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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2002
Mikio Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mikio Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of music apparatustosuch as an electronic musical instrument and a microphone apparatus are connected by wireless to a mixer apparatus. A Bluetooth module is adopted as wireless communication means to construct a piconet with mixer apparatusfunctioning as a master and music apparatustofunctioning as slaves. Audio signals and MIDI data from music apparatustoare transmitted by wireless to mixer apparatusthrough isosynchronous communication procedure using Bluetooth modules. In mixer apparatus, with regard to the MIDI data, music tone signals based on the MIDI data are produced, whereafter the produced music tone signals and the aforesaid audio signals transmitted by wireless are mixed. Wiring by means of cables between a plurality of music apparatus and a mixer apparatus is abolished, thereby eliminating the cumbersomeness of wiring and the restrictions accompanying the wiring.