Musical performance data search system

• US 20020124714A1
• Filed: 03/04/2002
• Published: 09/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Kondo, Masao
• Granted Patent: US 6,956,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/634
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0041 in coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/081 Genre classification, i.e. descriptive metadata for classification or selection of musical pieces according to style
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/271 Serial transmission according to any one of RS-232 standards for serial binary single-ended data and control signals between a DTE and a DCE
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/311 MIDI transmission G10H2240/056 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/315 Firewire, i.e. transmission according to IEEE1394

Abstract

A musical performance data search system has: a first storage unit for storing a plurality of first data sets including performance data for automatic accompaniment; a second storage unit for storing a second data set related to one of the first data sets, the second data set including information for searching the first data set; a designating unit for designating the second data set; an editing unit for editing the second data set designated by the designating unit; and a unit for reading the first data set related to the second data set designated by the designating unit. With the musical performance data search system unit, a user can edit related information for searching a style.

Claims

1. A musical performance data search system comprising:

first storage unit for storing a plurality of first data sets including performance data for automatic accompaniment;

second storage unit for storing a second data set related to one of the first data sets, the second data set including information for searching the first data set;

designating unit for designating the second data set;

editing unit for editing the second data set designated by said designating unit; and

unit for reading the first data set related to the second data set designated by said designating unit.

2. The musical performance data search system according to claim 1, further comprising data input unit for inputting data from an external, wherein when said data input unit inputs the first data set, said data input unit inputs also the second data set related to the first data set.

3. The musical performance data search system according to claim 1, further comprising data output unit for outputting data to an external, wherein when said data output unit outputs the first data set, said data output unit outputs also the second data set related to the first data set.

4. The musical performance data search system according to claim 1, further comprising overwriting unit for reading the second data set from an external and overwriting the second data set by the read second data set, wherein the second data sets include preset data sets stored in advance and user data sets created by a user, and said overwriting unit overwrite all the preset data sets.

5. A program for making a computer execute a musical performance data search process, the process comprising:

a designating step of designating a second data set related to one of a plurality of first data sets including performance data for automatic accompaniment, the second data set being related to one of the first data sets, and including information for searching the first data set;

an editing step of editing the second data set designated by said designating step; and

a reading step of reading the first data set related to the second data set designated by said designating step.