Abstract: A distribution destination specifying device includes: a related information obtaining portion that obtains related information that indicates a relationship of a plurality of host devices that distribute content to be input, to a client device; a selection receiving portion that receives a selection of one host device among the plurality of host devices; a related host device identifying portion that identifies a related host device related to a selected host device to be selected by the selection receiving portion, based on the related information; and a distribution destination specifying screen display portion that displays a distribution destination specifying screen for specifying a client device as a distribution destination of content of each of the selected host device and the related host device.

Abstract: A synchronization setting device and a system include at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that implements the stored instructions to acquire first delay time to be set in a first distribution device for distributing first content data, and output the first delay time to the first distribution device or to a reproduction device that provides the first content data to the first distribution device.

Abstract: A distribution destination specifying device includes: a related information obtaining portion that obtains related information that indicates a relationship of a plurality of host devices that distribute content to be input, to a client device; a selection receiving portion that receives a selection of one host device among the plurality of host devices; a related host device identifying portion that identifies a related host device related to a selected host device to be selected by the selection receiving portion, based on the related information; and a distribution destination specifying screen display portion that displays a distribution destination specifying screen for specifying a client device as a distribution destination of content of each of the selected host device and the related host device.

Abstract: A synchronization setting device and a system include at least one memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that implements the stored instructions to acquire first delay time to be set in a first distribution device for distributing first content data, and output the first delay time to the first distribution device or to a reproduction device that provides the first content data to the first distribution device.

Abstract: A synchronous player system is used for recording an ensemble between an automatic player piano and an audio player and playback therebetween; while a user is playing on the automatic player piano in ensemble with the audio player, reference characteristic data of the performance is extracted from the audio music data, and are stored in a memory together with the event codes; when the user instructs the synchronous player system to reproduce the performance in ensemble with the same piece of music recorded in another compact disc, the synchronous player system extracts objective characteristic data from the audio data recorded in the other compact disc, finds differences through a correlation analysis, by way of example, and rescheduling the timing to reproduce the note events for synchronously controlling the automatic player piano and audio player.

Abstract: An automatic player piano is equipped with a recording system equipped with a sequencer, to which event data codes for note-on and note-off events and a digital external audio signal expressing singer's voice are supplied; the sequencer supplements duration data codes to the event data codes, and produces RIFF audio data codes expressing the voice; and respectively stores the event data codes and duration data codes and the RIFF audio data codes in a standard MIDI file and a RIFF file.

Abstract: An automatic player piano has a recorder for recording a performance into a music data file: when a set of music data codes expressing the performance is prepared, a file name is automatically assigned to the music data file through a subroutine program; while the subroutine program is running, the maximum integer, which forms a part of a file name already stored in a memory unit, is determined, and the integer next to the maximum integer is introduced into the file name in so far as the maximum integer is less than the limit of a numerical range, whereby the automatic player piano makes the order of creating the music data files clearly readable from the tile names: when the maximum integer is equal to the limit, a skipped integer is introduced into the file name, whereby the integers in the numerical range are economically reused.

Abstract: A synchronous player system is used for recording an ensemble between an automatic player piano and an audio player and playback therebetween; while a user is playing on the automatic player piano in ensemble with the audio player, reference characteristic data of the performance is extracted from the audio music data, and are stored in a memory together with the event codes; when the user instructs the synchronous player system to reproduce the performance in ensemble with the same piece of music recorded in another compact disc, the synchronous player system extracts objective characteristic data from the audio data recorded in the other compact disc, finds differences through a correlation analysis, by way of example, and rescheduling the timing to reproduce the note events for synchronously controlling the automatic player piano and audio player.