Generating tones with a vibrato effect

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8729377
APP PUB NO 20120227573A1
SERIAL NO

13397566

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Provided are a method, computer storage device, and tone control device for generating tones with a vibrato effect. A determination is made of a key depression interval comprising a difference of a current time of a current note from a previous time of a previous note. A performance mode is set to a single tone mode, in which only one note is generated, or a polyphonic mode, in which multiple notes are simultaneously generated, based on the determined key depression interval. The tone is generated to output the current note with a first modulation magnitude in response to determining that the performance mode is the single tone mode. A tone is generated to output the current note with a second modulation magnitude in response to determining that the performance mode is the polyphonic mode, wherein the first modulation magnitude is greater than the second modulation magnitude.

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ROLAND CORPORATION2036-1 NAKAGAWA HOSOE-CHO KITA-KU HAMAMATSU SHIZUOKA 431-1304

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nakagawa, Mizuki Shizuoka-ken, JP 6 6
Takai, Shun Shizuoka-ken, JP 23 21

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