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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2001
Tomoyuki Funaki, Shizuoka-Ken, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A handy method of editing and reproducing musical performance data. The musical performance data divided into a plurality of sections is edited. Blocks B , B , B and B representative of sections are displayed continuously coupled to each other. A block B is selected by using a pointer P of a mouse. An end of the selected block B (a partitioning position relative to an adjacent block) is dragged with the pointer P to change the length of the selected block (section). At the same time, the length of the adjacent block is automatically changed. In order to facilitate to locate the partitioning position of the block before alteration of the length, an icon is displayed at the original partitioning position. In reproducing the performance data, a start position change switch is activated to move a grid pointer GP to the start of music to reproduce the performance data to the end thereof, if the section is not selected. The start position change switch is activated to move the grid pointer GP to the front end of a section to reproduce the performance data to the back end of the section if the section is designated.