Patent ID: 6673995
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H04S

Abstract:
A musical signal processing device for applying predetermined acoustic processing to input musical data, said musical signal processing device comprising:a characteristic value detection section for analyzing acoustic characteristics of the input musical data, and as a result of the analysis, detecting a characteristic value representing characteristics of contents of the input musical data; a genre information determination section for, based on the characteristic value detected by said characteristic value detection section, determining genre information representing a genre in which the input musical data is classified; a user input section for receiving a feeling expression value which is inputted by a user, the feeling expression value representing a psychological measure of the user concerning a tone of music; a parameter determination section for determining an acoustic processing parameter in accordance with the feeling expression value received by said user input section and the genre information determined by said genre information determination section, the acoustic processing parameter being used for adjusting a tone of an output of the predetermined acoustic processing; and an acoustic processing section for applying the predetermined acoustic processing to the input musical data in accordance with the acoustic processing parameter determined by said parameter determination section.