JP3635658B2 - Editing instruction apparatus, method, and program related to the method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an editing instruction apparatus, method, and program for searching for a specific data portion from performance data and automatically editing the portion.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, various electronic musical instruments have a function of creating performance data represented by MIDI (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) data and performing automatic performance and automatic accompaniment based on the performance data. As a method for creating such performance data, there are a method for playing and inputting a musical instrument such as a keyboard, and a method for creating performance data by inputting the sounding timing and pitch of a note on a predetermined screen. The latter method is so-called step input.
[0003]
By the way, when performance data is created by step input, there is a problem that the sound generation timing and pitch become uniform and the performance becomes mechanically expressionless. Therefore, in order to perform more natural performances, beautiful performances, lively performances, and the like, a technique for adding various musical expressions and control data that realizes a musical instrument to the performance data has been considered. For example, in the method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-6346, a plurality of templates each including a control data sequence corresponding to the rising and falling of a musical sound are prepared in advance, and one of the templates is selected from the templates. A control data input method for inputting data is described. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-214083 describes a musical sound generating method for performing sound source control for changing musical sounds according to performance style codes.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-6346, the user himself / herself determines what kind of performance expression is to be added to which part of the song, so the user needs to be familiar with the characteristics of music and musical instruments. Therefore, in order to make it a system that can be easily used by a wide range of users from beginners to experts, it is better to be able to automatically add performance expressions to the parts that can be automatically judged.
[0005]
In the technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-214083, various musical tone change characteristics can be given according to the performance style code, but the designation is troublesome from the viewpoint of user convenience.
[0006]
In the present invention, when various musical expressions are given to performance data, an edit that can easily present and select what function each expression rule has from a plurality of musical expression rule sets. An object is to provide a pointing device, a method, and a program according to the method.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 is an editing instruction device for editing performance data for performing automatic performance or automatic accompaniment with an electronic musical instrument, wherein a portion to be edited in the performance data is selected. Storage means for storing search data for specifying, template data representing edit contents to be applied to a portion to be edited searched with the search data, and a display for displaying icons representing the contents of the search data and template data Means for selecting an icon to be used from among the displayed icons, and searching for the performance data with search data corresponding to the selected icon to identify a part to be edited. And editing means for performing editing according to template data corresponding to the selected icon.
[0008]
The invention according to claim 2 is the editing instruction apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operation means for instructing start of editing of the performance data, wherein the selection means includes a plurality of icons displayed by the display means. A plurality of icons can be selected, and the editing unit collectively performs editing corresponding to each of the selected plurality of icons.
[0009]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the editing instruction device according to the first or second aspect, the display means displays an icon including a picture or a pattern that visually expresses the contents of the search data and the template data. It is characterized by being.
[0010]
The invention according to claim 4 is an editing instruction method for editing performance data for performing an automatic performance or automatic accompaniment with an electronic musical instrument, wherein search data for specifying a portion to be edited in the performance data; A step of storing template data representing edit contents to be applied to a portion to be edited searched with the search data; a step of displaying icons representing the contents of the search data and template data; and A step of selecting an icon to be used, and searching the performance data with search data corresponding to the selected icon to specify an edit target portion, and to the template data corresponding to the selected icon in the specified portion And a step of performing editing according to the above.
[0011]
The invention according to claim 5 is an editing instruction program for editing performance data for performing an automatic performance or automatic accompaniment with an electronic musical instrument, wherein search data for specifying a portion to be edited in the performance data; Preparing template data representing editing contents to be applied to a portion to be edited searched with the search data, and displaying an icon representing the contents of the search data and template data; and A step of selecting an icon to be used from among the icons; searching the performance data with search data corresponding to the selected icon to identify a portion to be edited; and corresponding to the selected icon in the identified portion And a step of performing editing according to the template data.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0013]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system includes a read only memory (ROM) 101, a random access memory (RAM) 102, a central processing unit (CPU) 103, a timer 104, an external storage device 105, a MIDI interface (I / F) 106, a detection circuit 108, an operation A child 109, a display circuit 110, a display 111, a sound source circuit 112, a sound system 113, a communication I / F 114, and a communication bus 116 are provided.
[0014]
The ROM 101 is a non-volatile memory that stores a BIOS (BASIC INPUT / OUTPUT SYSTEM) or the like. The RAM 102 is a main memory that loads and executes various programs and secures a buffer and a working area. The CPU 103 is a processing device that controls the overall operation of the system. The timer 104 is for measuring time, and is used, for example, when determining the sound generation timing during automatic performance based on performance data. The external storage device 105 is a hard disk, for example, and stores programs executed by the CPU and various data. The external storage device 105 stores performance data to be created / edited.
[0015]
The MIDI interface 106 is a MIDI standard interface for connecting to an external electronic musical instrument 107. Thereby, the MIDI performance data created by the external device can be input, or the MIDI performance data created and edited by this apparatus can be output to the external device. The operation element 109 is an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard for a user to operate. The operation of the operation element 109 is detected by the detection circuit 108. The display 111 is a monitor for displaying various information, and the display circuit 110 is a drive circuit for the display 111.
[0016]
The tone generator circuit 112 generates and outputs musical sounds based on instructions from the CPU 103. The sound system 113 emits a musical sound based on the musical sound signal output from the sound source circuit 112. The communication I / F 114 is an interface for connecting to various external communication networks 115 such as a LAN or the Internet. MIDI performance data can also be input / output via this network.
[0017]
In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, for example, a general-purpose personal computer (PC) is equipped with a sound source board (sound source circuit), a MIDI input / output card, etc., predetermined editing software is installed, and an electronic musical instrument is connected to the MIDI interface. It can be realized by connecting. The editing software provides various musical expressions and performances to realize the characteristic functions of the present embodiment, that is, more natural performance, beautiful performance, or fresh performance with respect to the MIDI performance data. It has a function to edit to apply.
[0018]
Hereinafter, the editing function for MIDI performance data will be described in detail. When the user performs a predetermined operation in the system of FIG. 1, a mode for editing MIDI performance data can be entered. FIG. 2 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display 111 in the edit mode. A plurality of icons 201, 202, and 203 are displayed on the screen 200. Each icon is an icon for designating what kind of editing is performed on the MIDI performance data, and is described so that the state before editing and the state after editing can be clearly understood. For example, the icon 201 indicates that the “4 semitone rise” portion as indicated by 211 is searched for the MIDI performance data to be edited, and choking is added to this portion as indicated by 212. . The icon 202 searches the MIDI performance data to be edited for a portion where the pitch is changed from falling to rising as indicated by 221, and adds a glissando down to the searched note as indicated by 222. It shows adding. Similarly, the other icons 203 are also displayed in a pattern and words that can be immediately recognized by simply referring to the icon 203 that the state 231 before editing is searched and the corresponding part is changed to the state indicated by 232. Has been. If the number of icons is too large to fit on one screen, a scroll bar or the like may be provided so that all icons are displayed by scrolling.
[0019]
The user selects an icon indicating processing to be performed on the MIDI performance data by clicking with the mouse from the displayed icons as shown in FIG. The selected icon is displayed with its display form changed, such as being reversed or displayed in a different color, so that the user can see at a glance which icon is selected. You can select multiple icons. After selecting some icons, the user clicks the edit start button 204. Thus, editing processing corresponding to the selected icon is performed on the MIDI performance data to be edited. The selection can be canceled by clicking the icon in the selected state again.
[0020]
FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of MIDI performance data to be edited, which is stored in the RAM 102 or the external storage device 105. This performance data includes setting information 301 and performance information 302. The setting information 301 is information that defines the tone color, volume, tempo, and the like. The performance information 302 includes a sequence of timing data 303 and event data 304. The timing data 303 is data for setting a time interval from the time when the performance starts or when the previous event occurs until the next event occurs. The event data 304 is a control event for instructing a note-on event for instructing pronunciation of a note, choking, glissando down, or the like.
[0021]
FIG. 4 shows display information for displaying icons as described in FIG. Reference numerals 401 to 403 denote display information for one icon. The search data 404 and the template 405 are recorded in association with one icon display information, for example, the icon A display information 401. The search data 404 corresponds to 211, 211, and 231 in FIG. 2 and is data that defines what part is searched from the performance data to be edited. The template 405 is data corresponding to 212, 222, and 232 in FIG. 2, and is data that defines what kind of editing is performed on the searched portion. The display information, search data, and template are stored in the ROM 101 and the RAM 102.
[0022]
FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents of the selection buffer secured on the RAM 102. The selection buffer 501 stores information related to the selected icon as described with reference to FIG. For example, FIG. 5 shows that icons B and C are selected. The selection buffer 501 may store all the editing instruction information (search data and template) corresponding to the selected icon, or store only the information for specifying the selected icon, as necessary. The editing instruction information may be accessed.
[0023]
FIG. 6 shows the flow of the editing process. It is assumed that the icons shown in FIG. 2 are displayed on the display 111 in advance when the editing mode is entered by a predetermined operation by the user.
[0024]
In step 601, it is determined whether or not the user has selected an icon. When an icon is selected, an editing instruction corresponding to the selected icon is written in the selection buffer 501 at step 602. When no icon is selected in step 601 or after step 602, it is determined in step 603 whether there is a deselection of the icon. When the selection is canceled, the editing instruction corresponding to the canceled icon is deleted from the selection buffer 501 in step 604. When the icon is not released, or after step 604, it is determined in step 605 whether an instruction to start editing, that is, whether the edit start button 204 has been clicked. If there is no instruction to start editing, the process returns to step 601 to continue the icon selection and release processing. If there is an editing start instruction in step 605, in step 606, editing processing is performed on the performance data to be edited in accordance with the editing instruction written in the selection buffer 501, and the process ends. For the processing in step 606, a conventionally known technique may be used.
[0025]
In the above embodiment, a plurality of icons are selected and all editing corresponding to the icon selected when the edit start button is operated is performed. However, each time the icon is operated using the icon as a switch. Editing corresponding to the operated icon may be performed.
[0026]
The content displayed on the icon is preferably a picture or a figure that shows the edit corresponding to the icon at a glance as much as possible, but the search content and the edit content may be displayed as characters or sentences. In short, any display that can easily understand what kind of data is searched and how it is edited may be used.
[0027]
The editing software of the above-described embodiment may be stored in the ROM 102 or an HDD (hard disk drive) that is the external storage device 105, and read and executed when an editing instruction is given by the user. If a method of storing editing software in the HDD is adopted, addition to the editing software or version upgrade can be easily performed. As the external storage device 105, devices using various types of media such as a CD-ROM drive, a floppy disk device, or a magneto-optical disk (MO) device can be applied in addition to the HDD. The editing software may be downloaded using a network.
[0028]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the search data for specifying the portion to be edited in the performance data, the template data representing the editing content to be applied to the portion to be edited searched with the search data, Is displayed, and the icon is selected and edited, so that the location where the automatic editing is performed and the content of editing are easily understood, and the editing can be easily performed. That is, when various musical expressions are given to performance data, it is possible to easily present and select what function each expression rule has from a plurality of musical expression rule sets.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen example displayed on a display in an edit mode. FIG. 3 is a configuration example of MIDI performance data to be edited. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing display information for displaying an icon. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a selection buffer secured on a RAM. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of editing processing. Explanation of]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 ... Read-only memory (ROM), 102 ... Random access memory (RAM), 103 ... Central processing unit (CPU), 104 ... Timer, 105 ... External storage device, 106 ... MIDI interface (I / F), 108 ... Detection DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS Circuit 109 ... Manipulator 110 ... Display circuit 111 ... Display 112 ... Sound source circuit 113 ... Sound system 114 ... Communication I / F 116 ... Communication bus

Claims (5)

An editing instruction device for editing performance data for automatic performance or automatic accompaniment with an electronic musical instrument,
Storage means for storing search data for specifying a part to be edited in the performance data, and template data representing editing contents to be applied to the part to be edited searched by the search data;
Display means for displaying icons representing the contents of the search data and template data;
A selection means for selecting an icon to be used from the displayed icons;
Editing means for searching the performance data with the search data corresponding to the selected icon to identify the part to be edited and performing editing according to the template data corresponding to the selected icon on the specified part; An editing instruction apparatus characterized by that. The editing instruction device according to claim 1,
Furthermore, an operation means for instructing start of editing of the performance data is provided,
The selection means is capable of selecting a plurality of icons from a plurality of icons displayed by the display means,
The editing instruction apparatus, wherein the editing means collectively performs editing corresponding to each of the selected plurality of icons. In the edit instruction device according to claim 1 or 2,
The editing instruction apparatus, wherein the display means displays an icon including a picture or a pattern that visually expresses the contents of the search data and the template data. An editing instruction method for editing performance data for automatic performance or automatic accompaniment with an electronic musical instrument,
Storing search data for specifying a portion to be edited in the performance data, and template data representing editing contents to be applied to the portion to be edited searched by the search data;
Displaying icons representing the contents of the search data and template data;
A step of selecting an icon to be used from the displayed icons;
Searching the performance data with the search data corresponding to the selected icon to identify the part to be edited, and performing editing according to the template data corresponding to the selected icon on the specified part. An editing instruction method characterized by the above. An editing instruction program for editing performance data for automatic performance or automatic accompaniment with an electronic musical instrument,
Search data for specifying a part to be edited in the performance data, and template data representing editing contents to be applied to the part to be edited searched with the search data are prepared in advance,
Displaying icons representing the contents of the search data and template data;
A step of selecting an icon to be used from the displayed icons;
Searching the performance data with the search data corresponding to the selected icon to identify the part to be edited, and performing editing according to the template data corresponding to the selected icon on the specified part. An editing instruction program characterized by that.

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