Patent ID: 8921678
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A sound generation control apparatus comprising: a display control section configured for displaying, on a display screen, an image of an icon placement region having a time axis and for displaying, in the icon placement region, an icon image in association with a desired time position on the time axis, wherein feature amount information is associated with the icon image, the feature amount information comprising a feature amount in the form of a value descriptive of a feature of material data comprising a waveform of a sound material, the value based on the material data comprising the waveform of the sound material; a setting section configured for setting, in association with a desired time range on the time axis of the icon placement region, a particular database to be used, the particular database being selected from among a plurality of types of databases configured for storing material data in association with feature amount information; and a sound generation control section configured for acquiring, on the basis of the feature amount information associated with the icon image, the material data from the database set in association with the time range containing the time position where the icon image is placed, and for generating tone data on the basis of the acquired material data and the time position where the icon image is placed.