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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1998
Takeshi Kikuchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A communications apparatus for musical tone information having: an adding unit for adding time information on a common time axis to each of first and second musical tone information; a transmitting unit for transmitting each of the first and second musical tone information added with the time information associated with each of the first and second musical tone information; a receiving unit for receiving the first and second musical tone information and the time information associated with each of the first and second musical tone information, transmitted by the transmitting unit; and an output unit for synchronizing the first and second musical tone information in accordance with the time information and outputting the synchronized first and second musical tone information to a reproduction apparatus.