ENSEMBLE SYSTEM

• US 20090044685A1
• Filed: 07/24/2006
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Urai, Tomomitsu, Usa, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,939,740 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/600
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0066 using a MIDI interface
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/175 for jam sessions or musical collaboration through a network, e.g. for composition, ensemble playing or repeating; Compensation of network or internet delays therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/325 Synchronizing two or more audio tracks or files according to musical features or musical timings synchronised lyrics, e.g. for karaoke G10H2220/011

Abstract

An electronic musical instrument is provided, which makes it possible to manage a state of attendance (presence/absence, etc.) of participants and perform easy management on the level of activity on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. According to performance operations on performance terminals 2, a controller 1 records a performance history. Performance terminals 2 to which performance parts have been assigned by a Facilitator are determined as being present, whereas performance terminal 2 to which no performance parts have been assigned are determined as being absent. The number of times of key depression on each performance terminal 2, the average key depression intensity (average Velocity), etc. from start to end of a performance are recorded. The recorded values for respective items are output in the form of text data. Since values for the respective item are recorded at every performance, the frequency of attendance of respective users can easily be managed on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis.

Claims

1. An ensemble system comprising a plurality of performance terminals each having at least one performance operator unit used for performance operation, at least one tone generator, and a controller connected to the plurality of performance terminals and the at least one tone generator and adapted to control each of the performance terminals, wherein the controller includes:

storage means adapted to store music data for performance including a plurality of performance parts;

operation means adapted to give instructions to start and stop a performance;

performance control means adapted to assign the plurality of performance parts to respective ones of the plurality of performance terminals, read out the performance part assigned to each of the performance terminals in accordance with a way in which the performance operator unit of said each of said performance terminals is operated, and output data representing the read-out performance part to the tone generator; and

record means adapted to record whether each of the performance terminals is in use or in nonuse and record a performance history for each of the performance terminals from start to completion of the performance.

2. The ensemble system according to claim 1, wherein the tone generator is built in each of the plurality of performance terminals, and

said performance control means of the controller is adapted to output information on the read-out performance part to the tone generator built in the performance terminal to which the performance part is assigned.

3. The ensemble system according to claim 1, wherein the performance history includes information representing number of times of and average intensity of performance operation.

4. The ensemble system according to claim 1, wherein the performance history includes information representing an average deviation relative to the performance operation on a guide performance terminal among the performance terminals.

5. The ensemble system according to claim 2, wherein the performance history includes information representing number of times of and average intensity of performance operation.

6. The ensemble system according to claim 2, wherein the performance history includes information representing an average deviation relative to the performance operation on a guide performance terminal among the performance terminals.

7. The ensemble system according to claim 3, wherein the performance history includes information representing an average deviation relative to the performance operation on a guide performance terminal among the performance terminal.