An audio playback apparatus, an automatic player musical instrument and a
voltage controller form an ensemble system for producing music tunes in
ensemble between the audio playback apparatus and the automatic player
musical instrument, and the voltage controller is responsive to a volume
control dial so as simultaneously to vary the loudness of electric tones
radiated from the audio playback apparatus and acoustic tones produced
through the automatic player musical instrument; when a user rotates the
voltage control dial, an audio signal and a quasi audio signal are
amplified, the audio signal is supplied to the sound system for
converting the audio signal to the electric tones, and the quasi audio
signal is demodulated to MIDI music data codes for changing the velocity
from the original value to a new value for producing the acoustic tones
or electronic tones through automatic playing or composition of waveform
data.