Patent ID: 8288641

Claim:
A system of music devices operatively coupled together, the system comprising: plural apparatus in physical proximity with each other and capable of at least one-way communication therebetween of an audio score, at least two such apparatus each comprising: an audio score synthesis mechanism including a playing mechanism for playing the synthesized audio score; an audio score mixing mechanism coupled with said synthesis mechanism for mixing plural audio scores to produce another audio score having components of each of the plural audio scores; an audio score input mechanism coupled with said mixing mechanism to provide one or more input audio scores thereto for mixing with the synthesized and played audio score, said synthesis mechanism, said mixing mechanism and said input mechanism being operable in real time to create a playable audio score having components of plural audio scores produced by said plural proximate apparatus, wherein one of the plural apparatus includes a controller that is designated as a master controller and another of the plural apparatus includes a controller that is designated as a slave controller, and wherein designation of the master controller and the slave controller is changeable in real-time; a recording mechanism to store said playable audio score; and an upload mechanism to upload said playable audio score to an external processor for at least one of editing, archival recording, outplaying, and CDROM programming.