Generation and transmission of musical performance data

A musical instrument comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one sensor effective to detect an input representing a musical event;
• the at least one processor effective to:
• generate a command comprising a digital representation of the musical event based on the input, the digital representation comprising:
• a first message encoding a first acoustic attribute type and a first acoustic attribute value, wherein the first acoustic attribute value specifies a first value of the first acoustic attribute type;
• and
• a second message encoding a second acoustic attribute type and a second acoustic attribute value, wherein the second acoustic attribute value specifies a second value of the second acoustic attribute type;
• generate timestamp data associated with a timing of the digital representation of the musical event;
• and
• send the digital representation and the timestamp data to a computing device, wherein the computing device is effective to store and edit the digital representation of the musical event.

A computing device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a sensor effective to detect a performance action;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor are effective to perform a method comprising:
• generating a first command, the first command encoding a first musical event associated with the performance action;
• generating a first message corresponding to the first command, wherein the first message encodes a first acoustic attribute type of the first musical event;
• generating a second message corresponding to the first command, wherein the second message encodes a second acoustic attribute type of the first musical event;
• generating timestamp data denoting a time of an occurrence of the first musical event, the timestamp data corresponding to the first message and the second message;
• and
• sending the timestamp data, the first command, the first message, and the second message to a second computing device.