Electronic musical instrument having a plurality of tone generation modes
US5206446A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 16, 1990 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2240/311
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument has a tone generation mode selecting switch capable of selecting a tone generation mode associated with an arbitrary one of a keyboard instrument play mode, a stringed instrument play mode and a wind instrument play mode, and a CPU for controlling the tone generation mode for a tone generator in accordance with the selection. This electronic musical instrument serving as a so-called tone generator module, can be driven by a MIDI signal supplied to a MIDI circuit from an external unit.
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