Yamaha Corporation

Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha

Akira Suzuki

Norihisa Aoki

Kosei Terada

Hiroyuki Torimura

Shigenori Oguri

Jun Sugiyama

Horiyuki Torimura

Harumichi Hotta

Akira Tozuka

Takahiro Yanagawa

Shigeki Ishii

An external storage device stores automatic music playing data files, each file including data of a progression of musical notes constituting a performance of a music piece, and registration data files, each file including data of a set of parameters to determine the conditions for the performance of the music piece. While an automatic music playing data file of a piece of music and registration data files are loaded into a working memory and are being processed to play the current piece of music automatically, the next automatic music playing data file of the next piece of music to be played and the registration data files to be used next are prefetched from the external storage device into an internal storage device temporarily to be prepared for being transferred to the working memory for the successive automatic music playing after the automatic playing of the current music piece is over. Thus, dead time between the adjacent pieces of automatically played music and delay in effectuating the registrations will be avoided.

Automatic music playing apparatus and computer program therefor

An electronic organand a personal computerare connected with a MIDI cable. The personal computeris connected to a servervia a communication network. The personal computerdownloads a controlling program from the server. The electronic organis set to be a listening trial mode by an operation of the personal computer. In the listening trial mode, an output of a data in a temporally storage area is prohibited. The serverprovides a first encoded performance data to the personal computer, and the personal computerdecodes the received first encoded performance data. The electronic organgenerates a key, and the personal computersecondary encodes the performance data with the key and transmits it to the electronic organ. The electronic organdeletes the data stored in the temporally storage area after the listening trial.

Performance data transmission controlling apparatus, and electronic musical instrument capable of acquiring performance data

An electronic organand a personal computerare connected with a MIDI cable. The personal computeris connected to a servervia a communication network. The personal computerdownloads a controlling program from the server. The electronic organis set to be a listening trial mode by an operation of the personal computer. In the listening trial mode, an output of a data in a temporary storage area is prohibited. The serverprovides a first encoded performance data to the personal computer, and the personal computerdecodes the received first encoded performance data. The electronic organgenerates a key, and the personal computersecondary encodes the performance data with the key and transmits it to the electronic organ. The electronic organdeletes the data stored in the temporary storage area after the listening trial.

Performance data transmission controlling apparatus and electronic musical instrument capable of acquiring performance data

An external memory medium storing data corresponding to a desired automatically playing or tone color selecting function can be removably set, so as to expand various functions of an electronic musical instrument. An identification code is recorded in the medium, and thus the function of the medium can be automatically determined from the code. The instrument is automatically set to an operation mode corresponding to the function in accordance with the determined function so that the data stored in the medium can be utilized. The determined function may be displayed to the player.

Electronic musical instrument having an external memory device

A rhythm tone source assigning apparatus for use in an electronic musical instrument comprises a memory having a plurality of storing regions corresponding to a plurality of input operating manipulators each being comprised of a keyboard key or a switch. Arrangement is provided so that by writing a tone source identifying datum corresponding to desired one of a plurality of rhythm tone sources in one of the storing regions corresponding to an input operating manipulator one after another, rhythm tone sources can be assigned to the plurality of input operating manipulators. Thus, this electronic musical instrument greatly facilitates its user of his performing or inputting operations in a hand percussion or a rhythm sequence programming by using these manipulators. This is, for each rhythm, the user is able to obtain his favorite convenient arrangement of operating manipulators.

Rhythm tone source assigning apparatus for use in electronic musical

A rhythm tone source assigning apparatus for use in an electronic musical instrument comprises a memory having a plurality of storing regions corresponding to a plurality of input operating manipulators each being comprised of a keyboard key or a switch. Arrangement is provided so that by writing a tone source identifying datum corresponding to desired one of a plurality of rhythm tone sources in one of the storing regions corresponding to an input operating manipulator one after another, rhythm tone sources can be assigned to the plurality of input operating manipulators. Thus, this electronic musical instrument greatly facilitates its user of his performing or inputting operations in a hand percussion or a rhythm sequence programming by using these manipulators. That is, for each rhythm, the user is able to obtain his favorite convenient arrangement of operating manipulators.

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Hamamatsu, Japan

Akira Suzuki