A sound processing system includes an electronic musical instrument and a sound processing apparatus communicable with the instrument. The instrument includes an audio signal generator that generates an audio signal according to a user performance on the electronic musical instrument, a first signal processor that performs first effect processing on the audio signal to generate a first processed audio signal, a first sound emitter that emits a first performance sound component based on at least one of the first processed audio signal or a second processed audio signal, and a first audio signal output that outputs the audio signal. The apparatus includes a first audio signal receiver that receives the audio signal output from the first audio signal output, in a state where the instrument is communicating with the apparatus, a second signal processor that performs second effect processing on the received audio signal, including removing a direct sound component from the received audio signal, to generate the second processed audio signal, and a second sound emitter that emits a second performance sound component based on the second processed audio signal. In the state where the instrument is communicating with the apparatus, the first signal processor changes the amount of the first effect processing to the generated audio signal in generating the first processed audio signal that is emitted by the first sound emitter, in a state where the audio signal is not output to the apparatus, or the first sound emitter emits the second performance sound component based on the second processed audio signal.

A sensing system for a keyboard. Each key sensor comprises passive and active resonant circuits. The passive resonant circuit has a resonant frequency and the active resonant circuit excites the passive resonant circuit at the resonant frequency. A sensor driver drives the active resonant circuit with an RF drive signal, a multiplexing system multiplexes the drive signal such that simultaneously driven key sensors are separated by at least (k−1) keys, and a detector detects a level of RF signal from a driven key sensor for sensing a position and/or velocity of a key.

A musical sound producing apparatus includes a plurality of keys, a sound production information generator that generates sound production information for producing a musical sound based on a first key operation on any key among the plurality of keys, a control information generator that generates control information for controlling, on the basis of a second key operation different from the first key operation, a mode of the musical sound produced on the basis of the first key operation, and a musical sound signal generator that generates a musical sound signal on the basis of the sound production information and the control information.

A keyboard device includes a plurality of keys, and a keyboard driver configured to drive at least a part of the plurality of keys. The keyboard device is configured such that sound is generated based on a first sound-generating process in which the keyboard driver is configured to drive a key corresponding to a first pitch, upon receiving performance data including the first pitch. The keyboard device is configured such that sound is generated based on a second sound-generating process that is different from the first sound-generating process, upon receiving performance data including a second pitch that is different from the first pitch.

An electronic musical instrument is provided and includes: a musical tone processing circuit processing a musical tone signal; an output jack for connecting the musical tone signal to an amplifier; a phone jack for connecting the musical tone signal to a phone; a switch for turning power supply ON or OFF; and a control circuit that determines whether power supply is necessary and selects power supply from among first, second and third power based on information indicating each power receiving state of the first to third power (respectively from AC adapter, USB cable, and battery), information indicating whether an output plug is inserted into the output jack, a phone plug is inserted into the phone jack, the USB cable is connected to USB jack, and an ON or OFF operation of the switch is performed, and information indicating a power supply ON or OFF state of the electronic musical instrument.

An electronic musical instrument is provided and includes: a musical tone processing circuit processing a musical tone signal; an output jack for connecting the musical tone signal to an amplifier; a phone jack for connecting the musical tone signal to a phone; a switch for turning power supply ON or OFF; and a control circuit that determines whether power supply is necessary and selects power supply from among first, second and third power based on information indicating each power receiving state of the first to third power (respectively from AC adapter, USB cable, and battery), information indicating whether an output plug is inserted into the output jack, a phone plug is inserted into the phone jack, the USB cable is connected to USB jack, and an ON or OFF operation of the switch is performed, and information indicating a power supply ON or OFF state of the electronic musical instrument.

Systems and methods for onboard, real-time pickup blending for electric guitars/basses may utilize every possible tonal combination that double coil pickups can offer. The industry standard pickup toggle switch may be removed from electric guitar/bass instruments. Instead of a user being limited to only using one pickup at a time to be selected, the user may mix in any combination of the pickups (top, bottom, or both) at any time. Accordingly, multiple pickups can be on at the same time and/or the user may blend in (or out) any percentage of any of the pickups that the user wishes to create a large combination of tones.

The present disclosure provides a generation device having a plurality of operators that receive a user operation that causes generation of a sound. The generation device includes: at least one first operator arranged in a first region and configured to receive a first user operation that causes generation of a rhythm sound signal; at least one second operator arranged in a second region and configured to receive a second user operation that causes generation of a melody sound signal; and at least one third operator arranged in a third region and configured to receive a third user operation that causes a sound effect to be applied to a synthesized sound signal of the generated rhythm sound signal and the generated melody sound signal. The first region, the second region, and the third region are different regions of the generation device from each other.

An electronic musical instrument includes: a keyboard, including a key that allows automatic operation; a data acquisition part, acquiring music data in which one or more channels are provided and performance information containing a timbre is set for each channel; a selector, selecting a channel set with high timbre priority, in which the timbre priority is priority based on the timbre set in the performance information and is set for each channel contained in the music data acquired by the data acquisition part; and an automatic operation part, automatically operating the key of the keyboard based on the performance information of the channel selected by the selector in the music data acquired by the data acquisition part.

An electronic musical instrument includes: a keyboard, including a key that allows automatic operation; a data acquisition part, acquiring music data in which one or more channels are provided and performance information containing a timbre is set for each channel; a selector, selecting a channel set with high timbre priority, in which the timbre priority is priority based on the timbre set in the performance information and is set for each channel contained in the music data acquired by the data acquisition part; and an automatic operation part, automatically operating the key of the keyboard based on the performance information of the channel selected by the selector in the music data acquired by the data acquisition part.