Apparatus and method for providing real-play sounds of musical instruments
First Claim
1. A real-play sound provider comprising:
- a receiver for receiving musical tone files, which include tone pitches and tone-generation timings of designated musical tones, from a communication terminal via a network;
a controller for controlling a prescribed musical instrument to play automatic performance based on the musical tone files and for storing real-play sound files representing sounds produced by the prescribed musical instrument in a storage device; and
a transmitter for transmitting real-play sound files stored in the storage device to the communication terminal via the network.
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Abstract
A real-play sound provider is connected with a communication terminal via a network. The user operates the communication terminal to transmit musical tone files, which include tone pitches and tone-generation timings of designated musical tones, to the real-play sound provider, so that the real-play sound provider controls a prescribed musical instrument to play automatic performance based on musical tone files, thus creating real-play sound files. The real-play sound files are created in accordance with prescribed conditions suiting user'"'"'s preferences and are stored in a storage device of the real-play sound provider. Then, the real-play sound files are transmitted to the communication terminal upon user'"'"'s designation of an address (e.g., URL) as necessary. Thus, the communication terminal controls a sound reproduction unit to reproduce sounds of the prescribed musical instrument, which is not possessed and played by the user.
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22 Claims
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1. A real-play sound provider comprising:
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a receiver for receiving musical tone files, which include tone pitches and tone-generation timings of designated musical tones, from a communication terminal via a network;
a controller for controlling a prescribed musical instrument to play automatic performance based on the musical tone files and for storing real-play sound files representing sounds produced by the prescribed musical instrument in a storage device; and
a transmitter for transmitting real-play sound files stored in the storage device to the communication terminal via the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A communication terminal comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting musical tone files, which include tone pitches and tone-generation timings of designated musical tones, to a real-play sound provider via a network;
a receiver for receiving real-play sound files representing sounds of a prescribed musical instrument playing automatic performance based on the musical tone files from the real-play sound provider; and
a controller for controlling a sound reproduction unit to produce sounds in response to the real-play sound files. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A real-play sound providing method implemented in a computer having an ability to communicate with a communication terminal over a network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving musical tone files, which include tone pitches and tone-generation timings of designated musical tones, from the communication terminal via the network;
proceeding to creation of real-play sound files representing sounds produced by a prescribed musical instrument playing automatic performance in response to the musical tone files;
storing the real-play sound files in a storage device; and
transmitting the real-play sound files stored in the storage device to the communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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17. A computer-readable storage media storing programs that cause a computer having an ability to communicate with a communication terminal over a network to perform a real-play sound providing method comprising the steps of:
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receiving musical tone files, which include tone pitches and tone-generation timings of designated musical tones, from the communication terminal via the network;
proceeding to creation of real-play sound files representing sounds produced by a prescribed musical instrument playing automatic performance in response to the musical tone files;
storing the real-play sound files in a storage device; and
transmitting the real-play sound files stored in the storage device to the communication terminal.
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