Toru Kitayama

TL;DR: In this article, a musical sound modification apparatus and method whereby natural musical instrument sounds are analyzed to extract time variant information of pitch, amplitude and timbre, as Musical Sound Modification Data, which are stored in a temporary memory area.

TL;DR: In this article, a performance data generating apparatus and method which is capable of automatically converting original performance data providing an expressionless performance into performance data that enable a variety of musically excellent performances, by means of a novel expression adding converter using various modularized rules and procedures to add expressions based on temporal changes such as tempo and timing, as well as a storage medium that stores a program for executing the method.

TL;DR: In this article, an expressive block EB sets musical sound control information (the performance parameter related to the control factor on the performance such as the time of tempo and timing, etc., volume, pitch, etc.).

TL;DR: In this article, the effect impartment is conducted using a processor, such as a DSP, executing a predetermined program containing a predetermined effect-imparting algorithm, independently for each of the channels.