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US 10,262,640 · App. 15/952,837 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Musical performance support device and program

Inventors: Hideaki Takehisa (Hamamatsu, JP); Mikihiro Hiramatsu (Hamamatsu, JP); Takuma Yamazaki (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: YAMAHA CORPORATION
G10H1/0008G10H1/42G10H2210/076G10H2220/005G10H2230/015
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Patent No.
US 10,262,640
App. No.
15/952,837
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A musical performance support device includes: a tempo analysis unit that analyzes a tempo of musical piece sound data, the musical piece sound data indicating a musical piece sound; a sound generation unit that generates a sound based on the analyzed tempo, the generated sound indicating a beat of the musical piece sound data; and a sound processing unit that adds the generated sound to the musical piece sound.

Claims (43)

1. A musical performance support device comprising:

a processor configured to implement instructions stored in a memory and execute a plurality of tasks, including:

a tempo analysis task that analyzes a tempo of musical piece sound data, the musical piece sound data indicating a musical piece sound;

a sound generation task that generates a sound based on the analyzed tempo, the generated sound indicating a beat of the musical piece sound data; and

a sound processing task that adds the generated sound to the musical piece sound,

wherein the tempo analysis task analyzes the tempo of the musical piece sound data in an analysis range designated by an input device.

2. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks include:

a change processing task that changes a time interval of the generated sound according to a change in the tempo of the musical piece sound; and

a display processing task that controls a display device to display tempo information indicating the tempo of the musical piece sound.

3. The musical performance support device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the change processing task changes beat settings information according to a change request, the beat settings information indicating which one of an on beat or an off beat is selected, and

the sound generation task generates, as the generated sound, a sound corresponding to one of the on beat or the off beat according to the beat settings information.

4. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks include:

an audio recording processing task that acquires musical performance sound data indicating a musical performance sound played according to the musical piece sound and stores the acquired musical performance sound data in a storage device; and

a content generation task that generates content data based on the stored musical performance sound data and the musical piece sound data.

5. The musical performance support device according to claim 4 , wherein the content generation task changes a volume balance between the musical performance sound data and the musical piece sound data and mixes the musical performance sound data with the musical piece sound data.

6. The musical performance support device according to claim 4 , wherein the content generation task changes a range of the musical performance sound data and the musical piece sound data and generates the content data in the changed range.

7. The musical performance support device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of tasks include:

a posting processing task that transmits the generated content data to a server device, the server device being connectable to the musical performance support device via a network, the posting processing task causing the generated content data to be stored in the server device.

8. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks include:

a change processing task that changes a time interval of the generated sound according to a change in the tempo of the musical piece sound.

9. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks include:

a display processing task that causes a display device to display tempo information indicating the tempo of the musical piece sound.

10. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tasks include:

a change processing task that changes selection of one of an on beat or an off beat.

11. A musical performance support device comprising:

a processor configured to implement instructions stored in a memory and execute a plurality of tasks, including:

a tempo analysis task that analyzes a tempo of musical piece sound data, the musical piece sound data indicating a musical piece sound;

a sound generation task that generates a sound based on the analyzed tempo, the generated sound indicating a beat of the musical piece sound data; and

a sound processing task that adds the generated sound to the musical piece sound,

wherein the sound generation unit generates, as the generated sound, a sound corresponding to an on beat or an off beat.

12. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the sound processing task supplies a loudspeaker with the musical piece sound to which the generated sound is added.

13. The musical performance support device according to claim 1 , wherein the generated sound comprises a click sound.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program executable by a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:

analyzing a tempo of musical piece sound data, the musical piece sound data indicating a musical piece sound;

generating a sound based on the analyzed tempo, the generated sound indicating a beat of the musical piece sound data; and

adding the generated sound to the musical piece sound,

wherein the tempo analyzing step analyzes the tempo of the musical piece sound data in an analysis range designated by an input device.

15. A musical performance support method comprising the steps of:

analyzing a tempo of musical piece sound data, the musical piece sound data indicating a musical piece sound;

generating a sound based on the analyzed tempo, the generated sound indicating a beat of the musical piece sound data; and

adding the generated sound to the musical piece sound,

wherein the tempo analyzing step analyzes the tempo of the musical piece sound data in an analysis range designated by an input device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: TAKEHISA, HIDEAKI; HIRAMATSU, MIKIHIRO; YAMAZAKI, TAKUMA
To: YAMAHA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045536/0657 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-084623 · Apr 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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