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Automatic accompaniment apparatus adjusting sound levels for each part of a plurality of patterns when one pattern is switched to another pattern

US6313389A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 26, 2000
Grant dateNov 6, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S84/22
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An automatic accompaniment apparatus has a storage unit (53) for storing information on a variation pattern selection state and the mute setup state of each part of each variation, and a control unit (55) for controlling to make each part in a tone generation state or a mute state in accordance with the mute setup state of the part of the selected variation pattern in playing an insert pattern such as an introduction pattern, a fill-in pattern, and an ending pattern. The mute setup state set for the selected variation pattern is applied without change also to the insert pattern, thus preventing the mute setup state of each part from changing at the time of switching between the variation pattern and the insert pattern, and obtaining smooth automatic accompaniment tones.

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