Abstract
Provided are an electronic musical instrument, computer storage device, and method generating tones for held notes. Indication is made of held notes having pitches as held in response to receiving note-on information for the held notes from an input device of an electronic musical instrument while receiving hold information from a hold device of the electronic musical instrument. Note-on information is received for a received note having a pitch while generating the pitches for the held notes. Selection is made of one of the held notes to release according to a first selection criteria in response to determining that the pitch difference of the received note and at least one of the held notes does not exceed the predetermined number of tones or selection is made according to a second selection criteria if the pitch difference exceeds the predetermined number of tones.
Recommended Citation
M. Nakagawa and S. Takai, "Electronic Musical Instrument," U.S. Patents, Jan 2012.
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Patent Application Number
US13/403,296
Patent Number
US8759660 B2
Document Type
Patent
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2014 Roland Corporation, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2012
