Electronic musical instrument system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9633642-B2
Application number	US-201514807890-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Jul 24, 2015
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

Provided is an electronic musical instrument system. A PC is configured to perform an operation of emulating an analog synthesizer by a first software synthesizer. The PC installs a second software synthesizer to a hardware synthesizer on condition that the hardware synthesizer is confirmed to be the device corresponding to the second software synthesizer. The hardware synthesizer performs the operation of emulating the analog synthesizer by the second software synthesizer. The first software synthesizer and the second software synthesizer related to the operation of emulating the analog synthesizer have the same function respectively, and are capable of generating the same tone respectively, the effect of reproducing the same function and tone as the synthesizer that is to be emulated can be achieved respectively in two different devices, i.e. the PC and the hardware synthesizer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic musical instrument system, comprising:
an information processing device, which comprises a first CPU, a display displaying an image, a first input device inputting a first input information via the image displayed by the display, and first emulation software enabling the first CPU to emulate a predetermined electronic musical instrument comprising a plurality of input device based on the first input information inputted by the first input device;
an electronic musical instrument device, which comprises a second CPU, at least one second input device inputting a second input information via an operating element in a form different from the first input device, and non-emulation software enabling the second CPU to operate as an electronic musical instrument different from the predetermined electronic musical instrument based on the second input information inputted by the at least one second input device; and
an electronic communication device connecting the information processing device and the electronic musical instrument device to communicate with each other,
wherein the information processing device comprises:
a first memory device, which combines and stores the first emulation software and second emulation software enabling the second CPU to emulate the predetermined electronic musical instrument based on the second input information inputted by the at least one second input device;
the first CPU confirms whether the electronic musical instrument device corresponding to the second emulation software stored in the first memory device is connected to the information processing device via the electronic communication device; and
the first CPU transfers the second emulation software stored in the first memory device to the electronic musical instrument device if the connection is confirmed by the first CPU,
wherein the first emulation software and the second emulation software are related to emulations of the predetermined electronic musical instrument, and are configured to have the same function and to generate the same tone respectively.

2. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the information processing device comprises the first CPU, which transmits the first input information inputted by the first input device to the electronic musical instrument device via the electronic communication device, wherein the electronic musical instrument device transfers the second emulation software via the first CPU;
the electronic musical instrument device transferring the second emulation software comprises the second CPU, which transmits the second input information inputted by the at least one second input device to the information processing device via the electronic communication device;
the first emulation software enables the first CPU to emulate the predetermined electronic musical instrument based on the second input information transmitted by the second CPU; and
the second emulation software enables the second CPU to emulate the predetermined electronic musical instrument based on the first input information transmitted by the first CPU.

3. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the information processing device comprises the first CPU, which prohibits the first input information inputted via the first input device from being transmitted to the electronic musical instrument device by the first CPU; and
the electronic musical instrument device comprises the first CPU, which prohibits the second input information inputted via the at least one second input device from being transmitted to the information processing device by the second CPU.

4. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the information processing device comprises a second memory device, which stores musical sound information generated by the first emulation software or a parameter related to a tone; and
a first instruction switch, which inputs an instruction of transmitting the musical sound information or the parameter related to the tone stored in the second memory device from the information processing device to the electronic musical instrument device.

5. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the electronic musical instrument device comprises a third memory device, which stores musical sound information generated by the second emulation software or a parameter related to a tone; and
the information processing device comprises a second instruction switch, which inputs an instruction of transmitting the musical sound information or the parameter related to the tone stored in the third memory device from the electronic musical instrument device to the information processing device.

6. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second input information respectively inputted by the first input device and the at least one second input device is respectively limited to a same range.

7. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one second input device is a plurality of second input device;
the second emulation software enables the second CPU to operate based on the second input information inputted from a portion of the plurality of second input device; and
the electronic musical instrument device comprises a signalling device, which distinguishably notifies the portion of the second input device and the other second input device when the second CPU is enabled to operate by the second emulation software.

8. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein the first input device displays an image, which emulates at least a portion of the input means of the predetermined electronic musical instrument, on the display.

9. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein the first input device displays an image, which emulates at least a portion of the second input device of the electronic musical instrument device, on the display.

10. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electric musical instrument device comprises a third instruction switch, which switches between a mode of enabling the second CPU to operate by the non-emulation software and a mode of enabling the second CPU to operate by the second emulation software.

11. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 2 , wherein the first CPU transmits the first input information inputted by the first input device, except for the second input information transmitted by the second CPU, to the electronic musical instrument device via the electronic communication device.

12. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 2 , wherein the second CPU transmits the second input information inputted by the second input device, except for the first input information transmitted by the first CPU, to the information processing device via the electronic communication device.

13. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein the first emulation software comprises plug-in software, which enables the first CPU to emulate the predetermined electronic musical instrument, or a software synthesizer, which enables the first CPU to emulate the predetermined electronic musical instrument.

14. The electronic musical instrument system according to claim 1 , wherein the non-emulation software enables the electronic musical instrument device to operate as an independent electronic musical instrument different from the predetermined electronic musical

Assignees

• Roland Corp

Inventors

• Yukawa Atsuo
• Hoshika Atsushi
• Yui Hirofumi

Classifications

• G10H2220/091

  Graphical user interface [GUI] specifically adapted for electrophonic musical instruments, e.g. interactive musical displays, musical instrument icons or menus; Details of user interactions therewith · CPC title

• G10H2240/161

  Memory and use thereof, in electrophonic musical instruments, e.g. memory map · CPC title

• G10H7/02

  in which amplitudes at successive sample points of a tone waveform are stored in one or more memories · CPC title

• G10H7/002 Primary

  using a common processing for different operations or calculations, and a set of microinstructions, e.g. programs, to control the sequence thereof · CPC title

• G10H1/0058

  Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system (G10H1/0083 takes precedence) · CPC title