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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2010
Hideaki Takehisa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuharu Katagiri, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mikihiro Hiramatsu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Makoto Katsuura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideaki Takehisa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuharu Katagiri, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mikihiro Hiramatsu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Makoto Katsuura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
An electronic percussion instrument generates, in accordance with a trigger signal output from a pad source, a musical performance tone of a tone color assigned to the pad source. The electronic percussion instrument includes a program memory for storing a control program and a CPU for controlling operation of the electronic percussion instrument in accordance with the control program stored in the program memory. A storage device is also provided for storing a plurality of trigger data sets each of which includes at least one sensitivity setting parameter for setting sensitivity to the trigger signal, and a plurality of drum kits each of which includes pad setting data for setting the tone color assigned to the at least one pad source and link data for designating one of the plurality of trigger data sets. A setting operation input unit is provided for selecting a drum kit from among the plurality of drum kits. The CPU is coupled to the storage device and the setting operation input unit and operative under the control program for setting the sensitivity to the trigger signal on the basis of the at least one sensitivity setting parameter included in the trigger data set designated by the link data included in the drum kit selected by the setting operation input unit.