JPH03280098A - Orchestral accompaniment device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform complete rewinding to a part that a singer wants to sing again through easy operation and to restart performance by providing a performance information storage means, a performance reproducing means, an input means, a detecting means, a program search processing means, and a performance restarting means. CONSTITUTION:Performance data as performance information is stored in a memory device 3 and a CPU part 2 reads the performance data out of the memory in order, and processes and outputs the data as a sound from a reproducing device 4. If the singer sings a song incorrectly during the performance of its orchestral accompaniment by the orchestral accompaniment device or wants to sing a last phrase once more, the singer presses the backward switch 1 of the input means. Then the CPU part 2 of the detecting means once detecting the input signal from the backward switch 1 makes a program search and restarts the performance. Consequently, the complete rewinding right to the part that the singer wants to sing again is performed by the easy operation wherein the switch is pressed only once and the performance can be restarted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a karaoke device, and more particularly, to a karaoke device that allows the beginning of lyrics to be easily found.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in a karaoke machine, when a singer makes a mistake in singing the lyrics and wants to sing that part again immediately,
Cue the lyrics section. At that time, in tape recorder type karaoke machines, a reverse switch provided on the karaoke machine body was operated, and cueing was performed based on the tape counter and the sound made when reversing. In addition, in the case of an optical disk type karaoke apparatus, the user operates a reverse switch and searches for the beginning while looking at a display such as time information added to the performance data.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, cueing using the conventional method was cumbersome and had to be done manually each time, so it is difficult to rewind the cue exactly to the part the singer wants to sing again. The problem was that it was difficult to do so.

The present invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides a karaoke device that allows the singer to completely rewind to the part he wants to sing again and resume the performance with simple operation. is intended to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve this object, the karaoke apparatus of the present invention includes a performance information storage means that stores performance information within a range that does not make the lyrics unnatural, and a performance information storage unit that stores performance information within a range that does not make the lyrics unnatural. Performance reproduction means for reading out the performance information one unit at a time from the storage means and performing the performance; input means for inputting a signal to return to the beginning of the performance information for one unit; and detection for detecting the signal from the input means. means, cueing processing means for returning said one unit of performance information including the currently played part to the first part when said detection means detects a signal from said input means; and a performance resuming means for restarting the performance based on the one unit of performance information returned to the part.

[Operations] According to the present invention having the above configuration, the performance reproducing means reads performance information one unit at a time from the performance information storage means and performs the performance. The singer sings along with the performance, but if the singer makes a mistake in the lyrics and wants to sing that part again immediately, a signal is inputted from the input means to return to the beginning of one unit of performance information. When the detection means detects an input signal from the input means, the cueing processing means returns one unit of performance information including the currently played part to the first part. This performance information is stored in the performance information storage means as one unit of performance information within a range that does not make the lyrics unnatural, so when the performance restart means resumes the performance, the performance of the part that the singer wants to sing will be resumed. .

[Example 1] Hereinafter, an example embodying the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the configuration of the karaoke apparatus of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of only the portions related to cueing of a karaoke apparatus using an electronic musical instrument represented by MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.

Performance data, which is performance information, is stored in a memory device 3, which is performance information storage means.
output as sound. The 020 unit 2 and the playback device 4 constitute a performance reproduction means. When a singer makes a mistake in singing the lyrics while the karaoke machine is playing karaoke,
When the singer wants to sing the previous phrase again, the singer presses the reverse switch 1, which is the input means. Next, when the 020 section 2, which is the detection means, detects the input signal from the reverse switch 1, the 020 section 2 executes cue processing and restarts the performance. In this case, the 020 section 2 serves both as cue processing means and performance restart means.

Next, the flow of the performance data cue processing will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, when the singer wants to reverse the performance, he or she presses the reverse switch 1. When the 020 unit 2 detects that the switch has been pressed (step 1: hereinafter referred to as S1; the same applies to other steps), it executes cue processing (S2).

The cueing method will be explained with reference to performance data 8 in which one performance unit is composed of phrase units as shown in FIG. The performance data 8 is a collection of performance data in units of measures to which measure numbers are assigned. Now, if a reverse switch is detected in the middle of the performance data n, the 020 section 2 performs calculations and settings for reading the performance data n from the beginning of the measure number n. 020 Part 2 resets the performance environment to the required state in order to resume the performance, and then the performance is resumed as if the above reverse operation and processing had not occurred (
S3).

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

For example, one performance unit may be performance data consisting of meaningful lyric units.

Further, the reverse switch 1 may be provided on the microphone or may be provided on the karaoke apparatus.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the detailed description above, according to the present invention, the singer can completely return to the part he wants to sing again and restart the performance with a simple operation of just pressing a switch once. As a result, singers can sing easily, listeners can listen without discomfort, and furthermore, it is possible to provide a karaoke device in which the return operation can be performed without any individual difference, which is an industrially excellent effect.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 3 show embodiments embodying the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a general karaoke machine relating to a reverse operation, and FIG. 2 is a head diagram of the karaoke machine of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the output method, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the performance data. In the figure, 1 is a reverse switch, 2 is a CPU section, 3 is a memory device, and 4 is a playback device. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Performance information storage means storing performance information as one unit within a range that does not make the lyrics unnatural, and reading out the performance information one unit at a time from the performance information storage means and performing. performance reproduction means; input means for inputting a signal for returning to the beginning of the unit of performance information; detection means for detecting the signal from the input means; and the detection means detecting the signal from the input means. a cue processing means for returning said one unit of performance information including the currently played part to the first part; A karaoke apparatus comprising a means for restarting a performance.