Patent ID: 7009101

Claim:
An apparatus for generating tones, comprising: operation members which are externally operated to operate functions of the apparatus, each of said operation members being assigned applications which correspond to said functions; storage means for storing defining information, in the form of a table concerning a relationship between operation conditions of the apparatus and applications of said operation members; control program storing means for storing control programs to control the apparatus such that applications of said operation members are effected; readout means for reading out the defining information stored in said storage means based on the operation member and operation condition of the apparatus in response to operation of said operation members; and control means which includes a central processing unit which executes a control program read out from said control program storing means based on the defining information read out by said readout means, said control means controlling the apparatus such that applications of said operation members in operation conditions of the apparatus are effected in response to operation of the operation members according to said defining information.