Patent ID: 8314319

Claim:
A storage system comprising: a plurality of musical instruments capable of sending information; and a storage device capable of communicating with the plurality of the musical instruments and storing information sent from the musical instruments, wherein the musical instrument comprises: a performance information generation unit that generates performance information of the musical instrument; a first clock unit that measures date and time; and a transmission unit that sends performance data to the storage device when the performance information is generated by the performance information generation unit, the performance data being a set of the performance information generated by the performance information generation unit and performance date and time information that indicates performance date and time measured by the first clock unit when the performance information is generated by the performance information generation unit, and wherein the storage device comprises: a receiving unit that receives the performance data sent from the transmission unit of the musical instrument; a second clock unit that measures date and time; a storage unit that stores the performance data received by the receiving unit; and a file generation unit that divides a plurality of the performance data stored in the storage unit into blocks based on the performance date and time information included in the performance data received by the receiving unit, or based on acquisition date and time of the performance data measured by the second clock unit when the performance data is received by the receiving unit, and that generates performance files corresponding to the blocks of the performance data.