JPH11352963A - Information display method and recording medium for recording information display program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate handling by a beginner by displaying an icon showing each part. SOLUTION: A play part is displayed by a musical instrument player icon 30 consisting of a pattern of a musical instrument system assigned to the play part, and when a musical instrument player icon is situated in the display area of a stage 50, the play part shown by a musical instrument player icon is laid in soundable state. When the musical instrument player is situated in a backstage display area, the play part shown by the musical instrument player icon is muted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display method for displaying an image of an automatic performance device or the like by a programmed computer and a recording medium on which an information display program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One piece of music data played by an automatic performance device or the like usually comprises a plurality of performance parts. In addition, there is also known an automatic performance device capable of performing using the accompaniment style data. The display of the accompaniment style part in this case is, for example, to display what kind of accompaniment style (or section) is used and what kind of chord progression is given to the accompaniment style data. I have. The volume of each performance part is displayed on the fader display, and the velocity value is displayed on the independent velocity display.
Further, the mute state of each performance part is displayed on a mute display section.

[0003]

As described above, the screen display in the conventional automatic performance apparatus shows, for the accompaniment style part, what kind of accompaniment style is used.
It was only displayed and it was ugly. Also,
What instruments are used for each performance part,
There is a problem that it is not at a glance whether or not each performance part is muted. Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand how to perform an operation for each performance part.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an information display method in which the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part can be recognized at a glance, and the instruments set for each performance part can be recognized at a glance. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display method with improved operability that is easy to handle even for a beginner and that allows various operations to be performed by operating the set icons. Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium in which an information display program for executing the information display method is recorded.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an information display method according to the present invention displays a performance part with an instrument player icon having a pattern for playing an instrument assigned to the performance part. When the musical instrument player icon is located in the display area of the stage, the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon becomes soundable, and when the musical instrument player icon is located in the display area of the dressing room, the musical instrument player icon Is muted. According to another information display method of the present invention capable of achieving the above object, a performance part is displayed by a musical instrument player icon having a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the performance part. The display mode of the musical instrument player icon indicating the accompaniment style part is different from the display mode of the musical instrument player icon indicating the normal performance part of the performance parts.

Still another information display method according to the present invention, which can achieve the above object, displays a performance part with an instrument player icon having a pattern for playing an instrument assigned to the performance part. A set of accompaniment style parts is composed of a plurality of the performance parts, and when a musical instrument player icon indicating one accompaniment style part is processed, the same applies to the musical instrument player icons indicating the remaining accompaniment style parts. Is performed.

[0007] Still another aspect of the present invention which can achieve the above object is a volume level display section for displaying the volume of each performance part, wherein the volume of an accompaniment style part of the performance parts is provided. The display mode of the display unit indicating the level may be different from the display mode of the display unit indicating the volume level of the normal performance part of the performance parts, or the display mode of the performance part selected on the screen may be set to a non-display mode. The display mode may be different from that of the selected performance part, or may be different from the display mode of the performance part with the part icon displayed on the stage area and the performance part with the part icon displayed on the dressing room area. Good. Furthermore, still another information display method of the present invention capable of achieving the above object is to provide a volume level display section for displaying the volume of each performance part, wherein a volume level set for each of the performance parts is displayed at a reference position. And a level meter that displays a velocity value by dividing the interval from the volume level display icon and the reference position into a plurality of sections.

In order to achieve the above object, a recording medium on which an information display program according to the present invention is recorded includes a musical instrument player icon having a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the musical performance part. In the display step to be displayed, when the instrument player icon displayed on the screen is moved to the display area of the stage,
Performing a process of setting a performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon to a sound-enabled state, and setting a performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon to a mute state when the musical instrument player icon is moved to a display area of a dressing room. And an information display program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:

[0009] Further, in the recording medium on which the information display program of the present invention is recorded, a display step of displaying a performance part by a musical instrument player icon having a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, A first step of, when an operation is performed on one of the musical instrument player icons in the accompaniment style part composed of the performance parts, performing a process corresponding to the operation on the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon; An information display program for causing a computer to execute a second step of performing a process corresponding to the operation on a performance part indicated by an instrument player icon indicating a remaining accompaniment style part when the processing in one step is performed is recorded.

According to the present invention, since each performance part is displayed by the musical instrument player icon composed of a picture for playing the musical instrument assigned to each performance part, the musical instrument set for each performance part is displayed. Can be understood at a glance, and the display screen can be excellent in aesthetic appearance. Also, the instrument player icons of the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part have different display modes such as the color of their clothes, so that the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part can be recognized at a glance.
Further, when processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating any part of the set of accompaniment style parts, the same processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating the remaining accompaniment style part, thereby improving operability. Can be. Furthermore, by moving the performance part to the dressing room area, the performance part is muted, so that the trouble of selecting all the accompaniment style parts can be solved, and even beginners can operate Is easier to understand.

In the present invention, in the display mode of the volume level, a normal performance part and an accompaniment style part, a selected performance part and a non-selected performance part, a performance part on the stage area and a performance on the dressing area are provided. Since the display mode is different between the parts, the situations can be identified at a glance, and the operability can be further improved. Furthermore, a level meter that displays the velocity value by dividing the display between the volume level display icon and the reference position into a plurality of parts can be displayed in a narrow display area, and the volume of the output sound can be displayed. The level can be easily recognized.

[0012]

FIG. 1 shows an example of a hardware configuration for executing an information display program which is an embodiment of an information display method according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (Centra) for controlling the entire operation of the hardware configuration.
l Processing Unit (CPU), and 2 is a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which programs such as an automatic performance program including the information display program of the present invention executed by the CPU 1 and various data are stored. Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM in which an area for storing various data such as song data read from a recording medium and a work area of the CPU 1 are set.
(Random Access Memory) 4 is a timer that indicates the elapsed time during operation or generates a timer interrupt at specific intervals, and is used for time management such as automatic accompaniment, envelope control, effect control, and the like. Reference numeral 5 denotes an external storage device for storing various application programs such as an automatic performance program, such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and an FDD (Flopp
y Disk Drive), CD (Compact Disk) -ROM, MO
(Magneto Optical Disk), DVD (Digital Versatil)
e Disk) or the like.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a MIDI communication with another MIDI device 7.
A MIDI interface (MI
DI I / F) and 7 are other MIDI devices such as MIDI-compatible sequencers and electronic musical instruments. Reference numeral 8 denotes a communication interface for connecting to a server computer 10 via a communication network 9 such as a telephone line to a LAN (Local Area Network) such as Ethernet or the Internet or the like. Application software such as an automatic performance program having the information display program of the invention and various data can be received. Reference numeral 11 denotes a mouse which is a pointer device for operating a pointer displayed on the screen. Data obtained when the mouse 11 is moved or clicked is detected by the detection circuit 12 and transmitted to the bus 19. Reference numeral 13 denotes a plurality of switches provided on a panel or the like. Switch information when the switch 13 is operated is detected by the detection circuit 14 and transmitted to the bus 19. 15 is when the automatic performance program is started,
A display device on which an information display program of the present invention is executed to display various windows for setting automatic performance, editing and inputting tone data, and the like.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a tone generator circuit for generating a tone based on tone control data of a plurality of tone generation channels stored in a tone generator register, and 17 is generated by the tone generator circuit 16 based on effect control data for controlling an effector. This is an effect circuit for adding effects such as reverb, chorus, and variation to the generated musical sound data. Reference numeral 18 denotes a sound system which amplifies and sounds an analog tone signal converted into an analog signal output from the effect circuit 17.
Reference numeral 19 denotes a bus that interconnects the blocks.

The above hardware configuration is the same as that of a personal computer or a workstation. In the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 1, when the automatic performance program including the information display program of the present invention is started to perform the automatic performance, the performance data is loaded into the RAM 3 via the external storage device 5 or the communication interface 8. Next, the setting of the performance part to be automatically played and the setting of the accompaniment style and the like are performed. This setting is performed by selecting a menu or a predetermined object displayed in a window displayed on the display device 15 with a pointer and clicking a button of the mouse 11 or dragging the object by operating the mouse 11. be able to. This setting information is stored in the RAM 3. Then, by operating the control buttons displayed on the display device 15, automatic performance can be started in a desired setting state.

In the automatic performance program, not only automatic performance but also editing, creation and recording of performance data can be performed. An automatic performance program having such a function is generally called sequencer software. Have been. Next, features of the information display method of the present invention will be described with reference to the display mode of the display device 15 when the automatic performance program having the information display program of the present invention is activated. FIG. 11 shows one display mode displayed on the display device 15 by the information display method of the present invention. According to the information display method of the present invention, either the display screen of the stage or the display screen of the dressing room can be displayed. In FIG. 11, the display screen of the stage is used.

In FIG. 11, for example, the number of performance parts is one.
The stage 50 includes five regular performance parts, part 1, part 4, part 5, part 7, and part 8, and eight accompaniment style parts including parts 9 to 16. . And the remaining rooms in the dressing room, not shown, Part 2, Part 3, Part 6
3 normal performance parts are arranged. These one
6 are represented by musical instrument player icons 30 as shown in the figure, and the numbers assigned to the musical instrument player icons 30 represent the part numbers. These musical instrument player icons 30 are represented by symbols of players who play the musical instrument assigned to the performance part. However, the musical instrument player icon 30 may be a symbol of only the musical instrument assigned to the performance part. Hereinafter, the musical instrument player icon 30 will be referred to as an "instrument player icon" including a case where only the musical instrument is represented. The design of this musical instrument is roughly designed for each type of musical instrument such as a piano type, an organ type, a guitar type, etc., and the musical instrument type can be selected in the edit mode or by double-clicking the left button of the mouse 11. be able to. Also,
The musical instrument player icon 30 of the normal performance part and the musical instrument player icon 30 of the accompaniment style part are displayed in different display modes as shown in the drawing, so that the user can identify the normal performance part or the accompaniment style part at a glance. ing. In this case, the different display modes include different clothes, different colors of players and musical instruments, different sizes of the musical instrument player icons 30, and the like.

The part indicated by the musical instrument player icon 30 arranged in the dressing room is in a mute state, and the tone of the part is not sounded. By operating the mouse 11 on the display screen shown in FIG.
8, for example, the instrument player icon 30 of part 8
When the button is clicked in accordance with, the musical instrument player icon 30 is surrounded by a rectangular frame, indicating that part 8 has been selected. As a result, part 8
Can be set. The menu icon 55 displayed at the lower left of the display screen is expanded into pull-down menus such as new creation, open file, print, save, help, etc. The processing is executed. Also displayed at the lower center of the display screen is a volume / velocity display section 52 that indicates the volume and velocity level of each of the 16 performance parts. In this case, part 2, part 3, and part 6 are not arranged on the stage 50 but are arranged in the dressing room and are in a mute state, so that their volume and velocity levels are deleted.

Further, a control button 53 is displayed at the lower right of the display screen. This control button 5
3, a top button for returning the playing position to the top of the song, a play / stop button, a REC button for recording an external MIDI input, a REC button for recording an audio input, and a solo button for designating a solo performance of a selected part. Have been. Furthermore, a master volume display section 54 is displayed at the lower right of the display screen, and a screen switching icon 57 having an arrow pattern is provided above the master volume display section 54. When the pointer 58 is moved to the screen switching icon 57 and a mouse button is clicked, a dressing room display screen shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Furthermore, a plurality of accompaniment style icons 51 are displayed on the left end of the display screen shown in FIG. 11. The pointer 58 is set to the desired accompaniment style icon 51 among the accompaniment style icons 51, and By dragging on the 50, eight instrument player icons of the eight parts constituting the accompaniment style are simultaneously displayed.

On the display screen of the dressing room shown in FIG.
The stage 50 and the dressing room 56 are displayed. In the illustrated case, the stage 50 has five regular performance parts of part 1, part 4, part 5, part 7, part 8, and part 8, and the dressing room 56 has Part 2, not shown
Eight accompaniment style parts including three normal performance parts, part 3 and part 6, and parts 9 to 16, in which only six of the eight parts are displayed, are arranged. 11 and FIG. 12 are described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the outline of display on the display device 15 shown in FIG. In the information display method of the present invention, by operating the screen switching icon 57, the stage 5 shown in FIG.
0 and the display screen of the dressing room 56 shown in FIG. 12 are displayed.
In (b), the display screen of the dressing room 56 is used.

The display screen of the dressing room shown in FIG. 4A is divided into a display area of the stage 50 and a display area of the dressing room 56 as shown in FIG. The meaning of the stage 50 and the dressing room 56 is that when the musical instrument player icon 30 is arranged on the stage 50, the musical sound of the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon 30 can be output. The performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon 30 is in a mute state, and the musical tone of the performance part is not output. That is, when the musical instrument player icon 30 is moved to the dressing room 56, mute processing is performed on the performance part. By arranging in the stage 50 or the dressing room 56 in this way, it is possible to specify whether to mute or not for each part, and it is possible to determine at a glance whether or not the performance part is muted. it can.

Further, an accompaniment style part consisting of eight parts, part 9 to part 16, is set as one set, and the process of determining whether to mute is performed as one set of eight parts.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the pointer 58 is moved to the musical instrument player icon 30 of the part number 13 located on the stage 50, the mouse 58 is clicked and selected, and the drag and drop is performed as it is to the dressing room 56. It is assumed that the instrument player icon 30 of part number 13 has been moved. Then, the instrument player icons 30 of the remaining seven accompaniment style parts also move to the dressing room 56 as shown in FIG. 4B. As a result, all of the eight accompaniment style parts are muted by one operation. Therefore, operability can be improved. The one set of eight accompaniment style parts is a part such as a rhythm part, a rhythmic chord part, a pad chord part, and a phrase part.
In order to stop using the accompaniment style that has been used up to that point, an unillustrated accompaniment style non-use button is operated. This button may be displayed on the screen as an icon.

Returning to FIG. 11, the volume / velocity display section 52 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG.
(A) shows the enlarged display of the parts 11 and 12 in the volume / velocity display section 52.
In the parts 11 and 12 shown in FIG. 5A, the rounded pattern at the top is a volume level display icon 60 indicating the volume level, and the volume of the part is set to increase as going upward from the reference position at the lower end. You. Therefore, in the case shown in FIG. 5A, the volume of part 11 is set to be higher than the volume of part 12. Then, the space between the volume level display icon 60 and the reference position at the lower end is equally divided to be level meters 61-1 and 61-2 of 0 to 127. Since the velocity values are displayed by the level meters 61-1 and 61-2, the velocity level according to the set volume level is displayed, and the volume level actually sounded is determined by the level meter 61. -1,
61-2. Further, since the volume level and the velocity are displayed in one display area, the state can be understood at a glance. In the lower part, a part number part 62 indicating a part number is displayed.

In the volume / velocity display section 52 shown in FIG. 5 (a), the scale intervals of the level meters 61-1 and 61-2 for displaying the velocity are indicated by the volume level display icon 60 and the reference position of the lower end. 5 is changed according to the size of the interval, but is not limited thereto.
As shown in (b), each scale interval in the level meters 61-1 and 61-2 may be a fixed scale interval regardless of the size of the interval between the volume level display icon 60 and the reference position of the lower end. Further, the level meters 61-1,
Each scale interval in 61-2 may be uneven,
For example, the interval may be narrowed upward as in a logarithmic function.

If part 8 is selected as shown in FIG. 11, the musical instrument player icon 30 of part 8 is selected.
Are displayed in a rectangular frame, and the display mode of the part 8 in the volume / velocity display unit 52 is different. The different display modes include changing colors,
It is designed to change the fill pattern and brightness. When the part 8 is selected, the volume level of the part 8 can be reset by operating the mouse 11 and dragging the volume level display icon 60 of the part 8 of the volume / velocity display section 52.
Further, in the volume / velocity display section 52, the stage 5
The display mode is different between the performance part located at 0 and the performance part located at the dressing room. As this different display mode, the color is changed, the fill pattern and the brightness are changed.

FIG. 2 shows the structure of one piece of song data stored in the RAM 3. Song data is part 1
Or 16 tracks consisting of musical instrument type information and performance data for each of the 16 parts of part 16; master tracks such as tempo information, time signature information, chord progression information, accompaniment style information, section switching information, etc .; It is composed of use / non-use information and management data such as whether each part is located on the stage or in the dressing room. Note that a dressing room storage area and a stage storage area may be created in place of the management data, and may be stored in any one of the storage areas according to the state of each performance part. FIG. 3 shows the structure of the accompaniment style data. The accompaniment style data is composed of eight parts, part 9 to part 16, and the data of each part is composed of musical instrument type information and performance data of one to several measures to be repeatedly performed. When using the accompaniment style, eight parts of the song data, part 9 to part 16, are replaced with the accompaniment style data.

In the default state when newly creating song data, the accompaniment style data is "unused".
And some normal performance parts, for example, parts 1 to
Part 4 and Part 10 are set to “on stage”, and the remaining normal performance part is set to “in the dressing room”. Also, note data is not created only by newly creating or moving “on stage” and “in the dressing room” of each part. In order to create note data, it is necessary to record and edit note data using a recording / editing function (not shown). However, the accompaniment style data is selected from a large number of recorded in advance, and the accompaniment style parts 9 to 16 can be played simply by setting the accompaniment style to “use”.

The performance data includes note data including, for example, note number, velocity, and gate time, volume data for controlling the volume and event data of expression data, and generation timing data thereof. In this case, the volume data is mainly recorded before the head event (first appearing) of the song data, and is used for balance adjustment between parts. The expression data is data for controlling the volume, and is mainly recorded in the middle of the song data, and is used for controlling the time variation of the volume of the part. The value takes into account both expression data.

Next, the procedure of the information display method of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the accompaniment style drag and drop process. In this process, the setting of the accompaniment style and a process associated with the setting are performed. When a predetermined accompaniment style icon among the accompaniment style icons 51 shown in FIG. 11 is dragged and dropped on the stage 50 or the like, the accompaniment style drag and drop process is started, and the accompaniment style icon dragged and dropped in step S10 is displayed. The eight musical instrument player icons 30 corresponding to the accompaniment styles shown in FIG.
The information is displayed on the stage 50 as shown in FIG. In this case, if any accompaniment style is set before that and the musical instrument player icon 30 of the 8 part of the musical accompaniment style is displayed on the stage 50, the musical instrument player icon 30 of the 8 part is erased and dragged instead. The musical instrument player icons 30 of the & part of the & accompaniment style of the dropped & played style are displayed.

Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the accompaniment style has been used so far. If the accompaniment style has not been used and a new accompaniment style is to be used, the process proceeds to step S12. The “accompaniment style use / non-use” information in the management data shown in FIG. 2 is “use”. Further, in step S13, the display colors of the eight accompaniment style parts, part 9 to part 16, in the volume / velocity display section 52 are changed to display colors for the accompaniment style, and the process proceeds to step S15. If the accompaniment style has been used, it is determined in step S14 whether or not the accompaniment style parts, part 9 to part 16, are located in the dressing room 56.
If the parts 9 to 16 are located in the dressing room 56, the process proceeds to step S15, where the accompaniment style part of the parts 9 to 16 of the management data is set to “on stage”, and the process proceeds to step S16.

If the parts 9 to 16 are not located in the dressing room 56, the flow branches to step S16 to read out the volume data before the first note data of each part of the accompaniment style data, and It is set in the velocity display section 52. As a result, Part 9 to Part 16
Is displayed at a position corresponding to the volume data. When the process in step S16 ends, the process returns to the end, and the accompaniment style drag and drop process ends.

Next, a description will be given, with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 7, of a musical instrument player icon selection process which is started when a mouse button is clicked on the musical instrument player icon 30 or the like. When the mouse button is clicked on the musical instrument player icon 30, the musical instrument player icon 30 selected in step S20 is surrounded by a rectangular frame.
A process for setting the selected state is performed. Next, step S2
At 1, the display color of the part corresponding to the selected musical instrument player in the volume / velocity display section 52 is changed for selection and the routine is returned. Thus, the musical instrument player icon selection process ends. In the musical instrument player icon selection process, the number of musical instrument player icons 30 to be selected is not limited to one, and a plurality of musical instrument player icons 30 may be selected. Can be performed.

Next, an accompaniment style non-use process activated when an unaccompanied style non-use button in a menu (not shown) is operated will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the accompaniment style non-use button is operated, the “accompaniment style use / non-use” information of the management data is set to “non-use” in step 30. Next, at step S31, the musical instrument player icon 30 of the accompaniment style part is deleted, and at step S32, the information of the parts 9 to 16 of the management data is set to "in the dressing room". However, parts 9 to 16 are normal performance parts. Further, in step S33, it is determined whether or not the current display screen is the dressing room screen. If it is determined that the display screen is the dressing room screen, the instrument player icon 30 indicating the parts 9 to 16 is displayed in step S34 for the normal performance part. Is displayed in the dressing room 56, and the process proceeds to step S35.

Also, if the current display screen is not the dressing room screen, the process proceeds to step S35, and the display colors of the eight normal performance parts, parts 9 to 16 in the volume / velocity display section 52 are changed to the display colors in the dressing room. Be changed. Next, in step S36, eight parts 9 to 1 located in the dressing room 56 in the volume / velocity display section 52 are displayed.
The display of the volume level display icon 60 and the level meter for velocity is deleted, and the routine returns. Thus, the accompaniment style non-use processing ends.

Next, on the dressing room screen, the selected instrument player icon 30 is moved from the stage 50 to the dressing room 56.
The stage ← → stage moving process when dragging and dropping from the dressing room 56 to the stage 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9. Move the selected instrument player icon 30 from the stage 50 to the dressing room 56 or from the dressing room 56 to the stage 5
When dragging and dropping to 0, it is determined in step S40 whether the musical instrument player icon 30 in the selected state is the musical instrument player icon 30 for the accompaniment style.
Here, the musical instrument player icon 30 for the accompaniment style
Is determined, the remaining seven instrument player icons 30 of the accompaniment style are also selected in step S41, and the process proceeds to step S42 to determine whether or not the movement from the “stage” to the “dressing room” is performed in step S42. Is determined.

If it is determined that the player has moved from the stage 50 to the dressing room 56, the selected musical instrument player icon 30 is displayed in the "dressing room" in step S43, and the selected state of the management data is displayed in step S44. The information of each part corresponding to the musical instrument player icon 30 is set as "Dragon". If it is determined that the player has moved from the dressing room 56 to the stage 50, the musical instrument player icon 30 in the selected state is displayed on the "stage" in step S45, and step S46
Musical instrument player icon 3 with management data selected
The information of each part corresponding to 0 is “on stage”.
Next, in step S47, the volume / velocity display unit 5
The display color in 2 is changed to the display color for the stage on the stage, and the display color for the part in the dressing room is changed to the display color for the inside of the dressing room. Next, step S4
At step 8, the volume data before the first note data of the part “on stage” is read and set in the volume / velocity display section 52. Further, the display of the volume level display icon 60 and the level meter for velocity of the part in the dressing room 56 in the volume / velocity display section 52 is deleted, and the process returns. Thus, the stage-> backstage moving process ends.

Next, FIG. 10 shows a reproduction process executed every predetermined time (for example, 96 times per quarter note) in accordance with the tempo after the reproduction button among the control buttons displayed on the screen is operated. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown. When the play button is operated to reach a predetermined time corresponding to the tempo, the current timing is updated in step S50, and the reproduction position of the performance data is advanced by the predetermined time. Next, in step S51, the counter value N corresponding to the part number is set to "1". This allows
The preparation for the processing for the part 1 is completed, and it is determined in step S52 whether or not the part N (= 1) is set to “on the stage”. Here, if the part 1 is on the stage, it is determined in step S53 whether or not the part N (= 1) has reached the event occurrence timing, and if the part 1 has reached the event occurrence timing, Proceeds to step S54.

In step S54, it is determined whether or not the event that has reached the event occurrence timing is a note event.
The sound source parameter based on the note information and velocity information in the note event is given to the sound source circuit 16 to give a sound generation instruction. Further, in step S56, part N (= 1)
, The velocity value of part N (= 1) is displayed on the level meter in consideration of the volume level set in. Also,
If it is determined in step S54 that the event is not a note event, it is determined in step S57 whether or not the event is a volume event. If the event is a volume event, the process proceeds to step S58. In step S58, the display position of the volume level display icon 60 of the part N (= 1) in the volume / velocity display section 52 is modified to be the newly set volume level. Further, in step S59, the newly set volume level is instructed to the tone generator circuit 16.

Furthermore, if it is determined in step S57 that the event is not a volume event (for example, if it is an expression), then in step S60 the tone generator circuit 1
6, the content of the event (for example, the value of the expression) is indicated. Next, in step S61, the value of the counter corresponding to the part number is incremented by "1" to make N = 2, and in step S62, it is determined whether N is 17 or more. In this case, since N = 2, N
It is determined as O and the process returns to step S52. If the part N (= 1) is not determined to be "on the stage" in step S52, and if the part N (=
If it is determined that 1) has not reached the event occurrence timing, the process branches to step S61 and the above-described processing is performed. In steps S52 to S62 to be executed again, N = 2, that is, the same processing as the above-described processing for part 2 is performed, and the steps S52 to S62 are repeated until the same processing as the above-described processing for part 16 is performed. The process of S62 is performed. Then, when the above-described processing for the part 16 is completed, “YES” is determined in the step S62, and the process is returned. Thus, the reproduction processing ends.

In the above description of the flowchart, it has been described that the instrument player icons of the normal performance part and the accompaniment style part are displayed in different clothes, but the present invention is not limited to this. The display mode may be changed by changing the color of the musical instrument, changing the size of the musical instrument player icon, or the like. Also, in the above explanation, when moving the instrument player icon of the performance part to be muted to the dressing room,
Although the dressing room screen as shown in FIG. 12 is opened to move the instrument player icon from the stage to the inside of the dressing room, a dressing room button is displayed on the stage screen shown in FIG. 11, and the instrument player icon is dragged to the dressing room button. You may make it move to a dressing room by & dropping.

Further, when the musical instrument player icon is selected, the selected state is displayed by surrounding it with a rectangular frame. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the outline of the musical instrument player icon is used to display the selected state. Is also good. While dragging the musical instrument player icons, the musical instrument player icons of all parts of the accompaniment style part may be selectively displayed instead of selecting and displaying only the selected musical instrument player icons. . Furthermore, when the process of executing the operation of all the accompaniment style parts by operating some of the musical instrument player icons of the accompaniment style part is not limited to the movement between the stage and the backstage, when the accompaniment style is not used ,
For example, the present invention can also be applied to a case where all of the accompaniment style parts are collectively placed outside the dressing room (unused) by dragging some of the musical instrument player icons to the outside of the dressing room.

Further, a volume / velocity display section 52
For the normal performance part and the accompaniment style part, the display color is different between the selected state and the non-selected state on the stage and in the dressing room, but by changing the elements other than the display color (fill pattern, brightness, etc.) Is also good. further,
Volume level display icon 60, level meter 61-1,
The display elements may be different for all of the velocity display section and the part number section 62 according to 61-2, or the display elements may be different for some of them. Furthermore, in the display on the velocity display unit by the level meters 61-1 and 61-2, the expression value is not considered, but the velocity in consideration of the expression may be displayed. Alternatively, the expression may be considered in the volume display. Further, the method of displaying the volume and the velocity display in the same display area as in the volume / velocity display section 52 is not limited to the automatic performance, but is applied to the volume and the velocity display in a single tone generator module (hardware tone generator or software tone generator). can do.

In the present invention described above, the terms "stage" and "dressing room" are used. In the present invention, "stage" means a display area in which a musical sound of a performance part is produced. “Dress room” means a display area in which the tone of the performance part is turned off. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the names of “stage” and “dressing room”, but instead of “stage”, “stage”
Any name may be used as long as the meaning of "waiting room" etc. is the same in place of "dressing room". Also, the display area is not limited to a display area for a place where a performance such as a stage is to be heard by an audience, but also a place for practicing or recording a performance, for example, a “recording room” and a “control room” in a recording studio. May be used.

The present invention can be in the form of application software for automatic performance provided with an information display program, but is not limited to this, and may be in the form of an automatic performance device consisting of a personal computer and application software. In this case, the application software may be stored in a storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory and supplied to a personal computer, or may be supplied via a network. Further, the information display method of the present invention can be applied to the display of each part of the accompaniment style in the karaoke apparatus. Further, the present invention may be applied to an electronic musical instrument capable of automatic performance such as an automatic performance piano. When the present invention is applied to an electronic musical instrument, the present invention is not limited to a keyboard instrument, but may be a stringed instrument type, a wind instrument type, a percussion instrument type, or the like. Furthermore, the sound source device, the automatic performance device, and the like are not limited to those built in one electronic musical instrument, but each device is a separate device, and the devices are connected using communication means such as MIDI or various networks. There may be.

The format of the performance data is an “event + relative time” method in which the performance event occurrence time is represented by the time from the immediately preceding event, and the performance event occurrence time is represented by the absolute time in a song or bar. "Event + Absolute time" method, "Pitch (rest) + note length" method, which represents performance data in note pitch and note length or rest and rest length, memory for each minimum resolution of performance The area may be in any form such as a "solid system" in which the performance event is stored in a memory area corresponding to the time when the performance event occurs. Further, the method of changing the tempo of the automatic performance includes any method such as a method of modifying the value of the timing data while keeping the period of the tempo clock, and a method of changing the value for counting the timing data in one process. There may be. Furthermore, the automatic performance data may be in a format in which data of a plurality of channels are mixed, or in a format in which data of each channel is divided for each track.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the one in which time-series performance data is stored in a continuous area on the memory.
Data scattered and stored in discrete areas may be separately managed as continuous data. In this case, it is sufficient that the performance data can be managed as continuous data in time series, and it does not matter whether or not the performance data is continuously stored in the memory. Furthermore, the system of the tone generator 16 according to the present invention may be any system such as a waveform memory system, an FM system, a physical model system, a high-frequency synthesis system, a formant synthesis system, and an analog synthesizer system of VCO + VCF + VCA. Further, the tone generator circuit 16 is not limited to a tone generator circuit configured using dedicated hardware, but may be configured using a DSP + microprogram or a CPU +
The tone generator circuit may be configured by a software program. Furthermore, the tone generator circuit 16 may be one that forms a plurality of sounding channels by using one circuit in a time-division manner, or one that has one sounding channel constituted by one circuit. There may be.

The HDD which can constitute the external recording device 5 is a storage device for storing an automatic performance program having an information display program and various data. R
When an automatic performance program having an information display program is not stored in the OM2, the automatic performance program having the information display program is stored in a hard disk in the HDD, and is read into the RAM 3, whereby the information display program is stored in the ROM 2. The CPU 1 can cause the CPU 1 to perform the same operation as in the case where an automatic performance program including the following is stored. This makes it easy to add an automatic performance program including the information display program, upgrade the version, and the like. Further, the CD-ROM drive which can constitute the external recording device 5 is a device for reading out an automatic performance program including an information display program stored in a removable CD-ROM and various data. The read-out automatic performance program including the information display program and various data can be stored in the hard disk in the HDD. Therefore, the automatic performance program including the information display program can be easily installed or upgraded. This CD-R
In addition to the OM drive, a floppy disk device, a magneto-optical disk (MO) device, a DV
A device for using various types of removable media, such as a D (digital multipurpose disc) device, may be provided.

The communication interface 8 is connected to a communication network 9 such as a LAN (local area network), the Internet, or a telephone line, and is connected to the server computer 10 via the communication network 9. This network is used for downloading programs and data from the server computer 10 when an automatic performance program including an information display program and various data are not stored in the ROM 2 or the hard disk device. In this case, the hardware configuration according to the present invention serving as a client includes a server computer 10 via a communication interface 8 and a communication network 9.
Sends a command requesting the download of a program or data. Upon receiving this command, the server computer 10 distributes the requested program or data to the performance device of the present invention via the communication network 9, and the hardware configuration according to the present invention
By receiving these programs and data via the hard disk drive, the download is completed.

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Since the present invention is constructed as described above, each performance part is displayed by an instrument player icon composed of a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to each performance part. At a glance, the musical instrument set in can be displayed at a glance, and the display screen can have an excellent appearance. In addition, since the display styles of the player's clothes and the like in the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part are different, the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part can be understood at a glance. Further, when processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating any part of the set of accompaniment style parts, the same processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating the remaining accompaniment style part, thereby improving operability. Can be. Furthermore, by moving the performance part to the dressing room area, the performance part is muted, so that the trouble of selecting all the accompaniment style parts can be solved, and even beginners can operate Is easier to understand.

Also, in the present invention, in the display mode of the volume level, a normal performance part and an accompaniment style part, a selected performance part and a non-selected performance part, a performance part on the stage area and a performance on the dressing area are provided. Since the display mode is different between the parts, the situations can be identified at a glance, and the operability can be further improved. Furthermore, a level meter that displays the velocity value by dividing the display between the volume level display icon and the reference position into a plurality of parts can be displayed in a narrow display area, and the volume of the output sound can be displayed. The level can be easily recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration for executing an information display program according to an embodiment of an information display method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of one piece of song data according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of accompaniment style data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of a dressing room screen displayed on the display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing display parts of parts 11 and 12 in a volume / velocity display unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flowchart of an accompaniment style drag and drop process according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a musical instrument player icon selection process according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a flowchart of an accompaniment style non-use process according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flowchart of stage ← → dressing room movement processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a reproduction process according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a stage screen displayed on the display device when the automatic performance program according to the present invention is activated.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a dressing room screen displayed on the display device when the automatic performance program according to the present invention is activated.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU, 2 ROM, 3 RAM, 4 timer, 5
External storage device, 6 MIDI interface, 7
Other MIDI equipment, 8 communication interface, 9 communication network, 10 server computer, 11 mouse, 12 detection circuit, 13 switch, 14 detection circuit, 15 display device, 16 sound source circuit, 17 effect circuit, 18 sound system, 19 bus, 30 Musical instrument player icon, 50 stage, 51 accompaniment style icon, 52 volume / velocity display section, 53
Control button, 54 master volume display, 55 menu icon, 56 dressing room, 57 screen switching icon, 58 pointer, 59 screen switching icon, 60 volume level display icon, 61-1, 61-
2-level meter, 62 part number part

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yuko Fukushima 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Yamaha Corporation

Claims (9)

[Claims] A musical part is displayed as a musical instrument player icon having a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the musical performance part. When the musical instrument player icon is positioned in a display area of a stage, the musical instrument player icon is displayed. A musical part indicated by the musical instrument player icon is put into a mute state when the musical instrument player icon is positioned in the display area of the dressing room. 2. The musical part player icon comprising a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the musical part is displayed as a musical part, and the musical instrument player icon indicating an accompaniment style part of the musical part is displayed as An information display method, wherein the display mode is different from a display mode of an instrument player icon indicating a normal performance part among performance parts. 3. A performance part is displayed by a musical instrument player icon having a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and a plurality of the performance parts constitute a set of accompaniment style parts. An information display method, wherein when a process is performed on an instrument player icon indicating one accompaniment style part, the same process is performed on an instrument player icon indicating a remaining accompaniment style part. 4. A volume level display unit for displaying a volume of each performance part, wherein a display mode of a display unit indicating a volume level of an accompaniment style part of the performance parts is changed to a normal performance part of the performance parts. An information display method, wherein the display mode is different from the display mode of a display unit indicating a volume level. 5. A volume level display section for displaying the volume of each performance part, wherein the display mode of the display section showing the volume level of the performance part selected on the screen indicates the volume level of a non-selected performance part. An information display method, wherein the display mode is different from the display mode of the display unit. 6. A volume level display section for displaying the volume of each performance part, wherein a display mode of the display section showing the volume level of the performance part whose part icon is displayed on the stage area is displayed on the dressing area. Wherein the display mode is different from the display mode of the display unit indicating the volume level of the performance part in which is displayed. 7. A volume level display unit for displaying a volume of each performance part, a volume level display icon indicating a volume level set for each performance part at intervals from a reference position, and a volume level display icon. An information display method comprising a level meter that divides an interval from the reference position into a plurality and displays a velocity value. 8. A display step of displaying each performance part with a musical instrument player icon having a pattern for playing a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and displaying the musical instrument player icon displayed on a screen.
Performing a process of setting a performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon to a soundable state when the musical instrument player icon is moved to the display area of the stage; Performing a process of muting the performance part indicated by the icon; and a recording medium storing an information display program for causing a computer to execute the process. 9. A display step of displaying each performance part with an instrument player icon composed of a pattern playing a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and one of an accompaniment style part composed of a plurality of performance parts.
A first step of performing a process corresponding to the operation on the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon when an operation is performed on one of the musical instrument player icons; and remaining when the process in the first step is performed. A second step of performing a process corresponding to the operation on a performance part indicated by an instrument player icon indicating an accompaniment style part, and an information display program for causing a computer to execute the following steps.