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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Tomoyuki Kumagai, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A personal computer having a MIDI interface and an electronic musical instrument having a MIDI interface are connected with each other by means of a sending and a receiving MIDI cable. The personal computer stores music performance data and provides control commands for managing the data storing operation in the electronic musical instrument in its local data protocol, and converts such data and commands both to MIDI exclusive data according to the MIDI protocol to send to the electronic musical instrument via the MIDI cable. The electronic musical instrument receives the MIDI exclusive data carrying such data and commands, and converts the received MIDI exclusive data back to the performance data and the control commands in the original local protocol such as DOS format to control the data storing operation in the electronic musical instrument accordingly. Thus, the personal computer can remotely manage the data storing operation in the electronic musical instrument.