SETTING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WAVEFORM GENERATOR WITH A PLURALITY OF WAVEFORM GENERATING MODULES

Integrated software tone generator is made up of software of a software tone generator driver and software of a plurality of modules, such as a tone generator module, registered in the driver for executing generation and/or processing of a waveform. A property sheet is displayed as a setting screen to make various settings for the integrated software tone generator via respective windows. In the property sheet, there are displayed a tab for selecting a common setting mode and tabs for individually selecting one of individual modules, and a dialog box corresponding to one of the tabs which is selected by a user's click operation is opened and displayed. When the dialog box for the common setting is opened, there is displayed a menu of predetermined common setting items shareable by the plurality of modules, and settings are made for the common setting items by a user doing a desired input to the menu. When, on the other hand, the dialog box for setting one particular module is opened, there is displayed a menu of predetermined items peculiar to the particular module, and settings are made for the peculiar items by the user doing a desired input to the menu.