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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1985
Tadao Kikumoto, Osaka, JP;
Isato Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Roland Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a synchronized sound recording and reproducing system including a tape recorder to playback a tape carrying time code information indicative of particular longitudinal locations of the tape, a sequencer having sound information programmed therein and a manually operated tapping key to be tapped by an operator to produce heat signals, a synchronizing signal generator for providing synchronism between the base sounds reproduced from the tape and the additional sounds reproduced from the sound information memorized in the sequencer, comprising beat interval detecting means operative to detect, on the basis of the time code information from the tape, the time intervals between the successive beat signals produced by the beat signal generating means, and rhythm information generating means for generating rhythm information based on the pattern of the time intervals.