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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Daisuke Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Daisuke Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An electronic music apparatus has a tone generator section that generates tone signals based on at least one of performance operation or automatic performance data. The generated tone signals are recorded by a recording section for a predetermined time. When tone signals to be generated by the tone generator section on the basis of automatic performance data requiring copyright protection, recording by the recording section is temporarily stopped. Then, upon completion of the generation of the tone signals based on the automatic performance data requiring copyright protection, recording by the recording section is automatically resumed. Alternatively, for a period from the start to end of the generation of the tone signals based on automatic performance data requiring copyright protection, the recording section is inhibited from recording the tone signals based on the automatic performance data requiring copyright protection.