Information recording medium player for controlling musical devices using a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) format signal

Claim 1

An information recording medium player for reproducing an information recording medium having recorded thereon a main code representing a main information signal and a subcode representing a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) format signal, the player reproducing the information signal, and decoding the subcode to acquire the MIDI formal signal, the player outputting the MIDI format signal thus decoded so as to control a musical device connected to the player, the player comprising: detection means for detecting at least one channel message signal included in the MIDI format signal, said message signal identifying at least one channel number for which said channel message is to be output, and generating a select signal corresponding to said at least one channel number thus identified; and relay means for distributing the channel message signal in the MIDI format signal to at least one of a plurality of output terminals associated with said at least one channel number in accordance with the select signal from the detection means.