Patent ID: 7683251
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for playing an automated musical instrument in synchronism with a digital audio file, the apparatus including: a source for a music sequence including time stamped articulation events; a source for a digital audio file; a controller in communication with the source for a music sequence and the source for a digital audio file and in communication with the automated musical instrument, the controller providing the articulation events to the automated musical instrument in accordance with the time stamped articulation of events, the controller further including a digital to analog converter subsystem that receives the digital audio file as an input to directly convert the digital audio file to an analog signal for play, the digital to analog converter subsystem providing the controller with a progress status of the time since the beginning of the play of the analog signal, the controller using the progress status of time as a time base for resetting the time stamped articulation events to ensure synchronism with the automated musical instrument.