JP3470596B2 - Information display method and recording medium on which information display program is recorded - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display method for displaying an image on an automatic performance device or the like by a programmed computer and a recording medium on which the information display program is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art One piece of music data to be played by an automatic performance device or the like is usually composed of a plurality of performance parts. In addition, there is also known an automatic performance device capable of performing performance using accompaniment style data. In this case, the accompaniment style part is displayed, for example, by showing which kind of accompaniment style (or section) is used and what chord progression is given to the accompaniment style data. There is. The volume of each performance part is displayed on the fader display section, and the velocity value is displayed on an independent velocity display section.
Further, the mute state of each performance part is displayed on the mute display section.

[0003]

As described above, in the screen display in the conventional automatic performance device, regarding the accompaniment style part, what kind of accompaniment style is used,
It was only displayed and was dull. Also,
What kind of instrument is used for each performance part,
There was a problem that it was not possible to tell at a glance whether or not each performance part was muted. Further, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand how to perform the operation for each performance part.

Therefore, the present invention provides an information display method in which the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part can be seen at a glance, and the musical instrument set for each performance part can be seen at a glance. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display method with improved operability that is easy for beginners to handle, and can perform various operations by operating the displayed icon. Another object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium in which an information display program for executing the above information display method is recorded.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the information display method of the present invention displays a performance part with a musical instrument player icon consisting of a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, When you move the instrument player icon to the display area of the stage,
When the musical performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon is in a soundable state and the musical instrument player icon is moved to the display area of the dressing room, the musical performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon is muted, and the stage corresponding to the musical instrument player icon is displayed. / The soundable state / mute state of the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon is set according to the operation of moving between dressing rooms. Another information display method of the present invention that can achieve the above object is to display a plurality of performance parts with a musical instrument player icon composed of a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the performance parts. , Multiple performances included in the accompaniment style part of the performance parts
First table with multiple instrument player icons showing parts
The musical instrument player icon displayed in the display mode and showing a plurality of performance parts included in the normal performance part of the performance parts is different from the first display mode.
Displayed in 2 display modes and included in the accompaniment style part
Multiple performance parts are assigned under the first display mode
Displayed with an instrument player icon containing the selected instrument,
The multiple performance parts included in the normal performance part are
Musical instrument play including musical instruments assigned under the display mode
Each playing part is
Assigned to the instrument and the performance included in the normal performance part.
Performance part or performance part included in accompaniment style part
Are identifiable .

Furthermore, still another information display method of the present invention that can achieve the above object includes at least a performance part and a musical instrument assigned to the performance part.
A musical instrument player icon having a pattern is displayed, and a plurality of performance parts of the performance parts constitute a set of accompaniment style parts, and the musical instrument player icon indicating one accompaniment style part is moved in response to the operation. A predetermined process corresponding to the moving operation is performed on the musical performance part of the musical instrument player icon and the musical performance part of the musical instrument player icon remaining in the set of accompaniment style parts.

Furthermore, still another information display method of the present invention that can achieve the above object is to perform each performance part.
In the volume level display section that displays the volume of, the display mode of the display section that indicates the volume level of the playing part in which the part icon is displayed in the stage area is the same as that of the playing part in which the part icon is displayed in the dressing room area. You may make it a display mode different from the display mode of the display part which shows a volume level.

In order to achieve the above object, the recording medium on which the information display program of the present invention is recorded has each performance part and a small number of musical instruments assigned to the performance part.
A display step of displaying an instrument player icon consisting of symbols including the at Ku, the instrument player icon displayed on the screen, when the moved operation of <br/> the display area of the stage, is the instrument player icon and performing a process of a performance part shown in sound state, when the instrument player icon moves operated backstage of the display area, and performing the process of the performance part indicated by the instrument player icon muted equipped with, before
Stage / dressing room for musical instrument player icon
The musical instrument player icon is displayed according to the moving operation.
A process to set the sound enable / mute status of the performance part
Information display program for executing management on a computer is recorded.

Further, on the recording medium in which the information display program of the present invention is recorded, each performance part is displayed with a musical instrument player icon composed of a pattern including at least the musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and a plurality of display steps are provided. When a moving operation is performed on one musical instrument player icon in the accompaniment style part consisting of the musical performance part, a predetermined process corresponding to the moving operation is performed on the musical playing part indicated by the musical instrument player icon. The computer executes one step and a second step of performing a predetermined process corresponding to the moving operation on the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon remaining in the accompaniment style part when the process in the first step is performed. The information display program to be recorded is recorded.

According to the present invention as described above, since the musical instrument player icon composed of the pattern for playing the musical instrument assigned to each musical performance part displays each musical performance part, the musical instrument set for each musical performance part is displayed. Can be seen at a glance, and the display screen can have an excellent appearance. Further, the musical instrument player icons of the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part are made different from each other in the display mode such as the clothing color of the player, so that the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part can be seen at a glance.
Further, when processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating any one of the set of accompaniment style parts, the same processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating the remaining accompaniment style parts, thus improving operability. You can Furthermore, by moving the performance part to the dressing room area, the performance part is muted. Therefore, it is possible to solve the trouble of selecting all the accompaniment style parts and to operate it even for beginners. Is easier to understand.

Further, according to the present invention, in the display mode of the volume level, a normal performance part and an accompaniment style part, a selected performance part and a non-selected performance part, a performance part on the stage area and a performance on the dressing room area. Since the display mode is different for the part, the situation can be identified at a glance, and the operability can be further improved. Furthermore, because the level meter that displays the velocity value by dividing the volume level display icon and the reference position into multiple parts, both can be displayed in a narrow display area, and the volume of the output sound can be increased. You can easily recognize the level.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an example of a hardware configuration for executing an information display program which is an embodiment of an information display method of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a central processing unit (Centra) that controls the overall operation of the hardware configuration.
l Processing Unit: CPU), and 2 is a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which programs such as an automatic performance program including the information display program of the present invention executed by the CPU 1 and various data are stored. Reference numeral 3 denotes a RAM in which a storage area for various data such as song data read from a recording medium and a work area for the CPU 1 are set.
(Random Access Memory) 4 is a timer that indicates elapsed time during operation and generates a timer interrupt at a specific interval, and is used for time management such as automatic accompaniment, envelope control, effect control, and the like. An external storage device 5 stores various application programs such as an automatic performance program, such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and an FDD (Flopp).
y Disk Drive), CD (Compact Disk) -ROM, MO
(Magneto Optical Disk), DVD (Digital Versatil)
e Disk) or the like.

6 is a MIDI interface with another MIDI device 7.
MIDI interface (MI
DI I / F) and 7 are other MIDI devices such as MIDI compatible sequencers and electronic musical instruments. Reference numeral 8 denotes a communication interface for connecting to a server (computer) 10 via a communication network 9 such as a telephone line to a LAN (Local Area Network) such as Ethernet (ethernet) or the Internet. It is possible to receive application software such as an automatic performance program provided with the information display program of the invention and various data. Reference numeral 11 denotes a mouse which is a pointer device for operating a pointer displayed on the screen, and data when the mouse 11 is moved or clicked is detected by the detection circuit 12 and sent to the bus 19. Reference numeral 13 denotes a plurality of switches provided on a panel or the like. Switch information when the switch 13 is operated is detected by the detection circuit 14 and sent to the bus 19. 15 is when the automatic performance program is started,
The information display program of the present invention is executed to display various windows for setting automatic performance, editing and inputting musical tone data, and the like.

Reference numeral 16 is a tone generator circuit for generating musical tones based on tone control data of a plurality of tone generation channels stored in the tone generator register, and 17 is generated by the tone generator circuit 16 based on effect control data for controlling effectors. It is an effect circuit that adds effects such as reverb, chorus, and variations to the musical tone data. Reference numeral 18 is a sound system for amplifying and producing an analog musical tone signal converted into an analog signal output from the effect circuit 17.
Reference numeral 19 is a bus that connects the blocks to each other.

The above hardware configuration is similar to that of a personal computer or workstation. In the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 1, when the automatic performance program including the information display program of the present invention is activated to perform automatic performance, performance data is loaded into the RAM 3 via the external storage device 5 and the communication interface 8. Next, the performance parts to be automatically played and the accompaniment style are set. This setting is performed by selecting a menu or a predetermined object displayed in the window displayed on the display device 15 with the pointer, clicking the button of the mouse 11, or dragging the object by operating the mouse 11. be able to. This setting information is stored in the RAM 3. Then, by operating the control button displayed on the display device 15, the automatic performance can be started in the desired setting state.

The automatic performance program can edit, create, and record performance data in addition to automatic performance. An automatic performance program having such a function is generally called sequencer software. Has been. Next, the features of the information display method of the present invention will be described with reference to the display mode of the display device 15 when the automatic performance program having the information display program of the present invention is activated. FIG. 11 shows one display mode displayed on the display device 15 by the information display method of the present invention. According to the information display method of the present invention, either the display screen of the stage or the display screen of the dressing room can be displayed, and the display screen of the stage is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 11, for example, the number of performance parts is 1.
There are 6 parts, and the stage 50 is provided with 5 normal playing parts of part 1, part 4, part 5, part 7 and part 8 and 8 accompaniment style parts consisting of parts 9 to 16. . And Part 2, Part 3, Part 6 that remains in the dressing room not shown
The three normal performance parts are arranged. These one
Each of the performance parts of 6 is represented by an instrument player icon 30 as shown in the figure, and the number attached to each instrument player icon 30 represents the part number. These musical instrument player icons 30 are represented by the pattern of the player who plays the musical instrument assigned to the performance part. However, the musical instrument player icon 30 may be a pattern of only the musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and hereinafter, the musical instrument player icon 30 will be referred to as a “musical instrument player icon” including the case of being represented by only the musical instrument. The pattern of this musical instrument is roughly classified by musical instrument type such as piano type, organ type, guitar type, and the type of musical instrument can be selected by the edit mode or by double-clicking the left button of the mouse 11. be able to. Also,
The musical instrument player icon 30 of the normal performance part and the musical instrument player icon 30 of the accompaniment style part are displayed in different display modes as shown in the figure so that the normal performance part and the accompaniment style part can be identified at a glance. ing. In this case, different display modes include different clothes of the two, different colors of the player and the musical instrument, and different sizes of the musical instrument player icon 30.

The part indicated by the musical instrument player icon 30 arranged in the dressing room is in the mute state, and the musical sound of the part is not sounded. By operating the mouse 11 on the display screen shown in FIG.
8 is, for example, the musical instrument player icon 30 of Part 8
When the button is clicked in accordance with, the musical instrument player icon 30 is surrounded by a rectangular frame, indicating that part 8 is selected. This makes it part 8
You will be able to configure settings for. The menu icon 55 displayed at the lower left of the display screen is expanded to pull-down menus such as new creation, file opening, printing, saving, and help. The process is executed. Also, what is displayed in the lower center of the display screen is a volume / velocity display section 52 showing the volume and velocity level of each performance part of the 16 performance parts. In this case, since the parts 2, 3 and 6 are not placed on the stage 50 but placed in the dressing room and in the mute state, their volume and velocity levels are erased.

Further, a control button 53 is displayed at the lower right of the display screen. This control button 5
3 has a top button that returns the playing position to the top of the song, a play / stop button, a REC button that records external MIDI input, a REC button that records audio input, and a solo button that specifies the solo performance of the selected part. Has been. Furthermore, a master volume display 54 is displayed at the lower right of the display screen, and a screen switching icon 57 having an arrow design is provided above the master volume display 54. When the pointer 58 is moved to the screen switching icon 57 and the mouse button is clicked, the display screen of the dressing room shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Further, a plurality of accompaniment style icons 51 are displayed at the left end of the display screen shown in FIG. 11, and the pointer 58 is moved to the desired accompaniment style icon 51 of the accompaniment style icons 51, and the stage is moved by the mouse 11. By dragging it onto 50, eight musical instrument player icons of eight parts that make up the accompaniment style are displayed simultaneously.

On the display screen of the dressing room shown in FIG.
A stage 50 and a dressing room 56 are displayed. In the illustrated case, the stage 50 has five normal performance parts, that is, part 1, part 4, part 5, part 7, and part 8, and the dressing room 56 has Part 2, not shown
Eight accompaniment style parts including three normal playing parts of parts 3 and 6 and parts 9 to 16 in which only 6 out of 8 parts are displayed are arranged. The explanation of FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 is given in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the outline of the display of the display device 15 shown in (b). In the information display method of the present invention, by operating the screen switching icon 57, the stage 5 shown in FIG.
0 or the display screen of the dressing room 56 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed, and the display screen of FIG.
In (b), it is the display screen of the dressing room 56.

On the display screen of the dressing room shown in FIG. 4A, the display area of the stage 50 and the display area of the dressing room 56 are separately displayed as shown in FIG. The meaning of the stage 50 and the dressing room 56 is that when the musical instrument player icon 30 is arranged on the stage 50, the musical sound of the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon 30 can be output, and when the musical instrument player icon 30 is arranged on the dressing room 56, The performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon 30 is in a mute state, and the musical sound of the performance part is not output. That is, when the musical instrument player icon 30 is moved to the dressing room 56, mute processing is performed on the performance part. By arranging the stage 50 or the dressing room 56 in this way, it is possible to specify for each part whether or not to mute, and it is possible to determine at a glance whether or not the performance part is muted. it can.

The accompaniment style part consisting of 8 parts 9 to 16 is set as one set, and the process of muting or not is processed as one set of 8 parts.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, move the pointer 58 to the musical instrument player icon 30 of the part number 13 located on the stage 50, click the mouse button to select it, and drag and drop it to the dressing room 56. It is assumed that the musical instrument player icon 30 of part number 13 is moved. Then, the musical instrument player icon 30 of the remaining 7 parts of the accompaniment style part also moves to the dressing room 56 as shown in FIG. 4B. As a result, all of the eight accompaniment style parts are muted by one operation. Therefore, operability can be improved. The eight accompaniment style parts, which are one set, are parts such as a rhythm part, a rhythmic chord part, a pad chord part, and a phrase part.
To stop using the accompaniment style that has been used until then, an accompaniment style non-use button (not shown) is operated. This button may be displayed as an icon on the screen.

Returning to FIG. 11, the volume / velocity display section 52 will be described with reference to FIG. 5 (a). Figure 5
In (a), the display portions of part 11 and part 12 in the volume / velocity display portion 52 are shown enlarged.
In Part 11 and Part 12 shown in FIG. 5A, the round pattern on the top is a volume level display icon 60 indicating the volume level, and the volume of the part is set to increase as going upward from the reference position at the lower end. It Therefore, in the case shown in FIG. 5A, the volume of part 11 is set to be higher than the volume of part 12. The volume level display icon 60 and the lower end reference position are equally divided into level meters 61-1 and 61-2 of 0 to 127. Since the velocity value is displayed by the level meters 61-1 and 61-2, the velocity level according to the set volume level is displayed, and the actually sounded volume level is the level meter 61. -1,
61-2 will be displayed. Further, since the volume level and velocity are displayed in one display area, the state can be seen at a glance. A part number section 62 showing the part number is displayed at the bottom.

In the volume / velocity display section 52 shown in FIG. 5A, the scale intervals in the level meters 61-1 and 61-2 for displaying the velocity are defined as the volume level display icon 60 and the reference position at the lower end. Although it is changed according to the size of the interval of, it is not limited to this, and FIG.
As shown in (b), the scale intervals in the level meters 61-1 and 61-2 may be fixed scale intervals, regardless of the size of the interval between the volume level display icon 60 and the reference position at the lower end. Furthermore, the level meters 61-1 and
The scale intervals in 61-2 may be unequal,
For example, the interval may be reduced as it goes up like a logarithmic function.

If part 8 is selected as shown in FIG. 11, the musical instrument player icon 30 of part 8 is selected.
Is surrounded by a rectangular frame and displayed, and the display mode of Part 8 in the volume / velocity display unit 52 is changed. This different display mode, changing the color,
It is designed to change the fill pattern and brightness. With the part 8 selected, the volume level of the part 8 can be reset by operating the mouse 11 and dragging the volume level display icon 60 of the part 8 of the volume / velocity display portion 52.
Furthermore, in the volume / velocity display section 52, the stage 5
The display mode is different between the performance part located at 0 and the performance part located at the dressing room. As different display modes, the color is changed, the filling pattern and the brightness are changed.

Next, FIG. 2 shows the structure of one piece of song data stored in the RAM 3. Song data is part 1
Or 16 tracks consisting of musical instrument type information and performance data for each of the 16 parts of part 16, a master track for tempo information, time signature information, chord progression information, accompaniment style information, section switching information, etc., and accompaniment style data It consists of usage / non-use information and management data such as whether each part is located on the stage or in the dressing room. Alternatively, a dressing room storage area and a stage storage area may be created in place of the management data, and the storage area may be sorted and stored in any one of the storage areas according to the state of each performance part. The structure of accompaniment style data is shown in FIG. The accompaniment style data is composed of 8 parts, that is, parts 9 to 16, and the data of each part is composed of musical instrument type information and performance data of one or several measures that are repeatedly performed. Further, when using the accompaniment style, eight parts of parts 9 to 16 of the song data are replaced with the accompaniment style data.

In the default state when newly creating song data, the accompaniment style data is "not used".
And some normal performance parts, for example, part 1-
Part 4 and part 10 are defined as “on stage”, and the remaining normal performance parts are defined as “in the dressing room”. In addition, note data is not created simply by creating a new part or moving each part “on stage” or “backstage”. To create the note data, it is necessary to record / edit the note data by a recording / editing function (not shown). However, the accompaniment style data is selected from a large number of data recorded in advance, and the accompaniment style parts 9 to 16 can be played only by setting the accompaniment style to "use".

Further, the performance data is composed of, for example, note data composed of note numbers, velocities, and gate times, event data of volume data and expression data for controlling volume, and timing data of their generation. In this case, the volume data is mainly recorded before the beginning (first appearing) note event of the song data and is used for balance adjustment between parts. The expression data is data for controlling the volume and is mainly recorded in the middle of the song data and is used for time variation control of the volume in the part. The actual volume control value is the volume data. It is a value that considers both the expression data.

Next, the procedure of the information display method of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the accompaniment style drag and drop process. In this process, the accompaniment style setting and the process associated with the setting are performed. When a predetermined accompaniment style icon among the accompaniment style icons 51 shown in FIG. 11 is dragged and dropped onto the stage 50 or the like, the accompaniment style drag and drop process is activated, and the accompaniment style icon dragged and dropped in step S10 is displayed. The eight musical instrument player icons 30 corresponding to the accompaniment styles shown in different costumes from the normal performance part are shown in FIG.
1 is displayed on the stage 50. In this case, if any accompaniment style is set before that and the 8-part instrument player icon 30 of the accompaniment style is displayed on the stage 50, the 8-part instrument player icon 30 is deleted and dragged instead. An & accompaniment style 8-part musical instrument player icon 30 is displayed.

Next, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the accompaniment style has been used so far. If the accompaniment style has not been used so far and a new accompaniment style is used, the process proceeds to step S12. The “accompaniment style use / non-use” information in the management data shown in 2 is set to “use”. Further, in step S13, the display color of the eight accompaniment style parts, that is, parts 9 to 16 in the volume / velocity display section 52 is changed to the display color for the accompaniment style, and the process proceeds to step S15. Further, when the accompaniment style has been used so far, it is determined in step S14 whether or not the accompaniment style parts 9 to 16 are located in the dressing room 56.
Here, when parts 9 to 16 are located in the dressing room 56, the process proceeds to step S15, the accompaniment style part of parts 9 to 16 of the management data is set to "on stage", and the process proceeds to step S16.

If part 9 to part 16 are not located in the dressing room 56, the process branches to step S16 to read the volume data before the first note data of each part of the accompaniment style data, It is set on the velocity display section 52. This allows for parts 9 to 16
The volume level display icon 60 of is displayed at a position corresponding to the volume data. When the process of step S16 ends, the process returns and the accompaniment style drag and drop process ends.

Next, the musical instrument player icon selection processing that is activated when the mouse button is clicked on the musical instrument player icon 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the mouse button is clicked on the musical instrument player icon 30, the musical instrument player icon 30 selected in step S20 is surrounded by a rectangular frame,
The process of setting the selected state is performed. Then, step S2
At 1, the display color of the part corresponding to the selected musical instrument player in the volume / velocity display section 52 is changed for selection and returned. As a result, the musical instrument player icon selection process ends. In the above musical instrument player icon selection processing, the musical instrument player icon 30 to be selected is not limited to one, and a plurality of musical instrument player icons 30 may be selected. It becomes possible to perform.

Next, the accompaniment style non-use processing which is activated when the accompaniment style non-use button in the menu (not shown) is operated will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the accompaniment style non-use button is operated, the "accompaniment style use / non-use" information of the management data is set to "non-use" in step 30. Next, in step S31, the musical instrument player icon 30 of the accompaniment style part is erased, and in step S32, the information of parts 9 to 16 of the management data is set to "in the dressing room". However, parts 9 to 16 are normal performance parts. Further, in step S33, it is determined whether or not the current display screen is the dressing room screen. If it is determined that the current dressing screen is the dressing room screen, in step S34, the musical instrument player icon 30 indicating parts 9 to 16 is used for the normal playing part. Is displayed in the dressing room 56 and the process proceeds to step S35.

Even if the current display screen is not the dressing room screen, the process proceeds to step S35, and the display colors of the eight normal performance parts 9 to 16 in the volume / velocity display section 52 become the display colors of the dressing room. Be changed. Next, in step S36, the eight parts 9 to 1 located in the dressing room 56 in the volume / velocity display section 52.
The volume level display icon 60 of 6 and the display of the level meter for velocity are erased, and the process is returned. As a result, the accompaniment style non-use process ends.

Next, on the dressing room screen, the selected musical instrument player icon 30 is moved from the stage 50 to the dressing room 56.
The process of moving the stage ← → dressing room, which is started when dragging and dropping from the dressing room 56 to the stage 50, will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9. The selected musical instrument player icon 30 is moved from the stage 50 to the dressing room 56, or from the dressing room 56 to the stage 5
When dragged and dropped to 0, it is determined in step S40 whether the selected musical instrument player icon 30 is the accompaniment style musical instrument player icon 30.
Here, the musical instrument player icon 30 for accompaniment style
If it is determined that the remaining seven musical instrument player icons 30 of the accompaniment style are also selected in step S41, the process proceeds to step S42, and in step S42, it is determined whether or not the movement is from the “stage” to the “dressing room”. Is determined.

When it is determined that the stage 50 moves to the dressing room 56, the selected musical instrument player icon 30 is displayed in the "dressing room" in step S43, and the management data selection status is displayed in step S44. The information of each part corresponding to the musical instrument player icon 30 is set to “in the dressing room”. When it is determined that the player moves from the dressing room 56 to the stage 50, the musical instrument player icon 30 in the selected state is displayed on the “stage” in step S45, and step S46.
Musical instrument player icon 3 with management data selected
The information of each part corresponding to 0 is “on stage”.
Next, in step S47, the volume / velocity display unit 5
The display color in 2 is changed to the display color for the part that is "on stage" and the display color for the part that is "in the dressing room". Then, step S4
In step 8, the volume data before the first note data of the part “on stage” is read out and set in the volume / velocity display section 52. Further, the display of the volume level display icon 60 and the velocity level meter of the part in the dressing room 56 in the volume / velocity display section 52 is erased and the process is returned. This completes the process of moving the stage ← → dressing room.

Next, FIG. 10 shows a reproduction process executed every predetermined time (for example, 96 times per quarter note) according to the tempo after the reproduction button in the control buttons displayed on the screen is operated. This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown. When the reproduction button is operated and the predetermined time corresponding to the tempo is reached, the current timing is updated in step S50, and the reproduction position of the performance data is advanced by the predetermined time. Next, in step S51, the counter value N corresponding to the part number is set to "1". This allows
Preparation for the process for Part 1 is completed, and it is determined in step S52 whether Part N (= 1) is "on stage". Here, when the part 1 is on the stage, it is determined in step S53 whether or not the part N (= 1) has reached the event occurrence timing. If the part 1 has reached the event occurrence timing, Proceeds to step S54.

In step S54, it is determined whether or not the event that has reached the event occurrence timing is a note event, and if it is a note event, step S55.
At, a sound source parameter based on the note information and velocity information in the note event is given to the sound source circuit 16 to give a sounding instruction. Further, in step S56, part N (= 1)
The velocity value of part N (= 1) is displayed on the level meter in consideration of the volume level set to. Also,
If it is determined in step S54 that it is not a note event, it is determined in step S57 whether or not it is a volume event, and if it is a volume event, the process proceeds to step S58. In step S58, the display position of the volume level display icon 60 of the part N (= 1) in the volume / velocity display section 52 is corrected to the newly set volume level. Further, in step S59, the tone generator circuit 16 is instructed to newly set the volume level.

Furthermore, if it is determined in step S57 that the event is not a volume event (for example, if it is an expression), the sound source circuit 1 is executed in step S60.
The content of the event (for example, the value of the expression) is designated in 6. Next, in step S61, the value of the counter corresponding to the part number is incremented by "1" to N = 2, and in step S62 it is determined whether N is 17 or more. In this case, N = 2, so N
When it is determined to be O, the process returns to step S52. In addition, when the part N (= 1) is not determined to be “on stage” in step S52, and when the part N (=) is determined in step S53.
In the case of 1), when it is determined that the event occurrence timing has not been reached, the process branches to step S61 and the above-described processing is performed. In step S52 to step S62 to be executed again, N = 2, that is, the same processing as the above-described processing for part 2 is performed, and the same processing as the above-described processing for part 16 is performed repeatedly. The process of S62 is performed. Then, when the above-described processing for the part 16 is completed, YES is determined in step S62 and the process is returned. As a result, the reproduction process ends.

In the above description of the flowchart, it is explained that the musical instrument player icons of the normal performance part and the accompaniment style part are displayed in different clothes. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the player and The display mode may be changed by changing the color of the musical instrument, changing the size of the musical instrument player icon, or the like. Also, in the above explanation, when moving the musical instrument player icon of the performance part you want to mute to the dressing room,
Although the musical instrument player icon is moved from the stage to the dressing room by opening the dressing room screen shown in FIG. 12, the dressing room button is displayed on the stage screen shown in FIG. 11 and the musical instrument player icon is dragged to this dressing room button. You may make it move to the dressing room by & dropping.

Further, when the musical instrument player icon is selected, the selected state is displayed by enclosing it with a rectangular frame. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the musical instrument player icon is displayed by the outline to display the selected state. Good. Note that, while dragging the musical instrument player icon, only the musical instrument player icon in the selected state may be selectively displayed, and the musical instrument player icons of all parts of the accompaniment style part may be selectively displayed. . Furthermore, the process of performing the operation of all the accompaniment style parts by operating some instrument player icons of the accompaniment style part is not limited to the movement between the stage and the dressing room, but when the accompaniment style is not used. ,
For example, the present invention can be applied to the case where all the accompaniment style parts are collectively set outside the dressing room (not used) by dragging some musical instrument player icons to the outside of the dressing room.

Furthermore, the volume / velocity display section 52
Regarding, regarding the normal performance part and the accompaniment style part, on the stage and in the dressing room, the display color was made different in the selected state and the non-selected state, but by changing the elements other than the display color (fill pattern, brightness, etc.) Good. further,
Volume level display icon 60, level meter 61-1,
The display elements may be different for all of the velocity display portion and the part number portion 62 according to 61-2, or the display elements may be different for some of them. Furthermore, in the display on the velocity display section by the level meters 61-1 and 61-2, the expression value is not considered, but the velocity considering the expression may be displayed. Alternatively, the expression may be considered in the volume display. Further, the method of displaying the volume and the velocity display in the same display area as in the volume / velocity display unit 52 is not limited to the automatic performance but is applied to the volume and the velocity display in a single sound source module (hardware sound source or software sound source). can do.

In the present invention described above, the terms "stage" and "backstage" are used, but in the present invention, the "stage" means a display area in which a musical sound of a performance part is produced, The "backstage" means a display area in which the musical tone of the performance part is erased. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the names "stage" and "backstage", but "stage" instead of "stage".
As long as the meanings of "awaiting room" and the like in place of "backstage" are similar, any name may be used. In addition, the display area is not limited to the display area for the purpose of making the performance of the audience heard by the audience, but the display area for the practice location or the recording location, for example, the "recording room" and the "control room" in the recording studio. It may be in the form of.

By the way, the present invention may be in the form of automatic performance application software provided with an information display program, but is not limited to this, and may be in the form of an automatic performance device consisting of a personal computer and application software. In this case, this application software may be stored in a storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory and supplied to a personal computer, or may be supplied via a network. Furthermore, the information display method of the present invention can be applied to the display of each part of the accompaniment style in the karaoke device. Furthermore, the present invention may be applied to an electronic musical instrument such as an automatically-playing piano that can be played automatically. When applied to an electronic musical instrument, the musical instrument is not limited to a keyboard musical instrument, but may be a stringed instrument type, a wind instrument type, a percussion instrument type, or the like. Furthermore, the sound source device, the automatic performance device, etc. are not limited to those built in one electronic musical instrument, but they are separate devices, and are connected to each other using communication means such as MIDI or various networks. It may be.

The format of the performance data is the "event + relative time" method in which the time at which the performance event occurs is the time from the previous event, and the time at which the performance event occurs is the absolute time within the song or measure. "Event + Absolute time" method, "pitch and note length" or "rest and rest length" of performance data, "memory (rest) + note length" method, memory for each minimum resolution of performance The area may be secured and the performance event may be stored in a memory area corresponding to the time at which the performance event occurs. Further, the method of changing the tempo of the automatic performance can be any method such as a method of correcting the value of the timing data while keeping the cycle of the tempo clock, a method of changing the value of counting the timing data in one processing, and the like. It may be. Furthermore, the automatic performance data may have a format in which data of a plurality of channels are mixed, or may have a format in which the data of each channel is divided for each track.

Furthermore, the memory is not limited to one in which time-series performance data is stored in a continuous area,
Data scattered and stored in the scattered areas may be separately managed as continuous data. In this case, it is sufficient that the performance data can be managed as continuous data in time series, and it does not matter whether or not the performance data is continuously stored in the memory. Furthermore, the method of the tone generator circuit 16 according to the present invention may be any method such as a waveform memory method, an FM method, a physical model method, a high frequency synthesis method, a formant synthesis method, and a VCO + VCF + VCA analog synthesizer method. Further, the tone generator circuit 16 is not limited to one that configures the tone generator circuit by using dedicated hardware, and the tone generator circuit may be configured by using the DSP + microprogram, or the CPU +
The sound source circuit may be configured by a software program. Furthermore, the tone generator circuit 16 may be one in which a plurality of sound generation channels are formed by using one circuit in a time division manner, or one sound generation channel is constituted by one circuit. It may be.

The HDD that can constitute the external recording device 5 is a storage device for storing an automatic performance program including an information display program and various data. R
When the automatic performance program including the information display program is not stored in OM2, the automatic performance program including the information display program is stored in the hard disk of the HDD, and the information display program is stored in the ROM2 by reading it into the RAM3. The CPU 1 can be caused to perform the same operation as when an automatic performance program including is stored. By doing so, it is possible to easily add or upgrade the automatic performance program including the information display program. Further, the CD-ROM drive capable of constituting the external recording device 5 is a device for reading out an automatic performance program including an information display program and various data stored in a removable CD-ROM. The read automatic performance program including the information display program and various data can be stored in the hard disk in the HDD. Therefore, new installation or version upgrade of the automatic performance program including the information display program can be easily performed. In addition, this CD-R
In addition to the OM drive, the external storage device 5 includes a floppy disk device, a magneto-optical disk (MO) device, and a DV.
A device for using various removable media such as a D (digital multipurpose disc) device may be provided.

The communication interface 8 is connected to a communication network 9 such as a LAN (local area network), the Internet or a telephone line, and is connected to the server computer 10 via the communication network 9. This network is used to download the program and data from the server computer 10 when the automatic performance program including the information display program and various data are not stored in the ROM 2 or the hard disk device. In this case, the hardware configuration according to the present invention, which serves as a client, includes the server computer 10 via the communication interface 8 and the communication network 9.
Send a command requesting to download a program or data to. Upon receiving this command, the server computer 10 distributes the requested program and data to the musical performance apparatus of the present invention via the communication network 9, and the hardware configuration of the present invention has the communication interface 8
The download is completed by receiving these programs and data via the and storing them in the hard disk device.

[0049]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, since each musical performance part is displayed by the musical instrument player icon composed of a pattern for playing the musical instrument assigned to each musical performance part, each musical performance part is displayed. You can see at a glance which instruments are set to, and the display screen can be beautiful. Further, since the display styles such as the color of the player's clothes are different between the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part, the accompaniment style part and the normal performance part can be seen at a glance. Further, when processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating any one of the set of accompaniment style parts, the same processing is performed on the musical instrument player icon indicating the remaining accompaniment style parts, thus improving operability. You can Furthermore, by moving the performance part to the dressing room area, the performance part is muted. Therefore, it is possible to solve the trouble of selecting all the accompaniment style parts and to operate it even for beginners. Is easier to understand.

Further, in the present invention, in the display mode of the volume level, the normal performance part and the accompaniment style part, the selected performance part and the non-selected performance part, the performance part on the stage area and the performance on the dressing room area. Since the display mode is different for the part, the situation can be identified at a glance, and the operability can be further improved. Furthermore, because the level meter that displays the velocity value by dividing the volume level display icon and the reference position into multiple parts, both can be displayed in a narrow display area, and the volume of the output sound can be increased. You can easily recognize the level.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration in which an information display program that is an embodiment of an information display method of the present invention is executed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of one piece of song data according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a structure of accompaniment style data according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of a dressing room screen displayed on a display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing a display portion of parts 11 and 12 in the volume / velocity display unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flowchart of accompaniment style drag and drop processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flowchart of musical instrument player icon selection processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart of accompaniment style non-use processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a process of moving the stage ← → backstage according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a reproduction process according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a stage screen displayed on the display device when the automatic performance program according to the present invention is activated.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a dressing room screen displayed on the display device when the automatic performance program according to the present invention is activated.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU, 2 ROM, 3 RAM, 4 timer, 5
External storage device, 6 MIDI interface, 7
Other MIDI equipment, 8 communication interface, 9 communication network, 10 server computer, 11 mouse, 12 detection circuit, 13 switch, 14 detection circuit, 15 display device, 16 sound source circuit, 17 effect circuit, 18 sound system, 19 bus, 30 musical instrument player icon, 50 stage, 51 accompaniment style icon, 52 volume / velocity display section, 53
Control button, 54 master volume display section, 55 menu icon, 56 dressing room, 57 screen switching icon, 58 pointer, 59 screen switching icon, 60 volume level display icon, 61-1, 61-
2 level meter, 62 part number section

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Yuko Fukushima 10-1 Nakazawa-machi, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Yamaha Corporation (56) References JP-A-8-185165 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int .Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G10H 1/00-7/00 G10G 1/02

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A musical performance player is displayed with a musical instrument player icon having a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the musical performance part, and when the musical instrument player icon is moved to a display area of a stage, the musical instrument player is operated. When the musical performance part indicated by the icon becomes soundable and the musical instrument player icon is moved to the display area of the dressing room, the musical performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon is muted and the stage /
A method of displaying information, characterized in that a soundable state / mute state of a performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon is set according to a moving operation between dressing rooms. 2. A plurality of performance parts are displayed by a musical instrument player icon composed of a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and included in an accompaniment style part of the performance parts.
Multiple instrument player icons showing multiple playing parts
Is displayed in the first display mode, and the musical instrument player icon indicating a plurality of performance parts included in the normal performance part of the performance parts is displayed in the first display mode.
Are displayed in a different second display mode, and a plurality of performance parts included in the accompaniment style part are
Musical instrument program including musical instruments assigned under the display mode of 1.
It is displayed as a layer icon and is included in the normal performance part.
Multiple performance parts are assigned under the second display mode.
Displayed with an instrument player icon containing the selected instrument
The instrument assigned to each performance part
And the performance part or accompaniment style included in the normal performance part.
A performance information display method characterized in that it is possible to identify whether the performance part is included in the Rupert . 3. A performance part is displayed by a musical instrument player icon composed of a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and a plurality of performance parts of the performance parts constitute one accompaniment style part. In response to a movement operation of the musical instrument player icon indicating one accompaniment style part, a predetermined process corresponding to the movement operation remains in the musical instrument player icon performance part related to the movement operation and in one set of accompaniment style parts. An information display method characterized in that it is applied to the performance part of the musical instrument player icon. 4. A volume level display section for displaying the volume of each performance part, wherein the display mode of the display section for indicating the volume level of the performance part in which the part icon is displayed on the stage area is the part icon on the dressing room area. The information display method is characterized in that the display mode is different from the display mode of the display section showing the volume level of the performance part in which is displayed. 5. A display step of displaying each performance part with a musical instrument player icon composed of a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and the musical instrument player icon displayed on the screen.
When moving the operation in the display area of the stage, moving Misao and performing a process of a performance part indicated by the instrument player icon sound state, the instrument player icon backstage of the display area
When allowed to create, Bei and performing a process of a performance part indicated by the instrument player icon muted
Well , between the stage and dressing room for the musical instrument player icon
The musical instrument player icon is displayed according to the movement operation of
Setting the sound enable / mute status of the playing part
A recording medium that records an information display program that causes a computer to execute processing . 6. A display step of displaying each performance part by an instrument player icon composed of a pattern including at least a musical instrument assigned to the performance part, and one of accompaniment style parts composed of a plurality of performance parts.
When a moving operation is performed on one musical instrument player icon, a predetermined step corresponding to the moving operation is performed on the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon, and the processing in the first step is performed. And a second step of performing a predetermined process corresponding to the moving operation on the performance part indicated by the musical instrument player icon remaining in the accompaniment style part, and an information display program for causing a computer to execute the recording medium.