JP2936629B2 - Karaoke equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a karaoke apparatus, and more particularly, to a karaoke apparatus having a plurality of playback means.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a singer selects a song in karaoke, he or she looks at a list of song titles and singer names, or in addition to the lyrics of the singing portion, and finds a song that he or she knows. Judging whether or not the song can be sung, the song was selected.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, it is difficult to recall a song only by looking at the title of the song, the name of the singer, and the lyrics of the part where the song starts, and in an environment where another song is being played. There was a problem that sometimes.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and has as its object to provide a karaoke apparatus that can immediately remind a singer of a singer's song to be sung.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, a karaoke apparatus according to the present invention has a storage means for storing accompaniment music data and singing voice data, and a music piece designated by the input means. A first reproducing means for reproducing the accompaniment music data read from the storage means, and the storage means corresponding to a different music piece from the music piece reproduced by the first reproducing means specified by the input means; A second reproducing means for reproducing the singing voice data read from the, and during the output to the first output means of the accompaniment music data reproduced by the first reproducing means,
Control means for causing the second reproducing means to reproduce the singing voice data corresponding to the music designated by the input means and outputting the data to the second output means.

[Operation] According to the karaoke apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration,
The storage means stores the accompaniment music data and the singing voice data, and the first reproducing means reproduces the accompaniment music data read from the storage means corresponding to the music designated by the input means, and Reproducing means reproduces singing voice data read from the storage means corresponding to a different music piece from the music piece reproduced by the first reproducing means specified by the input means, and the control means comprises: While the accompaniment music data reproduced by the first reproducing means is being output to the first output means, the singing voice data corresponding to the tune designated by the input means is reproduced by the second reproducing means,
By causing the output to the second output means, the singer can immediately recall the song he wants to sing.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The karaoke apparatus includes an input unit 1 for inputting data of a song to be performed, a data storage device 2 as a data recording medium for storing performance data including accompaniment music data and singing voice data of a singer, and a data storage device 2. RAM (random access memory) 4 for temporarily storing the read data necessary for the normal karaoke operation, a reproducing unit 5 for reproducing the data, and a speaker 6 for outputting the reproduced data
A RAM 7 for temporarily storing the singer's singing voice data read from the data storage device 2, a singing voice data-dedicated reproducing unit 8 for reproducing the data, and a headphone 9 for outputting only the singing voice of the singer. And a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 3 for controlling processing such as data exchange between the components.

Next, the operation of the karaoke apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

First, a music piece and a reproduction method are designated from the input unit 1. There are two types of reproduction methods: normal karaoke operation and reproduction of only the singer's singing voice data. Further, in the normal karaoke operation, there are reproduction of only the accompaniment music data and reproduction of both the accompaniment music data and the singing voice data, and a total of three types can be designated. According to the designation, one of the following three types of processing is performed.

First, the reproduction method input from the input unit 1 is designated by a normal karaoke operation (step 1: NO, hereinafter referred to as S1: NO; other steps are the same), and only the accompaniment music data (S2: N
In the case of the reproduction of O), as shown in FIG. 2, the CPU 3 reads out only the accompaniment music data of the corresponding music from the data storage device 2 from the designation of the performance music inputted from the input unit 1 (S3).
3), and transfer the data to RAM4 (S4). The transferred data is reproduced by the reproduction unit 5 by the CPU 3 and output from the speaker 6 (S5).

Second, when the reproduction method is specified by the normal karaoke operation (S1: NO) and both the accompaniment music data and the singing voice data are reproduced (S2: YES), the CPU 3 is input from the input unit 1. From the specified music piece, the accompaniment music data of the music piece and the singing voice data of the singer are read from the data storage device 2 (S6), and the data is transferred to the RAM 4 (S7). The transferred data is reproduced by the reproduction unit 5 by the CPU 3 and output from the speaker 6 (S5).

Third, when the reproduction method is specified to reproduce only the singing voice data of the singer (S1: YES), the CPU 3 determines only the singing voice data of the corresponding tune from the specification of the performance tune inputted from the input unit 1. The data is read from the data storage device 2 (S8), and the data is transferred to the RAM 7 (S9). The transferred data is played back by the singing voice data playback unit 8 by the CPU 3 and output from the headphones 9 (S10). A person who wants to select a song can immediately hear only the singing voice of the singer who is singing the desired song from the headphones 9 without waiting for the prelude. The data output to the speakers 6 and the headphones 9 are stored in separate RAMs and have separate playback units, so that different songs can be played simultaneously, and a normal karaoke operation is performed. In between, you can hear the singing voice of another song.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the present embodiment, when both the accompaniment music data and the singing voice data are reproduced by a normal karaoke operation, the output is all the speaker 6, but another headphone is added as an output device, and the accompaniment music data is added. Can be output to the speaker 6 and to the headphones to which the singing voice data has been added, so that the singer can sing while listening to the singing voices with the headphones.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above, according to the present invention, the second reproducing means is provided in addition to the first reproducing means, and the performance reproduced by the first reproducing means is provided. During the output of the data to the first output means, the singing voice data reproduced by the second reproduction means is output to the second output means, so that the singer can immediately remind the singer of the song he wants to sing. An industrially remarkable effect is provided that a karaoke apparatus capable of being provided can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a karaoke apparatus, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the karaoke apparatus. In the figure, 1 is an input unit, 2 is a data storage device, 3 is a CPU, 4, 7
Is a RAM, 5 is a reproducing unit, 6 is a speaker, 8 is a singing voice data exclusive reproducing unit, and 9 is a headphone.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage means for storing accompaniment music data and singing voice data, and a first reproduction means for reproducing accompaniment music data read from the storage means corresponding to a music piece designated by an input means. A second reproducing means for reproducing the singing voice data read from the storage means in correspondence with a different music piece from the music piece reproduced by the first reproducing means designated by the input means; While the accompaniment music data reproduced by the one reproducing means is being output to the first output means, the singing voice data corresponding to the music designated by the input means is reproduced by the second reproducing means, A karaoke apparatus comprising: control means for outputting to a second output means.