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Music play apparatus with advance resetting for subsequent playing

  • US 5,753,844 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1997
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A music play apparatus comprising a data supply unit for providing performance data and initialization data associated to a desired music piece, and a sound source unit for reproducing the music piece according to the performance data and the initialization data, wherein;

  • the data supply unit comprises a sequencer device that time-sequentially processes a plurality of performance data according to a predetermined order of music pieces, and a transmitter device that transmits each of the processed performance data, the transmitter device being operative when transmitting the performance data of a preceding music piece to interlace the initialization data of a succeeding music piece into the performance data of the preceding music piece by multiplexing operation, and wherein;

    the sound source unit comprises a receiver device that successively receives the performance data in the predetermined order, the receiver device being operative when receiving the performance data of the preceding music piece to separate therefrom the initialization data of the succeeding music piece by demultiplexing operation, a memory device that temporarily stores the separated initialization data of the succeeding music piece while the preceding music piece is being reproduced, and a tone generator device that is customized to the succeeding music piece by the stored initialization data immediately after the reproduction of the preceding music piece is finished, and then readily starts the reproduction of the succeeding music piece according to the performance data thereof which is fed from the receiver device to thereby ensure substantially non-interruptive reproduction of the preceding music piece and the succeeding music piece.

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