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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2002
Susumu Ishibashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Fumiteru Takeda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A display for setting atone control parameter is disposed on an operation panel of an electronic musical instrument. Function and subfunction operator groups are arranged in parallel in two rows along a longer side of display Function operator group corresponds to each function in the first hierarchy, and subfunction operator group corresponds to each subfunction in the second hierarchy that is designated for each function in the first hierarchy. Display displays a tone control parameter that is to be set by the operation of a parameter setting operator group and the characters representing each function and each subfunction of the function and subfunction operator groups By operation of each operator group the functions and the subfunctions are switched hierarchy by hierarchy, whereby a desired tone control parameter can be easily set to be a desired value or can be easily changed.