Control apparatus for music system comprising a plurality of equipments connected together via network, and integrated software for controlling the music system

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a group of instructions for causing a computer of a control node to perform, in a music system comprising a plurality of devices connected together via a network and the control node, a procedure for remote-controlling settings of the plurality of devices via the network, at least one of the plurality of devices including an engine capable of implementing a software module, said procedure comprising:

• a step of establishing memory storing respective settings of the devices;
• a step of allocating the respective settings of said plurality of devices, to corresponding ones of said devices in said music system, making a search for any engine capable of implementing a software module equivalent in function to a particular device, and allocating the settings of the particular device to the engine capable of substituting for the particular device;
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• a step of performing a synchronization process to cause the respective settings of said devices stored in said memory to correspond with the respective settings of the corresponding devices in said system, to which the respective settings are allocated,
• wherein the synchronization is performed so as to cause the settings of the engine capable of substituting for the particular devices, allocated as a substitute for the particular device, to correspond with the settings of the particular devices.

A music system comprising a plurality of devices connected together via a network and a control apparatus that remote-controls respective settings of the plurality of devices via the network, said control apparatus comprising:

• a module execution section that executes a software module formed by software to perform a predetermined function;
• memory storing respective settings of the devices;
• an allocation section that allocates the respective settings of said plurality of devices, to corresponding ones of said devices in said music system, wherein said allocation section causes said module execution section to activate a software module for implementing a function of a particular device and allocates the settings of the particular device to the activated software module capable of substituting for the particular device;
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• a synchronization processing section that performs a synchronization process to cause the respective settings of said devices stored in said memory to correspond with the respective settings of the corresponding devices in said system, to which the respective settings are allocated by said allocation section,
• wherein the synchronization is performed so as to cause the settings of the activated software module capable of substituting for the particular device, allocated as a substitute for the particular device, to correspond with the settings of the particular device.