Patent ID: 6344606
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A tone generation device comprising:a reading means that reads data for generating tones; a computation means that computes the amount of processing needed to generate the tones of the data read by said reading means; a plurality of tone generation means that generate tones; an apportioning means that apportions the processing for generating tones to said plurality of tone generation means according to an amount of processing computed by said computation means; and a decision means that decides whether the amount of processing computed by said computation means can be processed by one of the tone generation means among said plurality of tone generation means, wherein if it is decided by said decision means that the amount of processing computed by said computation means is an amount that can be processed by one tone generation means, said apportioning means apportions all of said computed amount of processing to said one tone generation means, and if it is decided by said decision means that it is not an amount that can be processed by one tone generation means, the apportioning means apportions said computed amount of processing to said plurality of tone generation means in correspondence with the capacity of each tone generation means.