Patent ID: 7855333

Claim:
A music editing apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores a plurality of songs, including at least a first song and a second song; a remix processing section which performs a remix process based on both meta data which are pre-generated corresponding to song data and which contain at least a time-based beat position and a file for deciding a remix pattern; a synchronous reproduction controlling section which obtains the first song and second song, generates a master beat, sends the master beat to the remix processing section, adjusts the tempo of the first song and second song to be set to the master beat, and reproduces the first song and second song such that at least a portion of the first song and a portion of the second song are simultaneously reproduced based on individual entries of the meta data of the first song and second song and according to the remix process which the remix processing section has designated corresponding to the remix pattern and the meta data; and a mixing section which mixes songs reproduced by the synchronous reproduction controlling section.