JP4674509B2 - Electronic musical instruments - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic musical instrument that stores registration data.

Conventionally, in an electronic musical instrument, in order to control the tone, volume, and effect of a musical tone at the same time, a panel setting state consisting of a combination of a plurality of panel operators is registered as registration data. A function of reading this out and instantly restoring the panel setting is known (see Patent Document 1 below). In particular, there are electronic musical instruments in which a plurality of banks are provided and a plurality of registration data is stored in each bank. In this electronic musical instrument, a bank selection operator is used to select one of the banks, and one registration is selected from a plurality of registration data belonging to the selected bank using the registration selection operator. It is supposed to be.
JP 7-319466 A

  Such registration data generally registers the panel setting state by the user. However, if the registration data is not registered at the time when the user purchases the electronic musical instrument, the electronic musical instrument does not react even if the user operates the registration data selection operator. obtain. For this reason, preset registration data is registered in advance in some electronic musical instruments in order not to think that the electronic musical instrument is out of order.

  However, in an electronic musical instrument in which preset registration data is registered in advance, if the settings made by the user are overwritten on the preset registration data, the preset registration data cannot be used. End up. Although the factory reset function can restore the original state (the state in which the preset registration data is registered), there is a problem in that the registration data registered by itself is deleted.

  The present invention has been made to address the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical instrument that allows a user to select either preset registration data or registration data registered by the user. is there. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical instrument that can be easily operated without hesitation when selecting and registering registration data.

In order to achieve the above object, a feature of the present invention is that a registration data storage means having a plurality of banks, each storing a plurality of registration data, and any one of the plurality of banks. In an electronic musical instrument comprising bank selection means for selecting a registration data and registration data selection means for selecting any registration data of a plurality of registration data in the selected bank. Some of the banks are configured as preset banks that cannot be rewritten and cannot be registered by the user of registration data, and the remaining banks can be rewritten and user registration that can be registered by the user of registration data configured as a bank, further, immediately after turning on the power In the state before registration data is registered in the user registration bank, one of the preset banks is automatically selected, and in the state after registration data is registered in the user registration bank, the registered user registration bank is automatically selected. This is because an initial selection means is provided .
Thereby, the preset registration data can be coexisted with the registration data by user registration without being erased. Also, the user can select either preset registration data or registration data registered by the user. In addition, immediately after the power is turned on, one of the preset banks is automatically selected in the state before registration data is registered in the user registration bank, and after registration data is registered in the user registration bank. If there is, a registered user registration bank is automatically selected. Therefore, immediately after the power is turned on, a user registration bank for which registration data is not registered is not selected. For example, when a user operates an electronic musical instrument at a store, a registration data selection operation is performed. In spite of this, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that no reaction occurs to the electronic musical instrument.

Another feature of the present invention is a display means for displaying the registration status of a plurality of registration data included in the selected bank. Registration data has already been registered for the preset bank. A message indicating that registration data has not been registered for the user registration bank at first, and that registration data has been registered after registration data has been registered There is a means.
Thus, when a user registration bank is selected, it can be determined whether or not registration data is registered in the user registration bank, and registration data is registered (ie, preset) when a preset bank is selected. So that the user is not confused. In other words, if there is no display regarding the preset bank, it can be distinguished whether there is no display because the registration data is not registered in the preset bank, or there is no display because it is different from the user registration bank. Rather, the user is expected to be confused.

In addition, another feature of the present invention is that registration data is registered when a registration data registration instruction is issued while a user registration bank is selected, and registration data registration instruction is issued when a preset bank is selected. There is a registration data registration means for issuing a warning in the event of a problem.
Thus, even if the user registration bank is selected, if the preset bank is selected by mistake, the user can easily recognize the erroneous selection.

Furthermore, another feature of the present invention is that switching means for automatically switching to a user registration bank is provided when a registration data registration instruction is issued while a preset bank is selected.
Thus, if there is a registration data registration instruction in a state where the preset bank is selected, the registration bank is automatically switched to the user registration bank.

  Furthermore, the implementation of the present invention is not limited to the invention of the electronic musical instrument device, but can also be implemented as an invention of a computer program and method applied to the device.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an electronic musical instrument according to the present invention. This electronic musical instrument includes a performance operator group 11, a setting operator group 12, a display 13 and a tone generator circuit 14.

  The performance operator group 11 is operated by the performer and designates the pitch of the generated musical sound, and is a keyboard composed of a plurality of keys, for example. The operation of the performance operator group 11 is detected by a detection circuit 15 connected to the bus 20. The setting operator group 12 is provided on the operation panel of the electronic musical instrument, and is operated by the performer to instruct the operation of each part of the electronic musical instrument. In particular, the tone generation mode (volume, tone, effect, etc.) and registration data Instruct about. In particular, in the group of setting operators 12, as shown in FIG. 2, in addition to a setting operator, an increment operator, a decrement operator, and a numeric key operator for setting the volume, tone color, and effect of the generated musical sound. In addition, a registration operator 12a for instructing registration of registration data, a bank selection operator 12b for selecting a bank, which will be described later in detail, and a plurality of (this embodiment) for selecting registration data in the bank 4) registration data selection operators 12c. The operation of the setting operator group 12 is detected by the detection circuit 16 connected to the bus 20.

  The display 13 is composed of a liquid crystal display, CRT, or the like provided on the operation panel, and displays characters, numbers, figures, and the like. The display content of the display 13 is controlled by a display control circuit 17 connected to the bus 20. In particular, the display unit 13 displays a registration data selection screen, as will be described in detail later, as shown in FIG.

  The tone generator circuit 14 is connected to the bus 20 and generates a digital tone signal based on performance data and various tone control parameters supplied under the control of a CPU 31 described later, and the generated digital tone signal is used as an effect. The sound is output to the sound system 19 via the circuit 18. Under the control of the CPU 21, the effect circuit 18 gives various effects such as chorus and reverb to the digital musical tone signal and outputs it. The sound system 19 includes a D / A converter, an amplifier, a speaker, and the like, and emits a musical sound corresponding to the supplied digital musical sound signal.

  The electronic musical instrument includes a CPU 31, a timer 32, a ROM 33, and a RAM 34 that are connected to the bus 20 and constitute a microcomputer main body, and an external storage device 35, a MIDI interface circuit 36, and a communication interface circuit 37. It also has. The external storage device 35 includes various recording media such as a hard disk HD and a flash memory that are incorporated in the electronic musical instrument in advance, a compact disc CD and a flexible disc FD that can be mounted on the electronic musical instrument, and a drive unit for the recording media. It is possible to store and read data and programs described later. These data and programs may be stored in the external storage device 35 in advance, or may be taken in from the outside via the MIDI interface circuit 36 and the communication interface circuit 37. Various data and programs are stored in the ROM 33 in advance, and various data and programs are transferred and stored in the RAM 34 from the ROM 33 or the external storage device 35 when the operation of the electronic musical instrument is controlled. .

  Here, a storage mode of registration data directly related to the present invention will be described. The external storage device 35 (or the ROM 33 and the external storage device 35) is provided with a nonvolatile storage area for storing registration data. In the present embodiment, this storage area is provided with a plurality of banks 1 to 4 (see FIG. 3A) as user registration banks, and banks 5 to 8 (FIG. 3B) as preset banks. Reference) is provided. The user registration bank is provided in the external storage device 35 so as to be rewritable. The preset bank is a bank that is not rewritable and is provided in the ROM 33 that is not physically rewritable, or is provided in the external storage device 35 so that it cannot be rewritten by software.

  In each of the banks 1 to 8, four registration data 1 to 4 are stored in the present embodiment. Each of the registration data 1 to 4 includes tone color setting data for setting the tone of the generated musical tone, volume setting data for setting the volume of the generated musical tone, effect setting data for setting the effect of the generated musical tone, and the generated musical tone It consists of other setting data for setting other elements. The registration data in the user registration banks (banks 1 to 4) is set and registered by the operation of the setting operator group 12 by the performer (user). Registration data in the preset banks (banks 5 to 8) is stored in advance in the ROM 33 or the external storage device 35 at the time of shipment from the factory.

  The MIDI interface circuit 35 can be connected to a MIDI-compatible external device 41 such as another electronic musical instrument or personal computer, and the electronic musical instrument can communicate with the external device 41 in various programs and data. The communication interface circuit 37 can be connected to the server computer 43 via a communication network 42 such as the Internet so that the electronic musical instrument can receive various programs and data from the server computer 43 or transmit them to the server computer 43. It has become.

  Next, the operation of the electronic musical instrument configured as described above will be described. When the user turns on a power switch (not shown) of the electronic musical instrument, the CPU 31 starts executing the program shown in FIG. 4, and executes an initial setting process in step S11. In this initial setting process, one of the preset banks 5 to 8, for example, the bank 5 is selected. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the bank number (for example, “5”) and the registration data number (in the present embodiment, “1” to “4”) are displayed on the display 13 as “REGISTRATION” and “BANK”. And display the registration status mark. In this case, a rectangular frame surrounding the registration data numbers 1 to 4 representing registration is displayed as a registration status mark. The display 13 also displays a character “PRESET” indicating that the bank indicated by the displayed bank number is a preset bank.

  After the processing of step S11, the CPU 31 repeatedly executes the cyclic processing consisting of steps S12 to S22, and processing according to the operations of the bank selection operator 12b, the registration data selection operator 12c, and the registration operator 12a is executed. At the same time, processing corresponding to the operation of the other setting operation group 12 and performance operation group 11 is executed. When the bank selection operator 12b is operated, the CPU 31 determines “Yes” in step S12 and executes the bank selection process in step S13. In the bank selection process, the performer (user) operates the increment operator, the decrement operator, or the numeric keypad to select and designate the bank number while the bank selection operator 12b is turned on. . Alternatively, each time the bank selection operator 12b is turned on, the bank number may be incremented or decremented to select and instruct the bank number.

  In response to this operation, in step S13, the selected bank number and registration data number ("1" to "4" in the present embodiment) are displayed on the display unit 13 as "REGISTRATION" and "BANK". And a registration status mark (rectangular frame). If the bank indicated by the displayed bank number is a user registration bank, the display unit 13 also displays a character “USER” indicating that the bank is a user registration bank.

  FIG. 5 shows the registration data registration status at the time of factory shipment and the displayed mark. That is, in this state, the banks 1 to 4 which are user registration banks are all unregistered, and when any one of the banks 1 to 4 is selected, the selected bank number and registration data number (in this embodiment, “1” to “4”) are displayed together with the characters “REGISTRATION”, “BANK”, and “USER”. In this case, the registration status mark (rectangular frame) is not displayed. When any one of the banks 5 to 8 is selected, the selected bank number and registration data number (“1” to “4” in this embodiment) are changed to “REGISTRATION”, “BANK”, and “USER”. "Is displayed with the characters" In this case, a registration status mark (rectangular frame) is also displayed. FIG. 6 shows the registration data registration status after the registration data registration by the user and the displayed mark. That is, in this state, when any one of the banks 1 to 4 is selected, in addition to the display of FIG. 5 described above, a registration status mark (rectangular frame) is also displayed for the registration data that has been registered. Note that when any of the banks 5 to 8 is selected, it is the same as the case of FIG. 5 described above.

  When any of the four registration data selection operators 12c is turned on, the CPU 31 determines “Yes” in step S14 and executes the registration data setting process including steps S15 to S17. In this registration data setting process, in step S15, a storage area for registration data in the ROM 33 or the external storage device 35 is searched, and in the bank selected by the process in step S11 or step S13. Then, it is determined whether or not the registration data corresponding to the registration data selection operator 12c that has been turned on, that is, the selected registration data has been registered. If the selected registration data is already registered, the selected registration data is read from the ROM 33 or the external storage device 35 and stored in the registration data storage area provided in the RAM 34 in step S16. . The registration data stored in the RAM 34 is used for a musical tone signal generation process to be described later. On the other hand, if the selected registration data is not registered, the player is warned by displaying on the display 13 that the registration data is not registered in step S17. Further, in this warning, a warning by sound such as a buzzer sound can be adopted instead of or in addition to the display by the display unit 13.

  When the registration operator 12a is operated, the CPU 31 executes registration data registration processing including steps S18 to S21. In this registration data registration process, the performer (user) operates the setting operator group 12 for designating a tone generation mode such as a tone color, volume, and effect provided on the operation panel. After determining the panel setting state relating to the musical sound, one of the four registration data selection operators 12c is turned on while the registration operator 12a is turned on. The registration operation method (operation method) may be another method. For example, any number of registration data may be designated by operating the numeric keypad with the registration operator 12a turned on. May be.

  In response to such an operation, in step S19, it is determined whether the bank currently selected by the processing in step S11 or step S13 is a user registered bank, that is, banks 1 to 4. If the currently selected bank is any one of banks 1 to 4, in step S20, the current panel setting state is set to the currently selected bank and the registration data selection operator 12c is turned on. Is written in the external storage device 35 as the registration data selected by. In other words, the data representing the panel setting state is overwritten in the storage position in the registration data storage area in the external storage device 35 and corresponding to the currently selected bank and registration data. On the other hand, if the currently selected bank is not one of the banks 1 to 4, an indicator is displayed in step S21 that the currently selected bank is a preset bank and registration data cannot be registered. By displaying on the screen 13, the player (user) is warned. Also in this warning, a warning by a sound such as a buzzer sound can be adopted instead of or in addition to the display by the display unit 13.

  When the performance operator group 11 is operated, the generation of musical tone signals in accordance with the operation of the performance operator group 11 is controlled in the other processing of step S22. Specifically, performance data representing the operation of the performance operator group 11 is supplied to the tone generator circuit 14, a digital tone signal corresponding to the performance data is generated, and an effect circuit 18 gives an effect to the digital tone signal. Is done. The musical sound corresponding to the digital musical sound signal to which this effect is applied is emitted from the sound system 19. In the generation of such digital musical tone signals and the application of effects, the registration data written in the RAM 34 by the processing in step S16 can be used. Further, the generation of the digital tone signal and the application of the effect may be controlled according to the panel setting state of the operation panel instead of the registration data. In the other processing of step S22, various operations of the electronic musical instrument are controlled in accordance with the operation of setting operators other than the setting operators 12a to 12c for registration.

  As can be understood from the above description of operation, rewritable banks 1 to 4 are provided as user registration banks and non-rewritable banks 5 to 8 are provided as preset banks. Registration data is stored in advance, and a plurality of registration data representing panel setting states by the user are stored in each of the banks 1 to 4 through the processing of steps S18 to S20. Then, in the process of steps S12 to S16, any one of the banks 1 to 8 is selected, and any one of the registration data 1 to 4 in the selected bank is selected. As a result, it is possible to co-exist with the registration data registered by the user without erasing the preset registration data, and the user selects both the registration data registered by the user and the registration data registered by the user. You can also do it.

  Further, according to the above embodiment, one of the preset banks is automatically selected immediately after the power is turned on by the process of step S11. As a result, immediately after the power is turned on, a user registration bank for which registration data is not registered is not selected. For example, when a user operates an electronic musical instrument at a store, a registration data selection is performed. It is possible to prevent inconvenience that no reaction occurs to the electronic musical instrument despite the operation.

  Further, according to the above-described embodiment, the registration status of a plurality of registration data included in the selected bank is displayed by the process of step S13. Specifically, for preset banks, it is displayed that registration data has been registered from the beginning, and for user registration banks, it is first displayed that registration data has not been registered, and registration data is registered. Later, it is displayed that the registration data has been registered. Therefore, when a user registration bank is selected, it can be determined whether registration data is registered in the user registration bank, and registration data is registered (ie, preset) when a preset bank is selected. So that the user is not confused.

  In addition, according to the above embodiment, registration data is registered and a preset bank is selected when there is a registration data registration instruction in a state where the user registration bank is selected by the processing of steps S19 to S21. If there is an instruction to register registration data, a warning is issued. Therefore, even if the user registration bank is selected, if the preset bank is selected by mistake, the user can easily recognize the erroneous selection.

  Furthermore, in carrying out the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the object of the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, a warning is issued when registration data is to be registered while a preset bank (banks 5 to 8) is selected. However, in addition to this, automatic switching to the user registration bank or suggestion of switching to the user registration bank (for example, display of a question such as “Do you want to switch to the user bank?”) May be performed.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the square frame surrounding a registration number was employ | adopted as a registration status display mark, you may employ | adopt marks other than this. Also, different marks may be used for the registration data of the preset bank and the registration data of the user registration bank.

  Further, the number of banks and the number of registration data in the banks are not limited to those exemplified in the above embodiment. Furthermore, a plurality of types of banks may be prepared as user registration banks. For example, each recording medium included in the external storage device 35 may be divided into a plurality of banks such as a built-in bank and an external bank. In this case, the registration status display mark may be different for each bank type.

  In the above embodiment, the bank that is automatically selected after power-on is any one of the preset banks (bank 5). However, the user selects one of the preset banks from among the preset banks. You may make it selectable. Further, after registration data is registered in the user registration bank, a registered user registration bank may be automatically selected instead of the preset bank.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to an electronic musical instrument that employs a keyboard as the performance operator group 11. However, instead of the key, a performance operator that designates a pitch using a simple switch, touch switch, or the like is used. You may apply to the adopted electronic musical instrument. In particular, the present invention can be applied to electronic musical instruments such as electronic stringed musical instruments and electronic wind instruments regardless of the form of the electronic musical instrument.

1 is an overall block diagram of an electronic musical instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the schematic which shows the display state of the indicator provided on the operation panel of the said electronic musical instrument, and some setting operation elements. (A) is a data format diagram in the user registration bank, and (B) is a data format diagram of the preset bank. It is a flowchart of the program run with the said electronic musical instrument. It is a figure for demonstrating the registration status of the registration data at the time of factory shipment of the said electronic musical instrument, and the displayed mark. It is a figure for demonstrating the registration status and the mark displayed after the registration data registration by the user in the said electronic musical instrument.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Performance operator group, 12 ... Setting operator group, 12a ... Registration operator, 12b ... Bank selection operator, 12c ... Registration data selection operator, 13 ... Display, 14 ... Sound source circuit, 18 ... Effect circuit 31 ... CPU, 33 ... ROM, 35 ... external storage device

Claims (4)

Registration data storage means having a plurality of banks, each storing a plurality of registration data in each bank,
Bank selection means for selecting any one of the plurality of banks;
In an electronic musical instrument comprising a registration data selection means for selecting any one of a plurality of registration data in a selected bank,
A part of the plurality of banks is configured as a preset bank that cannot be rewritten and cannot be registered by a user of registration data, and the remaining banks can be rewritten and can be registered by a user of registration data Configure as a user registration bank ,
Immediately after the power is turned on, one of the preset banks is automatically selected in a state before registration data is registered in the user registration bank, and in a state after registration data is registered in the user registration bank. An electronic musical instrument comprising initial selection means for automatically selecting a registered user registration bank . The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1 , further comprising:
Display means for displaying a registration status of a plurality of registration data included in a selected bank, wherein the registration data for the preset bank is displayed from the beginning, and the user registration bank The electronic device is characterized by providing a display means that first displays that the registration data is not registered, and changes to a display indicating that the registration data is registered after the registration data is registered. Musical instrument. The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising:
Registration data is registered if there is a registration data registration instruction with the user registration bank selected, and a warning is issued if there is a registration data registration instruction with the preset bank selected An electronic musical instrument comprising a registration data registration unit. The electronic musical instrument according to claim 3, further comprising:
An electronic musical instrument comprising switching means for automatically switching to the user registration bank when there is a registration data registration instruction in a state where the preset bank is selected.

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