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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Ikuo Tanaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Taro Umemoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Ikuo Tanaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Taro Umemoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Roland Corporation, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument includes: an input device that inputs a sound generation instruction to start generating a musical sound and a stop instruction to stop the musical sound; an on-on time timer device that measures a time difference between a first and second sound generation instructions; a gate time timer device that measures a time difference between the second sound generation instruction and a stop instruction; an attack characteristic setting device that sets an attack characteristic of the musical sound to have a shorter attack time as the time difference measured by the on-on time timer device becomes shorter; and a release characteristic setting device that sets a release characteristic of the musical sound generated to have a shorter release time as the time difference measured by the gate time timer device becomes shorter.