Patent ID: 8865994

Claim:
An electronic music system comprising: a computer which performs a sequencing function via a sequencer by executing music software, the sequencer being configured on the computer; and a remote controller physically separated from, but connected to the computer, wherein the remote controller comprises a plurality of control operators for specifying a controlled status of the sequencer configured on the computer by transmitting operational information to the computer, wherein the remote controller comprises performance operators operated by a user to supply performance information to the computer, wherein the operational information changes settings of the music software, in contrast to the performance information, which represents a user's MIDI note events processed by the music software to generate audio signals, and wherein the computer employs a plurality of different types of tone generators for generating musical tones; the control operators include: a start operator for instructing start of a series of operations; and a tone generator selection operator for selecting any of the different types of tone generators; and the remote controller further comprises: an addition portion which newly adds, in response to the instruction made by the start operator, a track which is a unit to record/reproduce a musical event by use of the sequencer configured on the computer; a tone generator offering portion which offers, after the addition of the track, options of available types of tone generators to be used for the added track; and a tone generator assigning portion which assigns, in accordance with the selection made by the tone generator selection operator in a state where the available different types of tone generators have been offered, a selected tone generator type to the track.