
1.0 > #3 GRID
20
<
0
2.0 > #4 GRID
\ " 10 J
END DATA

U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 6 0f 13 6,051,771
Fig.8
MAIN
( START )
+ r 81
INITIALIZATTON
*I , s2
is ARPEGGIO MODE YES
SELECTED?
No ,s3
ARPEGGIO SET
PROCESSING
DEPRESSED / RELEASED
KEY PROCESSING
+r55
OTHER
PROCESSING
C END )
U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 7 0f 13 6,051,771
Fig.9(A)
ARPEGGIO SET PROCESSING
C START ARPEGGIO SET PROCESSING )
+ r S11
SET "1" INTO ARPEGGIO FLAG
+ r S12
DETERMINE ARPEGGIO RANGE
+ , S13
SELECT #1 ARPEGGIO PATTERN
+ S14
r-_<GR00vE PATTERN BE USED
S15
r.
SELECT #1 GROOVE PATTERN
{ r S16
MODIFI #1 ARPEGGIO PATTERN USING #1
GROOVE PATTERN, AND STORE IN RAM AS
#1 MODIFIED ARPEGGIO PATTERN
1, Km
SET FIRST TIMING VALUE OF SELECT ED #1
ARPEGGIO PATTERN OR OF #1 MODIFIED
ARPEGGIO PATTERN INTO TIMING_1 FLAG
U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 8 0f 13 6,051,771
Fig.9(B)
S18
N0 #2 ARPEGGIO PATTERN
BE SELECTED ?
YES
+ f S19
SET "2" INTO ARPEGGIO FLAG
& f S101
SELECT‘ #2 ARPEGGIO PA'ITERN
¢ , S102
- YES
<GROOvE PNAOTT ERN BE USED
+ r S103
SELECT #2 GROOVE PATTERN
MODIFI #2 ARPEGGIO PATTERN USING #2
GROOVE PATTERN, AND STORE IN RAM AS
#2 MODIFIED ARPEGGIO PATTERN
SET FIRST TIMING VALUE OF SELECTED #2
ARPEGGIO PATTERN OR OF #2 MODIFIED
ARPEGGIO PATTERN INTO TIMING_2 FLAG
C END ARPEGGIO SET PROCESSING )
U.S. Patent Apr. 18,2000 Sheet 9 0f 13 6,051,771
Fig. 10(A)
DEPRESSED / RELEASED KEY PROCESSING
QSTART OEPRESSEO / RELEASED KEY PROCESSING)
l 521
NO ’
' KEY DEPRESSED ? >
YES
S22
\ YES
ARPEGGIO = 0 ?
r524
KEY OEPRESSEO WITHIN N0
ARPEGGIO KEY RANGE ‘1/
YES ,S23
TONE GENERATION
PROCESSING FOR
DEPRESSED KEY
r S25
LET RUN = 1
ASSIGN NOTE NUMBER OF
DEPRESSED KEY TO KEY NUMBER
+ rs27
LET TIME =0