Electronic musical apparatus customizing method

An electronic musical apparatus customizing method that is applied to an electronic musical apparatus comprising a musical tone signal generator for generating musical tone signals and a memory device capable of storing musical tone control data supplied to said musical tone signal generator for controlling generation of the musical tone signals, said method customizing the electronic musical apparatus in such a manner that desired musical tone control data to be stored into said memory device are supplied from a server having a database that stores various musical tone control data to be stored into said memory device, said various musical tone control data being applicable to plural kinds of electronic musical apparatus, to a user side that uses said electronic musical apparatus so as to allow the supplied musical tone control data to be stored into said memory device on the user side,

• wherein, in accordance with identification information supplied from the user side and representing individual electronic musical apparatus, musical tone control data applicable to the electronic musical apparatus represented by said identification information are presented from the server to the user side;
• musical tone control data belonging to said presented musical tone control data and selected by the user side are read out from said database, and the read-out musical tone control data are supplied from the sewer to the user side;
• and
• information representing a data amount of said musical tone control data supplied from the server to the user side is stored in association with said identification information so that musical tone control data exceeding a predetermined amount will not be supplied from the sewer to the user side.

An electronic musical apparatus comprising:

• a musical tone signal generator for generating musical tone signals;
• a memory device capable of storing musical tone control data supplied to said musical tone signal generator for controlling generation of the musical tone signals;
• an interface circuit for inputting the musical tone control data supplied from outside;
• and
• a control circuit connected to said musical tone signal generator, said memory device, and said interface circuit for controlling the musical tone signal generator, the memory device, and the interface circuit,
• wherein musical tone control data suitable for the electronic musical apparatus, said musical tone control data being selectively supplied from a server to a user side in accordance with identification information transmitted from the user side to the server and representing said electronic musical apparatus, are stored into said memory device via said interface circuit by control of said control circuit,
• said identification information being given to the user side at the time of purchasing the electronic musical apparatus.

An electronic musical apparatus comprising:

• a musical tone signal generator for generating musical tone signals;
• a memory device capable of storing musical tone control data supplied to said musical tone signal generator for controlling generation of the musical tone signals;
• an interface circuit for inputting the musical tone control data supplied from outside;
• and
• a control circuit connected to said musical tone signal generator, said memory device, and said interface circuit for controlling the musical tone signal generator, the memory device, and the interface circuit,
• wherein musical tone control data suitable for the electronic musical apparatus, said musical tone control data being selectively supplied from a server to a user side in accordance with identification information transmitted from the user side to the server and representing said electronic musical apparatus, are stored into said memory device via said interface circuit by control of said control circuit,
• the musical tone control data supplied to said musical tone signal generator for controlling generation of the musical tone signals are not stored beforehand in said memory device, and said musical tone control data supplied from the server to the user side are stored in to said memory device.

A server provided for an electronic musical apparatus comprising a musical tone signal generator for generating musical tone signals and a memory device capable of storing musical tone control data supplied to said musical tone signal generator for controlling generation of the musical tone signals, said server supplying musical tone control data to be stored into said memory device to a user side in response to an access from the user side, wherein said server has a database that stores various musical tone control data applicable to plural kinds of electronic musical apparatus;

• said server, in accordance with identification information supplied from the user side and representing individual electronic musical apparatus, presents to the user side musical tone control data applicable to the electronic musical apparatus represented by said identification information,
• said identification information being given to the user side at the time of purchasing the electronic musical apparatus;
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• said server reads out from said database musical tone control data belonging to said presented musical tone control data and selected by the user side, and supplies the read-out musical tone control data from the server to the user side.

A server provided for an electronic musical apparatus comprising a musical tone signal generator for generating musical tone signals and a memory device capable of storing musical tone control data supplied to said musical tone signal generator for controlling generation of the musical tone signals, said server applying musical tone control data to be stored into said memory device to a user side in response to an access from the user side, wherein said server has a database that stores various musical tone control data applicable to plural kinds of electronic musical apparatus;

• said server, in accordance with identification information supplied from the user side and representing individual electronic musical apparatus, presents to the user side musical tone control data applicable to the electronic musical apparatus represented by said identification information;
• said server reads out from said database musical tone control data belonging to said presented musical tone control data and selected by the user side, and supplies the read-out musical tone control data from the server to the user side;
• and
• information representing a data amount of said musical tone control data supplied from the server to the user side is stored in association with said identification information so as to prevent musical tone control data exceeding a predetermined amount from being supplied to the user side.