Music play apparatus with advance resetting for subsequent playing

A music play apparatus comprising a data supply for providing performance data and initialization data associated to a desired music piece, and a sound source for reproducing the music piece according to the performance data and the initialization data, wherein;

• the data supply comprises sequencer means for time-sequentially processing at least a pair of performance data corresponding to a first music piece and a second music piece, and transmitter means for transmitting each of the processed performance data, the transmitter means being operative when transmitting the performance data of the first music piece for multiplexing the initialization data of the second music piece with the performance data of the first music piece, and wherein;
• the sound source comprises receiver means for successively receiving the performance data of the first music piece and the second music piece, the receiver means being operative when receiving the performance data of the first music piece to demultiplex therefrom the initialization data of the second music piece, memory means for temporarily storing the demultiplexed initialization data of the second music piece while the first music piece is being reproduced, and tone generator means customized to the second music piece by the stored initialization data immediately after the reproduction of the first music piece is finished for readily starting the reproduction of the second music piece according to the performance data thereof which is fed from the receiver means to thereby ensure substantially non-interruptive reproduction of the first music piece and the second music piece.

A method of operating a music play apparatus having a data supply for providing performance data and initialization data associated to a desired music piece, and a sound source for reproducing the music piece according to the performance data and the initialization data, the method comprising the steps of:

• time-sequentially processing at least a pair of performance data corresponding to a first music piece and a second music piece in the data supply;
• transmitting each of the processed performance data from the data supply to the sound source;
• multiplexing the initialization data of the second music piece with the performance data of the first music piece when the same is transmitted to the sound source;
• successively receiving the performance data of the first music piece and the second music piece in the sound source;
• demultiplexing the initialization data of the second music piece from the performance data of the first music piece when the same is received by the sound source;
• temporarily storing the demultiplexed initialization data of the second music piece while the first music piece is being reproduced;
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• customizing the sound source to the second music piece by the stored initialization data immediately after the reproduction of the first music piece is finished for readily starting the reproduction of the second music piece according to the performance data thereof to thereby ensure substantially non-interruptive reproduction of the first music piece and the second music piece.

A machine readable media containing instructions for causing a music play machine having a data supply for providing performance data and initialization data associated to a desired music piece and a sound source for reproducing the music piece according to the performance data and the initialization data, to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• time-sequentially processing at least a pair of performance data corresponding to a first music piece and a second music piece in the data supply;
• transmitting each of the processed performance data from the data supply to the sound source;
• multiplexing the initialization data of the second music piece with the performance data of the first music piece when the same is transmitted to the sound source;
• successively receiving the performance data of the first music piece and the second music piece in the sound source;
• demultiplexing the initialization data of the second music piece from the performance data of the first music piece when the same is received by the sound source;
• temporarily storing the demultiplexed initialization data of the second music piece while the first music piece is being reproduced by the sound source;
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• customizing the sound source to the second music piece by the stored initialization data immediately after the reproduction of the first music piece is finished for readily starting the reproduction of the second music piece according to the performance data thereof to thereby ensure substantially non-interruptive reproduction of the first music piece and the second music piece.