Patent ID: 6198035
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A musical sound signal generation apparatus provided with: a plurality of musical sound generation channels for generating musical sound signals; channel state storage means for storing the operation state of each of said musical sound generation channels; assigning means for, when a key-on is detected, referring to the storage content of said channel state storage means to select a pair of said musical sound generation channels, assigning a left musical sound signal for stereo performance to one of the selected musical sound generation channels which is an L channel, and assigning a right musical sound signal for the stereo performance to the other channel which is an R channel; a left output system for outputting said left musical sound signal; and a right output system for outputting said right musical sound signal, said musical sound signal generation apparatus comprising:monaural processing means for, when the new key-on is detected, referring to the storage content of said channel state storage means, selecting two pairs of said L channel and R channel corresponding to two keys previously subjected to the key-on, truncating the musical sound signal of one channel of each selected pair of said musical sound generation channels, and setting output destination of the musical sound signal of the other musical sound generation channel to both said left output system and the right output system.