JP5191336B2 - Sound system with group performance practice support function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an acoustic system having a group performance practice support function for performing performance practice in a group using performance sound output from a speaker.

  In recent years, a so-called karaoke box equipped with a karaoke apparatus is a soundproof room, and the practice of practicing group performances composed of a plurality of performance members using the soundproofing is increasing. A karaoke apparatus generally outputs performance sound from a speaker without basically producing singing voice, and a practice support method for efficiently practicing group performance is desired.

  Conventionally, a synthesizer sound source is built in a karaoke system, and various performances are possible with various digital data. In other words, each musical piece has instrument assignment data called a multi-channel performance data track that is assigned to the various musical instruments that make up the performance, so that the performance sound is output from the speaker for each desired channel. Can be made.

  In the above karaoke system, there is a technique proposed in the following patent document as a technique for performing performance practice. In the following patent document, when a musical piece is played based on reservation data, a musical instrument ID is registered in the user-specific designated musical instrument registration unit for each user ID, and corresponding to each musical instrument ID constituting the musical piece performance data. When the registered musical instrument ID is assigned to any of a plurality of channels each holding a plurality of sound source data, it has been proposed to reproduce the performance data without reproducing the corresponding sound source data.

JP 2007-193273 A

  However, in the above-mentioned patent document, since reservation of music is performed individually, when there are a plurality of performers, for example, each time a performance practice is performed, the members who are currently participating are confirmed, and each responsible instrument is assigned. There is a problem that a complicated work is required when practicing a plurality of performances.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an acoustic system that favorably supports group performance practice without forcing a member to specify a musical instrument for each member of the performance group.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention of claim 1, music is composed of data assigned by a plurality of musical instruments, and the performance sound of the assigned musical instrument of the selected music is music based on the data of the music. The performance control unit outputs from the speaker, and takes charge of each user ID and the musical instrument used in the music for each music by group ID of a group composed of user IDs of a plurality of users. An acoustic system having a group performance practice support function including a performer management table registered in association with the musical instrument ID of the musical instrument to be performed, comprising a non-musical instrument determination means and a musical instrument volume control means, wherein the non-musical instrument determination The means refers to the performer management table, and the system selects a music piece selected based on the group ID specified by the user ID currently logged in. When played, the instrument assigned to each logged-in user ID is determined as a non-musical instrument among all the musical instruments assigned to the music, and the instrument volume control means determines the determination. In addition, the music performance control unit is controlled to silence the performance sound of the silent device in the output state from the speaker.

In the inventions of claim 2 and claim 3, “the musicless instrument determination means is the player among all musical instruments assigned to the musical piece to be played in addition to the instrument determined to be the musicless instrument. It is a configuration in which instruments other than instruments associated with all user IDs registered as a group in the management table are determined to be non-musical instruments,
“At least one of a performance key and a tempo is registered in association with the music registered in the performer management table, and the music performance controller is determined to be the non-musical instrument when the music is played. The performance sound of a musical instrument other than the musical instrument is output from the speaker in correspondence with at least one of the associated key and tempo.

  According to the present invention, the player management table in which each user ID and the musical instrument ID of the musical instrument in charge of the music piece are associated and registered for each music piece for each group ID composed of a plurality of user IDs. When the music selected based on the group ID is played, the user ID of each user ID who is currently logged in is referred to the player management table among all the musical instruments assigned to the music. By determining that the musical instrument to be played is a non-musical instrument and making the determined performance sound of the non-musical instrument silent in the output state from the speaker, at least the performance sound of the musical instrument to which each logged-in user is in charge Since the performance is silent without the need for designated work, there is no need to force each member of the performance group to designate a musical instrument, and the entire group may or may not be available. It is those that can be considered as practice form as it was played in all suitably support the performance practice of the group.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the acoustic system of the present invention is applied to a karaoke system. However, the present invention can be applied not only to karaoke but also to a music playback system that does not output vocal audio or video.

  FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of a karaoke system according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram of a network when this system is configured using a communication network, FIG. 1B is a schematic block diagram of a host device, and FIG. 1C is a registration of a player management table. It is explanatory drawing of the content.

  In FIG. 1A, the host device 11 manages a predetermined number of karaoke performance terminals 13 (13A to 13N) via the communication network 12 as a part of the karaoke system, It is connected so that it can be exchanged freely. The communication network 12 includes, for example, a general public telephone line, an ADSL using the same, an optical communication line, the Internet, and a LAN, and a VPN constructed on the Internet is preferable.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the host device 11 includes at least a transmission / reception means 21, a control means 22, a group registration update means 23, and a performer management table 24. The transmission / reception means 21 is, for example, a physical communication circuit or platform for consistency with the communication system of the communication network 12 in order to perform communication (data exchange) with each karaoke performance terminal 13 (13A to 13N). It is configured by software such as.

  The control means 22 controls the host device 11 in an integrated manner, and is a physical CPU, for example, and performs algorithm processing of a program stored in a ROM (not shown). The group registration updating means 23 designates a group name and a group ID based on a plurality of user IDs from a predetermined karaoke performance terminal 13, and assigns each user ID to each user ID for each song (music ID). When data of a performance instrument (performance instrument ID) is transmitted, it is newly registered in the performer management table 25 if new, and if already registered, for example, a member of a group or a responsible instrument is registered. Make changes, additions and deletions.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 1 (C), the performer management table 25 includes each user ID and the corresponding song for each song for each group ID of a group constituted by the user IDs of a plurality of users. Are registered in association with the musical instrument ID of the musical instrument in charge.

  Next, FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the karaoke performance terminal in the karaoke system of the present invention, FIG. 3 shows an explanatory diagram of the music performance instrument management table and the instrument ID management table of FIG. 2, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a reservation queue in FIG. In FIG. 2, the karaoke performance terminal 13 includes a display unit 32, a mixing amplifier 33, a microphone 34, and a speaker 35 that are externally connected to a karaoke performance device 31 as a main device by wire or wirelessly. A remote input / output terminal 36 is connected by wire or wireless.

  The display unit 32 displays normal music selection display, video during karaoke performance, and lyrics telop. For example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display (PDP), and other various displays can be employed. The mixing amplifier 33 mixes multi-channel analog performance data for each musical instrument, which will be described later, sent from the karaoke performance device 31, and mixes and amplifies the audio signal from the microphone 34 and outputs it from the speaker 35. To do.

  The remote input / output terminal 36 transmits / receives data to / from the karaoke performance apparatus 31 by using a wired system or a wireless system (IR system, Bluetooth (registered trademark) mechanism piconet connection system, etc.) by a terminal transmission / reception unit (not shown). Therefore, a music search music selection means 37, a group performance registration update means 38, and a terminal display unit 39 are provided as appropriate.

  The music search / music selection means 37 is a program for searching and selecting music based on a user ID or group ID by a user interface function described later. These selected music pieces are registered by appropriately attaching a music selector (user ID or group ID) to a reservation queue (58) described later.

  The terminal display unit 39 can be used for input / output by laminating a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch sensor, and can input data such as music selection by the touch sensor corresponding to displayed icons and the like. It has a GUI user interface function. The remote input / output terminal 36 is equipped with means for identifying a user (not shown), and acquires the user ID from the user who requested the login to identify the user. The identification of the user is based on, for example, acquisition of a user ID from an IC card possessed by the user, input of a user ID or password, biometric authentication such as a voice print or a fingerprint. The karaoke performance device 31 may be provided with means for identifying the user.

  The karaoke performance device 31 includes a bus 41, a central control unit 42, a ROM 43, a RAM 44, a storage unit 45, a video reproduction control unit 46, a music performance control unit 47, a group-specific player information acquisition unit 48, and a non-musical instrument determination unit 49. The musical instrument volume control means 50 and the transmission / reception units 51 and 52 are provided as appropriate. The storage unit 45 stores a music DB 53, a video DB 54, a music performance instrument management table 55, and a musical instrument ID management table 56. The RAM 44 stores storage areas for group-specific player management tables 57 and a reservation queue 58. Is formed. In addition, even if it is an element part which is not directly related to the summary of this invention about each said structure, in order to show that most can be applied also in the conventional karaoke apparatus, the whole apparatus is demonstrated.

  The central control unit 42 is a physical CPU that performs overall processing control of the system, and performs algorithm processing based on a program stored in the ROM 43. The RAM 44 serves as a work area for developing and executing the various programs in addition to the storage areas for the group-by-group player management table 57 and the reservation queue 58. For example, the semiconductor memory It is a concept including the case where it is comprised and is constructed | assembled on a hard disk virtually.

  The video reproduction control unit 46 synchronizes the lyric telop data (lyric character data) extracted from the music DB 53 with a predetermined number of scene video data and music code extracted from the video DB 54 at the time of performance with the note data of the music. This is an electronic circuit that outputs to the display unit 32.

  The music performance control unit 47 digitally reproduces the note data extracted from the music DB 53 using the music code for each instrument assigned by the assignment data of the instrument, converts it into analog, converts it into analog, and outputs it to the mixing amplifier 33. Circuit. The music performance control unit 47 is provided with a converter that converts multi-channel musical note data for each digitally reproduced musical instrument into analog data via a digital volume. The means 50 performs silence control. The converted multi-channel analog data for each musical instrument is mixed by the mixing amplifier 33.

  The group-by-group player information acquisition means 48 registers the musical instruments in charge of all the songs in the group (group ID) including the user ID in the host device 11 based on the user ID of the logged-in user. This is a program for obtaining performer information and storing it in the group-by-group player management table 57 of the RAM 44 for each group (group ID).

  Here, the non-musical instrument determination means 49 refers to the group-specific player management table 57 acquired from the player management table 25 and stored in the RAM 44 and the music performance instrument management table 55 of the storage unit 45 to log in. When a music piece selected based on the group ID specified by the user ID and registered in the reservation queue 58 of the RAM 44 is played, among all the musical instruments assigned to the music piece, This is a program for performing a process of determining each musical instrument ID that is logged in, that is, the musical instrument handled by the user ID of the user at the place, as a musicless instrument.

  In addition, as another processing mode, the musicless instrument determination means 49 may perform the group-specific player management among all the musical instruments assigned to the music to be played in addition to the musical instrument determined to be the musicless instrument. A process is performed in which musical instruments other than musical instruments associated with all user IDs registered as a group in the table 57 are determined to be non-musical instruments.

  The musical instrument volume control means 50 sets the performance channel of the musical instrument to the digital of the music performance control section 47 so that the performance sound of the silent instrument determined by the silent instrument determination means 49 is silenced in the output state from the speaker 35. It is a program for silent control of volume. The transmission / reception unit 51 is used to exchange data with the remote input / output terminal 36 using a wired system or a wireless system (such as an IR system or a Bluetooth (registered trademark) mechanism piconet connection system). Electronic circuit and program. The transmission / reception unit 52 is for exchanging data with the host device 11 via the communication network 12, and is configured by software such as a physical communication circuit or a platform for consistency with the communication method. It is composed.

  The music DB 53 stored in the storage unit 45 stores note data and lyrics data for each music, and the note data includes assignment data for assigning a plurality of musical instruments (instrument IDs). Regarding the performance, specifically, the above-mentioned note data of karaoke music in a predetermined data format having a music table in which music ID, music title and artist ID (artist name) are associated and managed by music ID for each music ( For example, it is a database in which music codes are stored as file names for music data (files) formed by synchronizing MIDI (registered trademark format note data) and lyrics data (lyric telop data), and stored in the video DB 54. Allocation data for allocating a predetermined number of scene videos for displaying the background video for each piece of music is associated.

  The video DB 54 stored in the storage unit 45 is a database that stores a predetermined number of scene video data for displaying a background video. The music DB 53 and the video DB 54 may be provided not in the karaoke performance device 31 but in the host device 11.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the music performance instrument management table 55 stored in the storage unit 45 is a table in which all musical instruments used in the music performance are associated as performance instrument IDs for each music composition. It is. The musical instrument ID management table 56 stored in the storage unit 45 is a table in which musical instrument IDs used for the musical instrument allocation data are associated with musical instrument names, as shown in FIG. 3B. For example, it is displayed when the user registers or updates the player management table 25 or specifies a specified musical instrument by a musical instrument ID. On the other hand, based on the user ID at the time of performance. This is referred to when the user name or nickname and the name of the instrument in charge are appropriately displayed on the display unit 32.

  In the reservation queue 58 stored in the RAM 44, as shown in FIG. 4, the music piece to be played is registered with the music selection ID (single user ID or group ID) attached to the music ID in the order of reservation. Is. As an example, in FIG. 4, performance numbers 1, 5, and 8 are selected by a single user (user ID), and performance numbers 2 to 4, 6, and 7 are selected by group (group ID). Shows the case.

  In addition, when applying the karaoke performance terminal 13 as a stand-alone karaoke system, it can implement | achieve by setting it as the structure provided with the group registration update means 23 of the said host apparatus 11, and the player management table 25. FIG.

  FIG. 5 shows an explanatory diagram of the non-musical instrument determination means in performance support. In FIG. 5, for example, when performance number 2 of the reservation queue 58 (actually, registration number is deleted when the performance number 1 of the previous song ends, performance number 1 is obtained) is played. The device determination means 49 refers to the group-by-group player management table 57 based on the group (group ID) that is the music selector, and identifies the currently logged-in user ID. For example, it identifies which of the registered users (user IDs) is logged in.

  Subsequently, for example, as shown in the figure, if three users (user IDs) are logged in, the instrument (instrument ID) in charge of the logged-in user ID is specified. As appropriate, the instrument name of the musical instrument that the logged-in user (user ID) is in charge of is specified with reference to the instrument ID management table 56. For example, the user name (nickname) and the instrument name are displayed on the display unit 32 as described above.

  Then, it is determined that the specified musical instrument ID is silenced in the speaker output state among all musical instruments played with the performance music. For example, when a flag is attached to the musical instrument ID to be silenced, a flag for setting the speaker output state is set for other musical instruments.

  Further, in another processing mode, in addition to determining a musicless instrument by the above-mentioned log-in person (user ID), among all the musical instruments assigned to the music to be played (FIG. 3A), the performance is performed. Musical instruments other than the musical instruments associated with all user IDs registered as a group in the group-by-group player management table 57 acquired from the player management table 25 are determined as musicless instruments. For example, as shown in the figure, among all the musical instrument IDs used in the music ID [*** a-03], the musical instrument IDs other than the musical instruments assigned to all the users registered in the group [***] 23] and [*** 16] are also used to determine whether to be a musicless device.

  In response to the determination of the non-musical instrument of the non-musical instrument determination means 49 as described above, the musical instrument volume control means 50 provides the music performance control unit 47 with the digital volume of the channel of the target musical instrument as described above. By controlling as an output, note data of the channel is not output from the music performance control unit 47 to the mixing amplifier 33, and as a result, the output state of the speaker 35 becomes silent.

  In this way, since the performance sound of the musical instrument for each user who is currently logged in is silenced without the need for a designated work during performance, there is no need to force the designated work of the instrument to each member of the performance group. In addition, it is possible to favorably support the group's performance practice by making the practice form as if everyone is playing even if the whole group is not present. In addition, it is possible to make it easy to perform sound matching only within a group by making all instruments other than those registered by the group silent.

  FIG. 6 shows an explanatory diagram of a player management table according to another embodiment of the karaoke performance terminal in the karaoke system of the present invention, and FIG. 7 shows an explanatory diagram related to the performance support of FIG. In FIG. 6, when a user newly registers or updates a group in the performer management table 25 provided in the host device 11, at least one of a key and a tempo is registered for each song. The group-by-group player information acquisition means 48 acquires this information and stores it in the group-by-group player management table 57.

  On the other hand, the music performance control unit 47 of the karaoke performance device 31 includes a key / tempo adjustment unit 61 as shown in FIG. That is, an instrument (other channel) other than the instrument (the instrument channel of the note data) that has been silenced by the instrument volume control means 50 in accordance with the determination of the silencer by the silencer determination means 49 is assigned to the key This is output to the mixing amplifier 33 as at least one of a key and a tempo corresponding to the tempo adjustment unit 61.

  For example, in FIG. 7B, the reservation queue 58 stores at least one of the key and tempo of the corresponding music in the group-specific player management table 57 when the music selected by the group ID is registered. Attached. Then, as shown in FIG. 7 (C), the non-musical instrument determination means 49 registers the musical instrument ID other than the predetermined musical instrument ID as silenced, that is, the musical instrument (musical instrument ID) to be output from the speaker 35. At least one of the key and the tempo is reflected.

  In this way, for musical instruments to be output from the speaker 35 other than the silenced musical instrument, it is possible to perform performance practice with previously registered keys and tempos without the need to set the key and tempo for each piece of music. It is possible to favorably support group performance practice.

  The sound system having the group performance practice support function of the present invention can be used in the field of karaoke apparatuses having basic karaoke functions and in the field of music playback systems in which vocal voice and video are not output.

It is a system configuration | structure figure of the karaoke system which concerns on this invention. It is a block block diagram which concerns on the karaoke performance terminal in the karaoke system of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the music performance musical instrument management table and musical instrument ID management table of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the reservation queue in FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the non-musical instrument determination means in performance support. It is explanatory drawing of the player management table which concerns on other embodiment of the karaoke performance terminal in the karaoke system of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which concerns on the performance support of FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Host apparatus 13 Karaoke performance terminal 25 Performer management table 31 Karaoke performance apparatus 47 Music performance control part 48 Performer information acquisition means according to group 49 Non-musical instrument determination means 50 Musical instrument volume control means 55 Music performance instrument management table 56 Musical instrument ID management Table 57 Performer management table by groove 58 Reservation queue 61 Key tempo adjustment section

Claims (3)

The music is composed of data assigned by a plurality of musical instruments, and the music performance control unit outputs the performance sound of the assigned musical instrument of the selected music from the speaker based on the data of the music. For each music piece group ID of the group composed of each user ID of the performer, the player management registered in association with each user ID and the musical instrument ID of the musical instrument in charge among the musical instruments used in the music piece An acoustic system having a group performance practice support function with a table,
It has a non-musical instrument determination means and a musical instrument volume control means,
The musicless device determination means refers to the player management table, and when the music selected based on the group ID specified by the currently logged-in user ID is played in the system, Among all the musical instruments assigned to the music, the musical instrument assigned to each logged-in user ID is determined as a non-musical instrument,
The musical instrument volume control means controls the music performance control unit so that the determined performance sound of the silencer is silenced in an output state from the speaker.
An acoustic system equipped with a group performance practice support function.   2. An acoustic system having a group performance practice support function according to claim 1, wherein the non-musical instrument determination means includes all musical instruments assigned to the music to be played in addition to the musical instrument determined to be the non-musical instrument. Among these, an acoustic system having a group performance practice support function, wherein musical instruments other than musical instruments associated with all user IDs registered as a group in the performer management table are determined as non-musical instruments.   3. A sound system comprising the group performance practice support function according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a performance key and a tempo is registered in association with the music registered in the performer management table, and the music When the performance is performed, the music performance control unit outputs the performance sound of an instrument other than the instrument determined as the non-musical instrument from the speaker in correspondence with at least one of the associated key and tempo. A sound system with a group performance practice support feature.

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