JPH06295190A - Karaoke playing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the KARAOKE playing device which can edit and reproduce an accompaniment signal as a singer prefers. CONSTITUTION:A music data base 12 is stored with plural musical performance data based upon the MIDI regulation and specific musical performance data are extracted by a board computer 11 on the basis of a music number corresponding to request music inputted at an optional part 14. An IC memory card is inserted into a read writer 13 and the musical performance data extracted by the board computer 11 are altered on the basis of past attribute information recorded on the IC memory card. The altered musical performance data are sent to a synthesizer 30 to generate an accompaniment signal of KARAOKE.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called karaoke playing device capable of reproducing a vocal sound of a singer by mixing it with an accompaniment sound.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, in this type of karaoke playing device, the accompaniment sound is recorded on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape or an optical disk, and the recorded accompaniment sound is sent to all requesting singers. The same is provided. Therefore, the pitch of the reproduced accompaniment sound, that is, the key, and the speed of the reproduced accompaniment sound, that is, the tempo, do not match the vocal sound of the singer, and sometimes the singing becomes unreasonable.

In order to solve such a problem, an accompaniment sound signal reproduced from a recording medium is processed by using, for example, a ring buffer, and the pitch of the pitch is controlled according to preference. There is also provided a karaoke playing device having a pitch control function or the like for controlling the tempo of an accompaniment sound according to preference by controlling the reading speed from a recording medium or the playback speed.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional karaoke playing apparatus, although it is possible to change the key or pitch of the accompaniment sound, these keys or pitches are used to play the accompaniment sound ( When the (playback) is started, it is necessary to change it according to the preference of the singer while listening to the playback sound, and thus it is difficult for the singer to perform at an appropriate key or tempo from the beginning of the song.

Further, in the conventional karaoke playing device,
The composition of the songs to be played and the types of musical instruments are also decided to be uniform as recorded, for example, after playing only songs 1 and 2 of the songs recorded up to 3, the ending melody ( It is not possible to meet the demands for playing the afterplay). Furthermore, it is not possible to meet the demand that the accompaniment sound is, for example, only piano solo according to preference.

The present invention has been made paying attention to such a point, and it is possible to record information for adjusting the performance data of the accompaniment sound according to an individual, and the performance data can be changed according to the information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke playing device configured as described above.

[0007]

A karaoke performance apparatus according to claim 1, which has been made to achieve the above object, has a music database as a music storage means for storing a plurality of performance data, and a karaoke performance device according to the music. A read unit that reads attribute information corresponding to a music piece from an information recording medium such as an IC card in which the attribute information is recorded, and necessary performance data is extracted from a music database, and the music piece is read according to the music piece read from the read unit. A board computer as processing means for changing the extracted performance data based on the attribute information, and a synthesizer as accompaniment signal generating means for generating an accompaniment signal based on the performance data changed by the board computer. Is characterized by. The video signal transmitter according to a second aspect of the invention is further characterized by further comprising an operation section as an external operation means capable of changing the extracted performance data in a board computer as a processing means.

Further, in the karaoke performance apparatus according to a third aspect of the invention, the attribute information relating to the performance data changed by the operation section as the external operation means is stored in the information recording medium such as an IC card as the information recording medium. It is characterized in that it further comprises a writable writing means.

Further, in the karaoke playing apparatus according to the present invention, a display as an image display means is connected to the board computer as a processing means, and an operation as an external operation means according to the contents of the guide displayed on the display is performed. It is characterized in that the performance data extracted by the board computer can be changed based on the input information from the section.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the karaoke playing apparatus is characterized in that the information recording medium on which the attribute information corresponding to the music is recorded is an IC memory card, an optical memory card or a floppy disk.

Further, in the karaoke performance apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the performance data changed by the board computer as the processing means is music key and / or music tempo, and / or music composition, and / or Characterized by the type of instrument.

[0012]

In the karaoke performance apparatus according to the first aspect, the requested specific performance data is extracted to the board computer from the music database in which a plurality of performance data is stored. Further, for example, attribute information corresponding to the music is read from the information recording medium such as an IC memory card by the read means, and in the board computer,
An editing operation is performed to change the extracted performance data based on the attribute information corresponding to the music read from the read means. Then, in the board computer, the performance data edited based on the attribute information is supplied to a synthesizer to generate an accompaniment signal.

Further, in the karaoke performance apparatus according to the second aspect, the performance data extracted by the board computer is changed based on the attribute information key-input by the operation section as the external operation means, and is changed on the spot. A corresponding accompaniment signal is generated according to the preference.

Further, in the karaoke performance apparatus according to the third aspect, the attribute information relating to the performance data changed by the operation section as the external operation means is the information recording medium such as an IC memory card by the writing means at the end of the performance. Written for. Thus, when the same song is requested next time, the accompaniment signal according to the same editing as the previous time can be automatically reproduced.

Further, in the karaoke playing apparatus according to the present invention, a display as an image display means is connected to the board computer as the processing means, and the input information from the operation section according to the contents of the guide displayed on the display. Based on, the performance data extracted by the board computer can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to edit the expected accompaniment signal according to the display content of the display, and the editing can be easily performed.

In the karaoke playing device according to the fifth aspect, for example, an IC memory card, an optical memory card or a floppy disk is used as the information recording medium on which the attribute information according to the music is recorded.

Further, in the karaoke performance apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the performance data changed by the board computer as the processing means is, for example, the key of the music and / or the tempo of the music, and / or the kind of the musical instrument, and / or Or the composition of a song, and thus a wide range of editing can be expected according to taste.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the karaoke playing device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the performance apparatus main body 10 is provided with a board computer 11 composed of a microprocessor as a processing means. The board computer 11 has a music database 12 as a music storage means, and an IC card as an information recording medium. A read / write unit 13 as a read / write unit and an operation unit 14 having an operation key as an external operation unit are connected. A display 16 as a video display means is connected to the board computer 11 via an interface 15. The board computer 11 is connected to the input / output port 18 via the MIDI interface 17.

Although not shown, the operation unit 14 is provided with operation keys such as a numeric keypad, an alphabet key, and a cursor key. By operating these keys, as will be described later, a song request, a song key, and a song tempo. Alternatively, selection of the composition of the music is performed. Also, the music database 1
The performance data corresponding to the music number is stored in 2, and by inputting the music number from the operation unit 14,
The performance data corresponding to the song number is called and extracted by the board computer 11.

The board computer 11 is a MIDI (Mu
social Instruments Digital
The performance data of each musical instrument is sent to the input / output port 18 via the MIDI interface 17 based on the Interface standard.

Input / output port 18 of the musical instrument main body 10
A synthesizer 30 as an accompaniment signal generating means is connected to the synthesizer 30, and the synthesizer 30 generates an accompaniment signal in accordance with performance data based on the MIDI standard from the board computer 11. The accompaniment signal generated by the synthesizer 30 is sent to the accompaniment signal input terminal 19 provided in the musical instrument main body 1. Also, the playing device body 1
Is provided with a vocal signal input terminal 20, and a microphone 40 is connected to the vocal signal input terminal 20.

On the other hand, the musical instrument main body 10 is provided with an accompaniment signal output terminal 21 and a vocal signal output terminal 22, and a loudspeaker unit 50 is connected to these output terminals 21 and 22. The loudspeaker unit 50 includes an amplifier 51 that mixes and amplifies the accompaniment signal and the vocal signal provided from the accompaniment signal output terminal 21 and the vocal signal output terminal 22, and a speaker that converts the mixing signal amplified by the amplifier 51 into an audio signal. It is composed of 52.

FIG. 2 shows the lead of the playing device body 10.
The structure of a data block of an IC memory card 60 as an information recording medium mounted on the writer 13 to exchange data is shown. That is, in the memory section 61 of the IC memory card 60, a track number management area 61a and an attribute information management area 61b are provided. Attribute information management area 61b
Stores key (main tone) data, tempo data, unnecessary musical instrument data, and music composition data corresponding to each music number.

FIG. 3 shows a data structure of a certain music piece stored in the music composition database 12 of the performance apparatus main body 10. The music piece number 12a, the music piece name 12b, the tempo / beat data 12c, the composition information 12d, and the performance are sequentially displayed. It is composed of data 12e. And the music database 1 shown in FIG.
The structure of the configuration information 12d stored in No. 2 is shown.

In other words, the configuration information 12d indicates in what order and how many bars are present from the prelude to the song part, the interlude, and the afterplay. In addition, the numerical value attached to the upper part of each sentence in FIG. 4 indicates the cumulative value of the bar from the beginning of the song. Further, the music database 12 is shown in FIG.
The structure of the performance data 12e stored in FIG.
In the MIDI standard, a transmission channel (MIDI channel) is defined, and channels (1, 2, 3, ...
The tone number and note data for each
Is sent to the synthesizer 30 via. Therefore, for example, in this figure, when data indicating that a "do" sound is produced at the first beat of the first measure in MIDI channel 2 is sent to the synthesizer 30, the "do" sound is reproduced as the bass sound. By sending such data for each channel in very small time intervals, a karaoke accompaniment with several types of musical instrument sounds is played.

In the configuration shown above, the operation is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 and display examples of the display 16 shown in FIGS. 7 to 13 displayed along the flow shown in this flowchart.

First, in step S1 of the flow chart shown in FIG. 6, when the IC memory card 60 held by the singer is inserted into the lead / writer 13 of the playing device main body 10, the display 16 of the playing device main body 10 displays As shown in FIG. 7, a screen prompting by flashing to input the number of the requested song is displayed. In step S2, the singer inputs the song number to be requested written in the song table (not shown) by using the numeric keys of the operation unit 14, and in step S3, the board computer 11 causes the IC memory card 60 to operate.
No. of the song number management area 61a is searched, and it is determined whether or not the same song number has been requested in the past using this IC memory card 60, that is, whether the song has been sung in the past.

In step S3, for example, if it is determined that the song has never been sung in the past, the process proceeds to step S4, and the display 16 displays that the song has not been sung in the past, as shown in FIG. Waiting for input of mode number. Based on the display on the display 16, the operation unit 1
When the "key change" mode of "1" is selected with the numeral keys of 4, the process proceeds to step S5. Step S5
Then, the screen shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display 16, and the pitch of the pitch can be selected in semitone units with the cursor keys of the operation unit 14. The pitch is "high" by operating the cursor keys
Direction or “low” direction, display 16
The upper flushing portion moves in the “high” direction or the “low” direction, and the pitch of the pitch is selected. Among the note data in the performance data according to the selected pitch, the pitch of the note data of only the musical instrument having a scale such as bass or piano is raised or lowered to realize the pitch height.

In FIG. 8 in step S4, if the "tempo change" mode of "2" is selected with the numeric keys of the operation unit 14, the process proceeds to step S5,
The screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display 16, and the tempo of the accompaniment can be selected by the cursor keys of the operation unit 14. By selecting the "fast" direction or the "slow" direction with the cursor keys, a numerical value relating to the playing speed is displayed on the display 16. Since the tempo of the performance based on the MIDI information is determined by the time clock, the performance tempo can be changed by changing the tempo.

In FIG. 8 in step S4, when the "instrument change" mode of, for example, "3" is selected by the numeric keys of the operation unit 14, the process proceeds to step S5, and the screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed on the display 16. The ten keys of the operation unit 14 can be used to select the type of musical instrument or the like. For example, when "2""Rhythmonly" is selected with the ten-key pad in accordance with FIG. 11, dynamic note accompaniment sound only for the rhythm instrument can be generated by not reading note data other than the tone colors of the drum and bass. Also at this time,
For example, when "4""guide melody enhancement" is selected with the ten keys according to FIG. 11, the volume data in the note data of the guide melody tone is increased by a constant value, the volume related to the note is emphasized, and a karaoke accompaniment sound that makes the melody easy to hear is produced. Is generated.

Further, in FIG. 8 in step S4, if the "configuration change" mode of "4", for example, is selected by the numeric keys of the operation unit 14, the process proceeds to step S5, and the screen shown in FIG.
The change contents can be selected by the ten keys of the operation unit 14.
For example, when selecting "1" of "1" by the numeric keypad according to FIG. 12, the board computer 11 reads the configuration information 12d from the data configuration of one song shown in FIG. 3, and the song configuration as shown in FIG. Know that there is. Therefore, with the structure of FIG. 4, by skipping measures 81 to 224 and reproducing the note data, it is possible to edit and output the music structure such as prelude → first → postlude of the selected music.

In the display states of the display 16 shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the start or the menu can be called in any case. Therefore, when the menu button on the operation unit 14 is operated in the display state of the display 16 shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the edit mode selection state screen shown in FIG. 8 is called again, and based on the menu screen shown in FIG. And again in Figure 9
It is possible to call up the screen capable of changing the mode shown in FIG. Here, for example, the "tempo change" mode shown in FIG.
Return to the menu screen shown in and select the "3""Musical instrument change" mode, and in the "Musical instrument change" mode shown in Fig. 11,
If "1""pianoonly" is selected, the selected song can be played on a loose piano ballad.

After the editing is completed according to the display guides shown in FIGS. 8 to 12, the start button on the operation unit 14 is operated to move to step S6 in FIG. 6, and the karaoke based on the edited accompaniment data is performed. The performance starts. That is, the edited accompaniment data is sent from the board computer 11 to the MIDI interface 17 as preset data of several bits, and the MIDI interface 17 converts this into serial data and outputs it to the input / output port 18. Then, the synthesizer 30 generates an accompaniment signal based on the supplied accompaniment data, and the generated accompaniment signal is sent to the mixing amplifier 51 via the input terminal 19 and the output terminal 21.
On the other hand, the vocal sound of the singer is converted into a vocal signal by the microphone 40, and is similarly sent to the mixing amplifier 51 via the input terminal 20 and the output terminal 22. Therefore, the well-known karaoke performance in which the vocal signal is superimposed on the accompaniment sound is performed by the speaker 52.

When the requested one piece of karaoke performance ends, the process proceeds to step S7, and the edited contents edited according to the display guides shown in FIGS. 8 to 12 are transferred from the board computer 11 to the lead writer 13. The song number and its attribute information, that is, the edited content is written in the song number management area 61a and the attribute information management area 61b of the IC memory card 60 which is supplied and inserted in the read / writer 13. When the writing operation to the IC memory card 60 in step 7 is completed, the read / write 13 causes the IC memory card 60 to
Is discharged.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 shown in FIG. 6 that the requested song has been sung in the past, the process proceeds to step S9, and the display 16 is displayed in the past as shown in FIG. The fact that the song has been sung, that is, that it is a repertoire, is displayed, and the state of waiting for input of editing information is displayed. Here, if it is thought that it is necessary to re-edit the accompaniment sound, that is, if an attempt is made to sing with a different editing content than when singing previously, operation is performed in the display state of the display guide shown in FIG. Numerical values "1" to "4" are selected by the ten keys of the section 14. Accordingly, in step S10, it is determined that the number has been input, and the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, as described above,
Editing work of the requested song is executed based on the display guides shown in FIGS.

At step S6, the karaoke performance is performed, and when this is finished, the board computer 11
The read / write 13 supplies the attribute information for the newly set song number, that is, the edited content, and the read / write 13 newly adds the attribute information corresponding to the song number to the inserted IC memory card 60. Write.

In the state of the display guide shown in FIG. 13 displayed in step S9, if it is considered that it is not necessary to re-edit the accompaniment sound, that is, the singing is performed with the same editing content as when singing before. If it is attempted, by operating the start button of the operation unit 14, it is determined in step S10 that the edit mode number is not input, and the process proceeds to step S11. That is, the board computer 11 sends a read command to the read / writer 13 to read the attribute information of the requested song from the attribute information management area 61b of the IC card 60 inserted in the read / writer 13. Then, the board computer 11 edits the data read from the music database 12 based on the read attribute information, and the karaoke performance is performed in step S12. When the karaoke performance ends in step S12, the process proceeds to step S8, and the read / write device 13 ejects the IC memory card 60.

In the above embodiments, an IC memory card is used as a recording medium for recording the attribute information corresponding to the individual requested songs of the past, but this is an optical memory card or a floppy disk. A disc or the like can also be used.

[0039]

As is apparent from the above description, claim 1
According to the karaoke performance device described in (1), the requested specific performance data is extracted to the board computer from the music database in which a plurality of performance data is stored.
Further, the attribute information corresponding to the music is read from the information recording medium such as an IC memory card by the read means,
In the board computer, an editing operation is performed to change the extracted performance data based on the attribute information corresponding to the music read from the reading means. Then, in the board computer, the performance data edited based on the attribute information is supplied to a synthesizer to generate an accompaniment signal.

Therefore, the requested accompaniment music is edited and reproduced based on the past attribute information of the singer recorded in the IC memory card, and the karaoke performance can be enjoyed by the accompaniment music according to the preference of the singer. .

Further, according to the karaoke playing device of the second aspect, the operating section as the external operating means further comprises:
The performance data extracted by the board computer is changed based on the keyed-in attribute information. Therefore, the singer's favorite accompaniment signal according to the atmosphere of the place is generated.

Further, according to the karaoke performance apparatus of the third aspect, the attribute information relating to the performance data changed by the operation section as the external operation means is the information recording medium such as an IC memory card by the writing means at the end of the performance. Written for. Therefore, when the singer who owns the IC memory card requests the same song next time, the accompaniment signal according to the same editing as the previous time can be automatically reproduced.

According to the karaoke playing apparatus of the fourth aspect, a display serving as a video display means is connected to the board computer, and based on the input information from the operation section according to the contents of the guide displayed on the display. The performance data extracted by the board computer can be changed. Therefore, it is possible to edit the accompaniment signal according to the display contents of the display, and the editing work can be easily performed.

According to the karaoke performance apparatus of the fifth aspect, as the information recording medium on which the attribute information corresponding to the music is recorded, for example, an IC memory card, an optical memory card or a floppy disk is used. This allows
It is possible to use various information recording media in which the attribute information is recorded.

Further, according to the karaoke playing device of the sixth aspect, for example, the key of the song, the tempo of the song, the type of musical instrument,
It is possible to change the composition of the tune individually or in combination with each other, and therefore, it is expected to reproduce the accompaniment sound by extensive editing according to the singer's taste.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a data storage state of an IC memory card used in the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of performance data stored in a music database in the karaoke performance device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing music composition information in the performance data shown in FIG.

5 is a schematic diagram showing performance data of a piece of music among the performance data shown in FIG. 3. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an example of a standby state of a requested song on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing a selection screen in an edit mode on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing a key change mode selection screen on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a selection screen of a tempo change mode on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing a selection screen of a musical instrument changing mode on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a configuration change mode selection screen on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a selection screen of necessity / unnecessity of editing on the display of the karaoke playing device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Playing Device Main Body 11 Board Computer (Processing Means) 12 Music Database (Music Storage Means) 13 Read Writer (Read / Write Means) 14 Operation Unit (External Operation Means) 15 Interface 16 Display (Video Display Means) 17 MIDI Interface 18 Input / output port 30 Synthesizer (accompaniment signal generating means) 40 Microphone 50 Loudspeaker unit 51 Mixing amplifier 52 Speaker 60 IC memory card (information recording medium) 61 Memory section 61a Track number management area 61b Attribute information management area

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A music storage means for storing a plurality of performance data, and an information recording medium in which attribute information corresponding to the music is recorded.
Read means for reading out the attribute information according to the music, and necessary performance data from the music storing means, and the extracted performance data based on the attribute information according to the music read from the read means. A karaoke performance apparatus comprising: a processing means for changing the performance of the karaoke instrument; and an accompaniment signal generating means for generating an accompaniment signal based on the performance data changed by the processing means. 2. The karaoke performance apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising external operation means for changing the performance data extracted by the processing means. 3. The karaoke performance according to claim 2, further comprising write means capable of writing attribute information relating to performance data changed by the external operation means to the information recording medium. apparatus. 4. The image display means is connected to the processing means, and the performance data extracted by the processing means is generated based on the input information from the external operation means according to the guide contents displayed on the image display means. The karaoke playing device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the karaoke playing device is configured to be changeable. 5. The karaoke playing device according to claim 1, wherein the information recording medium is an IC memory card, an optical memory card, or a floppy disk. 6. The performance data changed by the processing means is music key and / or music tempo, and / or music composition, and / or musical instrument type. 5. The karaoke playing device described in 5.