Mixing automatic accompaniment input and musical device input during a loop recording

An electronic musical instrument comprising:

• an accompaniment sound generation device that sequentially generates accompaniment sounds based on performance information;
• a storage device that sequentially stores performance information;
• a loop reproduction device that sequentially reads the performance information in a predetermined segment stored in the storage device while looping the predetermined segment to perform a loop reproduction;
• a loop storage control device by which performance information sequentially readout from the storage device by the loop reproduction device and at least one of performance information of accompaniment sounds sequentially generated by the accompaniment sound generation device and performance information of performance sequentially inputted are merged, and sequentially stored in the storage device while looping the predetermined segment;
• and
• an accompaniment sound storage control device that controls the loop storage control device to store performance information of the accompaniment sounds sequentially generated by the accompaniment sound generation device in the storage device for only one round of a loop of the predetermined segment.

A method, comprising:

• during a first loop recording, performing:
• generating automatic accompaniment information from a storage device having patterns of automatic accompaniment information;
• receiving first musical device input from at least one coupled musical device;
• mixing the first musical device input with automatic accompaniment input based on the generated automatic accompaniment information to produce a first mixed output;
• and
• storing the first mixed output in a recording memory;
• during a second loop recording following the first loop recording, performing:
• outputting the first mixed output from the recording memory;
• receiving second musical device input from the at least one coupled musical device while outputting the first mixed output;
• mixing the received second musical device input and the first mixed output to produce second mixed output;
• and
• storing the second mixed output in the recording memory.

An electronic musical instrument coupled to at least one musical device, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• a recording memory;
• automatic accompaniment pattern memory having patterns of automatic accompaniment information;
• and
• a computer storage device including a control program executed by the processing unit to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• during a first loop recording, performing:
• generating from the automatic accompaniment pattern memory automatic accompaniment information;
• receiving first musical device input from the at least one musical device;
• mixing the first musical device input with automatic accompaniment input based on the generated automatic accompaniment information to produce a first mixed output;
• and
• storing the first mixed output in the recording memory;
• during a second loop recording following the first loop recording, performing:
• outputting the first mixed output from the recording memory;
• receiving second musical device input from the at least one musical device while outputting the first mixed output;
• mixing the received second musical device input and the first mixed output to produce second mixed output;
• and
• storing the second mixed output in the recording memory.

A computer storage device storing a control program executed by a processor in an electronic musical instrument to communicate with a storage device, a recording memory, and at least one musical device, and to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• during a first loop recording, performing operations comprising:
• generating automatic accompaniment information from the storage device having patterns of automatic accompaniment information;
• receiving first musical device input from the at least one musical device;
• mixing the first musical device input with automatic accompaniment input based on the generated automatic accompaniment information to produce a first mixed output;
• and
• storing the first mixed output in the recording memory;
• during a second loop recording following the first loop recording, performing operations comprising:
• outputting the first mixed output from the recording memory;
• receiving second musical device input from the at least one musical device while outputting the first mixed output;
• mixing the received second musical device input and the first mixed output to produce second mixed output;
• and
• storing the second mixed output in the recording memory.