Patent ID: 7939740
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
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, the music data including a plurality of performance parts; performance control means adapted to assign the plurality of performance parts to respective ones of the plurality of performance terminals prior to performance, read out a performance of 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(s) to the tone generator(s); and record means adapted to record whether each of the performance terminals participated in performance of the music data and record a performance history for each of the performance terminals from start to completion of the performance of the music data, wherein the performance history includes information representing a number of times of and an average intensity of performance operation.