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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1993
Kazuo Murakami, Hamamatsu, JP;
Akira Hashimoto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A performance recording and playback apparatus is provided between a performance apparatus and a video apparatus in an audio/video recording and playback system. The performance apparatus is capable of producing and reproducing performance data, while the video apparatus is capable of recording and playing back performance data and video data on a single recording medium. Herein, the performance data produced from the performance apparatus is supplied to and recorded by the video apparatus. Under the operation of the performance recording and playback apparatus, a recording operation of the video apparatus is controlled such that the performance data is recorded in synchronism with the video data, while playback operations of the video apparatus and performance apparatus are also controlled such that the performance data which is played back from the recording medium and then supplied to the performance apparatus is reproduced in synchronism with the video data which is played back from the recording medium and is displayed on a display device. Preferably, the performance apparatus is an automatic player piano or an electronic musical instrument, while the video apparatus is a video tape recorder so that the recording medium is a video tape.