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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoaki Matsumoto, Akishima, JP;
Hitoshi Ando, Hachioji, JP;
Jun Yoshino, Fussa, JP;
Hitoshi Kato, Fussa, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84624 ; 84645 ; 84615 ; 84653 ;
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.