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

摘要

An information recording medium player which extracts a main code and a subcode from a read-out signal obtained by playing a recording medium; detects, as a select signal, an information bit signal in a MIDI format signal acquired by decoding the subcode, and distributes a channel message signal in the MIDI format signal to a plurality of output terminals in accordance with the select signal, thereby relatively increasing the data transfer rate.