Automatic Accompaniment Apparatus External Instrument Data Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional automatic accompaniment apparatuses fail to utilize the full potential of external electronic musical instruments by relying on stored accompaniment data, limiting the generation of accompaniment information and preventing the setting of tone color and accompaniment data adapted to the instrument.
Innovation Solution
An automatic accompaniment apparatus that connects to external electronic musical instruments, acquires and presents list information on tone color and accompaniment data, and transmits control information to set selected data, allowing the instrument to exhibit its full accompaniment capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the automatic accompaniment apparatus uses its own stored accompaniment data to generate accompaniment information, then the apparatus can function independently, but the external electronic musical instrument cannot exhibit its full accompaniment information generating capability
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic accompaniment apparatus acts as an intermediary that bridges the user and the external electronic musical instrument. It acquires list information about the instrument's stored tone color and accompaniment data, presents this information to the user for selection, and transmits control information to set the appropriate data in the instrument. This mediator role enables the system to utilize the instrument's full capabilities while maintaining user-friendly operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus implements feedback by acquiring list information from the external electronic musical instrument about its stored tone color and accompaniment data. This feedback loop allows the apparatus to understand what data is available in the instrument, enabling it to make informed selections and set appropriate parameters that maximize the instrument's accompaniment information generating capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the automatic accompaniment apparatus does not acquire list information from the external electronic musical instrument, then the system structure remains simple, but the apparatus cannot set tone color and accompaniment data adapted to the specific instrument
Solution Approach 1:
The external electronic musical instrument provides self-service by automatically providing list information about its stored tone color and accompaniment data when connected to the automatic accompaniment apparatus. This eliminates the need for manual configuration or complex setup procedures, as the instrument itself supplies the necessary information for the apparatus to adapt to it.
Solution Approach 2:
The automatic accompaniment apparatus is designed with universal functionality to work with various types of external electronic musical instruments. By acquiring list information from the connected instrument, the apparatus can adapt to different instrument types, models, and data formats, making it compatible with a wide range of devices without requiring instrument-specific customization.
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AI summary
An automatic accompaniment apparatus that enables an external electronic musical instrument connected thereto to exhibit its accompaniment information generating capability to the maximum and makes it possible to set tone color data and accompaniment data adapted to the external electronic musical instrument through the automatic accompaniment apparatus. The external electronic musical instrument stores in advance a plurality of tone color data and/or a plurality of accompaniment data and generates accompaniment information based on the selected tone color data and/or accompaniment data. List information on the stored tone color data and/or the accompaniment data is acquired via a control interface that connects to the external electronic musical instrument and carries out transmission and reception of information to and from the external electronic musical instrument, and the acquired list information is presented to a user. Control information for causing the external electronic musical instrument to set tone color data and/or accompaniment data selected by the user from the presented list information is transmitted to the external electronic musical instrument via the control interface.