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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
Tomoyuki Kumagai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A musical tone synthesizing apparatus includes a tone color selecting device that classifies a plurality of tone colors set in the main body thereof into a plurality of categories, and selects a tone color based on the categories into which the tone colors have been classified. An expanded tone color supplying device supplies a plurality of expanded tone colors to the tone color selecting device. The tone color selecting device classifies the expanded tone colors supplied from the expanded tone color supplying device into a plurality of categories, in substantially same manner as used for the tone colors set in the main body, and selects an expanded tone color based on the categories into which the expanded tone colors have been classified. Further, a musical tone synthesizing method and a storage medium storing a program executable by a computer are provided to perform the same functions as the musical tone synthesizing apparatus.