Patent ID: 6949705

Claim:
An audio system for reproducing a piece of music in ensemble with another piece of music, comprising: a first data source having a first memory space for storing a set of first music data codes representative of said piece of music, and responsive to a control signal representative of a data transmission rate for transferring said first music data codes from said first memory space; a second data source having a second memory space for storing a set of second music data codes representative of said another piece of music and different in format from said set of first music data codes, and responsive to said control signal for transferring said second music data codes from said second memory space; a data-to-sound converter for producing a first sort of sound and a second sort of sound on the basis of said first music data codes and said second music data codes, respectively; and an ensemble controller connected to said first data source, said second data source and said data-to-sound converter, having a data processing capability, and supplying said control signal to said first data source and said second data source through a data processing for equalizing a first data transmission rate for said set of first music data codes with a second data transmission rate for said set of second music data codes.