Patent ID: 6586667
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A musical sound generator comprising a first processing system, a second processing system, and a sound processor,the first processing system comprising: a reading unit to read musical score data; a musical note data generation unit to convert the musical score data and to generate musical note data representing a sound state in each of at least one tone; and an output unit to output first musical note data to be processed by the sound processor and second musical note data to be processed by the second processing system in a separate manner based on the generated musical note data, the second processing system comprising: a reading unit to read the second musical note data output by the first processing system; a sound synthesis unit to generate first synthetic sound data produced by synthesizing a plurality of tones based on the read second musical note data; and an output unit to output the first synthetic sound data, the sound processor comprising: a conversion circuit for reading the first musical note data output by the first processing system and generating second synthetic sound data produced by synthesizing a plurality of tones based on the musical note data; and a speaker for emitting a sound based on a combination of the first and second synthetic sound data, the conversion circuit and the speaker operating under the control of the first processing system.