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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Shiiya, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 5/00 ; G04B 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 5/00 ; G04B 1/300 ;
Abstract
A set of MIDI data codes defines time intervals each between two events successively to occur, and lapses of time from initiation of playback are stored in a set of audio data codes read out from a music compact disc, wherein a data synchronizer converts times at which the events to occur to lapses of time from the initiation of playback so as to transfer the MIDI data codes to a musical instrument synchronously with the playback through a compact disc player, thereby playing a piece of music in ensemble between the musical instrument and the compact disc player.