Toy acting in response to a MIDI signal

Abstract

Instrument playing toy for acting a simulated instrument play comprising receiving device for receiving instrument playing information programmed originally for playing instruments electrically but not programmed for driving moving parts of a toy, decoding device for decoding the instrument playing information, converting device for converting output of the decoding device into driving signals and assigning the driving signals to moving parts of the instrument playing toy and driving device for driving the moving parts in response to the driving signals, thereby the instrument playing toy performs simulated instrument playing movements. Sound may be generated from provided acoustic musical instruments activated by the moving parts, or derived from the instrument playing information, or from a sound signal obtained from a source different from the instrument playing information.

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