US 11,756,519 B2
Sound source device for electronic musical instrument, musical sound generating method and electronic musical instrument system
Ryo Takasaki, Shizuoka (JP); Kou Imai, Shizuoka (JP); and Kenji Morita, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to Roland Corporation, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by Roland Corporation, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,046.
Application 17/546,046 is a continuation of application No. 16/603,248, granted, now 11,232,774, previously published as PCT/JP2017/015098, filed on Apr. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0101822 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G10H 7/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 7/008 (2013.01) [G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); G10H 2210/066 (2013.01); G10H 2240/161 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sound source device for an electronic musical instrument connected to a playing operation device outputting playing information, the sound source device for the electronic musical instrument comprising:
at least one first kind of connection terminal configuring to be capable of being connected with any one of a plurality types of first playing operation devices;
a plurality of virtual input ports being separately from the first kind of connection terminal and provided for different types of the first playing operation devices;
a tone assigning unit that assigns a tone of a sound to each of the virtual input ports;
a port assigning unit that assigns, to one of the first playing operation devices which is connected to the first kind of connection terminal, one of the virtual input ports corresponding to a type of the one of the first playing operation devices; and
a musical sound generating unit that generates a musical sound signal of the tone assigned to the one of the virtual input ports assigned to the one of the first playing operation devices on the basis of a first playing information outputted from the one of the first playing operation devices connected to the first kind of connection terminal.