Patent ID: 7875789
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A sound effect imparting apparatus, comprising: a first effector that imparts a sound effect to waveform data, inputted to the sound effect imparting device, and outputs the effect imparted waveform data; a first memory that stores an effect data defining a characteristic of the sound effect to be imparted by said first effector; a first library that stores a plurality of effect data for said first effector; a communication device connected to a network for communicating with a computer, connected to the network, having a second effector that imparts a sound effect to waveform data, supplied by the effect imparting device via said communication device, and outputs the effect imparted waveform data, a second memory that stores an effect data defining a characteristic of the sound effect to be imparted by said second effector, and a second library that stores a plurality of effect data for said second effector; and a selector, in response to a selection operation by a user, that, when said computer is not connected to the network, selects an effect data among the plurality of effect data stored in said first library and, when said computer is connected to the network, selects an effect data among the plurality of effect data stored in said first library and the plurality of effect data stored in said second library, wherein, when an effect data stored in the first library is selected, said selector reads out the selected effect data from said first library and stores the effect data into said first memory and, when an effect data stored in said second library is selected, said selector instructs said computer via said communication device to read out the selected effect data from said second library and store the effect data into the second memory; a controller that, when the effect data stored in said first library is selected by said selector, controls said first effector to impart the sound effect to the waveform data according to the effect data stored in said first memory, and, when the effect data stored in said second library is selected by said selector, supplies the inputted waveform data to said computer via said communication device and instructs said computer to control said second effector to impart the sound effect to the waveform data according to the effect data stored in said second memory and to return the effect imparted waveform data to the sound effect imparting apparatus via the network; and a waveform outputting device that mixes the waveform data outputted by said first effector and the waveform data outputted by said second effector and transmitted by said computer for receipt by said communication device, and outputs the mixed waveform data.