Patent ID: 7186910

Claim:
A musical tone generating apparatus comprising: a musical tone signal generating circuit for generating a musical tone signal; a musical tone signal generation controlling portion for inputting a first performance data that includes a note number data representing a tone pitch of the musical tone signal and a velocity data representing a tone volume level of the musical tone signal for giving instructions for generation of the musical tone signal and for controlling the generation of the musical tone signal in said musical tone signal generating circuit in accordance with the input first performance data; and a parameter memory for storing plural sets of musical tone generating parameters for respectively generating musical tone signals of tone colors corresponding to plural kinds of play style, said tone colors being different from one another in terms of play styles in one kind of musical instrument, said tone colors being respectively assigned to different values of said velocity data, wherein said musical tone signal generation controlling portion controls reading one set of musical tone generating parameters corresponding to a tone color that is assigned to a value of the velocity data in said input first performance data from said parameter memory and supplying the read one set of musical tone generating parameters to said musical tone signal generating circuit, so as to allow said musical tone signal generating circuit to generate a musical tone signal of the tone color corresponding to said read one set of musical tone generating parameters.