JPH08248969A - Musical tone producting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a musical tone reproducing device with which users are able to easily enjoy singing regardless of differences in the age by automatically adjusting the reproducing speed of music according to age of singers. CONSTITUTION: The age of a singer is inputted simultaneously with input of a music number, etc., at program selection. The attribute data of the genre (for example, pops, ballads, 'enka' ballads, etc.) is imparted to the memory section of this reproducing device and the playing speed unique to each of the attribute data is set in correspondence to the age of the singer. The playing speed suitable for the age of the singer is automatically set from the corresponding information and the playing speed and text output timing are changed in accordance therewith to enable the singer to easily sing the song.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music reproducing device for business use or home use.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a music reproducing device having a function of adjusting a reproduction speed at which each singer can easily sing when singing a reproduced music.

[0003]

However, the playback speed has to be changed every time the playback of the music starts, which is troublesome and cannot be adjusted until after listening to the playback of the music for a while. Sometimes time is wasted. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and by automatically adjusting mainly the reproduction speed and the like of the music according to the age of the singer, singing the music regardless of the age difference. It is an object to provide a music reproducing device that makes it easier to enjoy.

[0004]

In order to solve this problem, a music reproducing apparatus of the present invention relates to a storage unit for storing at least performance data of a music piece, the song selection data of the singer, and the age of the singer. Input means for inputting data, performance means for performing a performance based on the performance data of the music corresponding to the music selection data designated by the input means, the music selection data input by the input means and data relating to the age of the singer It is characterized by including a comparing means for comparing and a varying means for changing the performance data played by the playing means based on the comparison result of the comparing means.

"Data relating to age" means (1) age itself (for example, 45 years old), (2) date of birth or birth (for example, 1954), (3) age (for example, 70s), ( 4) Any data, such as generations (for example, 50s), that reflects the age of the singer may be used. Age data representing the age of the singer will be representative.

The parameters for changing the performance data are, for example, (1) performance speed, (2) key height, (3)
There are means of performance (for example, orchestra band, electric guitar, etc.), (4) Arrangement of performance (for example, pops in enka or enka in pops).

The invention of claim 2 is different from the invention of claim 1 in that: -a storage unit that stores performance data of a musical composition and lyric sentence data representing lyrics of the musical composition; -performance data and lyrics from the storage unit. Reading means for reading the sentence data; -a performance sound output section for outputting the voice input by the voice input means and a performance sound based on the performance data read by the reading means; -the lyrics read by the reading means It differs in that it includes a display output means for outputting the lyrics sentence information based on the sentence data.

According to the third aspect of the invention, attribute data indicating the type of the piece of music (for example, pops, popular song, enka, etc.) is added to the performance data and stored in the storage section. Further, the correspondence information between the data about the age of the singer and the playing speed is the type of the above-mentioned music (for example, pops,
It is predetermined for each enka) and stored in the storage unit. Then, the variable means refers to such correspondence information and sets a performance speed determined based on the type (attribute data) and age data of the selected song. For example, when the age of the singer is high and the type of music selected is of the pop type, the performance speed can be set to be slow.

According to the invention of claim 4, attribute data indicating the time when the music is announced is added to the performance data and stored in the storage unit. As the announcement time of this music, the announcement year, the announcement date, the announcement age, etc. can be illustrated. Then, the correspondence information in which the performance speed becomes slower as the time lag between the birth of the singer determined based on the data relating to the age of the singer and the time when the song is announced is stored in the storage unit. . The way in which the singer's birth is understood can be exemplified by the year of birth, date of birth, age, generation, and the like. Then, the variable means refers to the correspondence information focusing on such a time gap, and sets the performance speed determined based on the time gap between the announcement time of the selected song and the birth time of the singer. . For example, when the age of the singer is high and the time at which the selected song is announced is conversely new, the time gap between the two is large and the performance speed is slowed.

According to the invention of claim 5, lyrics sentence output control means for adjusting the display timing of the lyrics sentence data in the lyrics sentence data display output means is provided so as to correspond to the performance speed set by the variable means. .

[0011]

According to the invention of claim 1, the performance data is changed by the variable means based on the result of comparison between the data relating to the age of the singer and the music selection data. For example, if the singer's age is high and the performance speed (tempo) of the selected song is fast, slow down this tempo, or if the age is high and the key of the selected song is high, lower it or the singer's When the age is high and the selected song is suitable for young people, the performance arrangement should be enka style, or even if the age of the singer is low and the selected music is enka, the performance arrangement should be pop style. Such changes can be given.

As described above, the performance data is automatically changed by inputting the data relating to the age of the singer, so that the singer can further enjoy singing the music. Moreover, since the music is played in a preferable condition according to the age and the like from the beginning of the performance of the music, there is no waste of time in the initial stage of performance required for tempo adjustment and the like as in the conventional case.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the voice of the singer and the performance sound are output from the performance sound output section, and the lyrics sentence information corresponding to the song is output from the display output means. And
As described above, the performance data can be changed based on the comparison between the data relating to the age of the singer and the music selection data to provide a preferable singing environment.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the correspondence between the data relating to the age of the singer and the performance speed is predetermined for each type of music, the performance speed can be adjusted more finely according to the type of music. You can

In the invention of claim 4, as the time lag between the time when the song is announced and the time when the singer was born is increased, the speed of the performance is slowed down, whereby the relative data between the age and the time when the song is announced. You can adjust the playing speed while taking into consideration the relationships.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the singing person can obtain a preferable singing environment through his ears and eyes by the performance sound and the lyrics sentence information that change in synchronization with each other depending on age and the like.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the overall structure of the music reproducing apparatus according to this embodiment. The input / output control unit 1 is responsible for overall control of the music reproducing device, and is a CPU serving as control means.
2, RAM3, ROM4, etc. are built in. The following devices are connected to the input / output control unit 1. The operation unit 5 as an input means is composed of operation keys (for example, alphabet keys, numeral keys) and the like, and the input / output control unit 1 indicates the music selection information (for example, music number) for selecting a desired music piece and the age of the singer. Is what you enter. Storage unit 6
Is a storage medium for storing at least musical sound information, and is composed of a hard disk, an optical recording device, and the like.
As shown in the figure, the storage section 6 stores performance data B, lyrics timing data C, lyrics sentence data D and attribute data F corresponding to the song name A. This performance data B is, for example, MIDI (Musical Instrument
document digital interface)
It is configured as a standard, and as its information, at least a scale, a tone strength, a tone length, and a tone color are configured. The attribute data F indicates genre classification such as popular songs, pops, enka, etc. corresponding to each song, and is assigned to each song.

In addition to the musical tone information, the background image data E is also stored in the storage section 6. The background video data E has no correspondence with the song name A, is output asynchronously with the performance data B to a display unit 8 such as a monitor described later, and enables endless video output. is there.

The video control unit 7 receives the background video data E stored in the storage unit 6 via the input / output control unit 1, and displays the background video corresponding to the background video data E on the display unit 8 such as a monitor. To do. The lyric sentence output control unit 9 receives the lyric sentence data D stored in the storage unit 6 via the input / output control unit 1 so that the lyric sentence data D is superposed on the background image displayed on the display unit 8. The lyric sentence image corresponding to is displayed.

The performance control section 10 receives the performance data B stored in the storage section 6 via the input / output control section 1, and based on the performance data B, the synthesizer 1 as a performance means.
The synthesis of the performance sound in 1 is controlled. This performance controller 1
0 is capable of adjusting the reproduction timing and reproduction speed of the performance data B, and the lyrics timing data C stored in the storage unit 6 is also input.

An amplifier 12 is provided in the latter stage of the synthesizer 11, and amplifies the output of the synthesizer 11 and outputs it to the speaker 13 in the latter stage. Also, this amplifier 1
A microphone 14 as a voice input means is connected to 2. Then, the amplifier 12 mixes and amplifies the voice information from the microphone 14 and the performance sound information from the synthesizer 11, and outputs the amplified sound information to the speaker 13.

By the way, the input / output control unit 1 changes the performance speed of the song from the age of the singer and the attribute data F of the song name A input from the operation unit 5 according to the correspondence information shown in FIG. The data is sent to the performance controller 10 and the lyrics sentence output controller 9.

This correspondence information is stored in the storage unit 6, and its contents include three elements of age data, attribute data and performance speed data. The attribute data in this case is the genre (type data) of the performance song, and is divided into types such as pops, popular songs, and enka. Performance speed data is given for each attribute data such as pops, popular songs, and enka, and standard speed, 1
There is a maximum of 4 ranks of speed data up to rank slow speed, 2 rank slow speed, and 3 rank slow speed, and these speed data are related to age data. That is, in any genre of music, the rank of the playing speed increases as the age increases, but the age line in which the rank of the playing speed is changed is uniquely set for each genre.

For example, in pops and popular songs, the age is 30
The performance speed data changes from "standard" to "1 rank slower" when the person exceeds the age of 40, "2 rank slower" when the age exceeds 40, and "3 rank slower" when the age exceeds 50. Performance speed and age are related. In the enka genre, the playing speed is switched to "standard" until the age of 50, and "one rank slower" when the age exceeds 50. Similarly, in other genres such as folk songs, after the age of 40,
It is also possible to associate the performance speed from “standard” to “one rank slow” and to switch from “one rank slow” to “two rank slow” at the age of 50.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, as shown in step (hereinafter, simply referred to as S) 1 in FIG.
When the song selection command (song number or song name, etc.) and the age of the singer are input in the operation unit 5, the input / output control unit 1 corresponds to the input song number in the data of the storage unit 6 as in S2. The tune name A to be searched is searched, and the performance data B, the lyrics timing data C, the lyric sentence data D and the attribute data F corresponding to the searched tune name are read. Also, S
As shown in FIG. 3, the background video data E has a song title A.
Irrespective of the above, background video data E corresponding to attribute data F such as the genre of a song is displayed on the display unit 8 via the video control unit 7. Of the data read from the storage unit 6, the lyric sentence data D is input to the lyric sentence output control unit 9 via the input / output control unit 1 and displayed on the display unit 8 so as to be superimposed on the background image ( S6).

On the other hand, in the input / output control unit 1, the operation unit 5
Based on the age of the singer and the attribute data F read from the storage unit 6, the correspondence information of FIG. 2 is referred to and the performance speed is set (S4). For example, FIG.
When the age is input as "45" and the attribute data F corresponding to the selected song name is "pops", the playing speed is set to be two ranks slower than the standard speed. Then, the performance data B and the lyrics timing data C are changed (corrected) by the input / output control unit 1 according to the correspondence information as described above, and output to the performance control unit 10 (S5).

The performance control unit 10 controls the entire music reproducing apparatus based on the lyrics timing data C, controls the output timing of the lyrics sentence data D, and sends the performance data B to the synthesizer 11. Output. The sound signal emitted by this synthesizer 11 is
It is output to the speaker 13 via the amplifier 12 and reproduced as a music performance. The voice of the singer is output to the amplifier 12 as voice information via the microphone 14, and the voice information is mixed with the performance information by the amplifier 12 and output from the speaker 13. Further, the lyrics information is displayed on the display unit 8 so as to be superimposed on the background image so as to be synchronized with the performance speed (S6).

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, as shown in S3-1 of FIG. 4, while the announcement year of the selected song is used as attribute data, the year born from the age of the input singer is calculated (S3-2), and the difference between them is calculated. It is also possible to obtain the absolute value of (S3-3) and change the playing speed according to the magnitude of the absolute value (S4). The other steps are similar to those of the embodiment shown in FIG.

That is, in this embodiment, the year of publication of each song is stored in advance in the storage unit 6 as attribute data corresponding to each song. And, for example, in FIG.
As shown in, as the absolute value of the difference between the year when the singer was born and the year when the song was announced becomes larger, for example, "10", "20", "30", the rank of the playing speed gradually decreases. Corresponding information will be stored in the storage unit 6. If the gap between the year of announcement of the selected song and the year of birth of the singer is, for example, 15 years, in this embodiment, the playing speed is set one rank slower than the standard based on the above correspondence information. It

In the embodiment described above, the input / output control unit 1 changes the performance speed of the selected music piece based on the age of the singer, and the changed data is used by the performance control unit 1.
0, the lyrics sentence output control unit 9 or the like is output, but the storage unit 6 stores a plurality of types of lyrics timing data C or performance data B having different speeds in advance, and the correspondence information described above is stored. It is also possible to read the performance data B and the lyrics timing data C corresponding to the speed set on the basis of, for example, and send them to the performance controller 10 and the lyrics sentence output controller 9 via the input / output controller 1.

Further, for example, when the music reproducing device shown in FIG. 1 is configured as a communication karaoke system, the host computer 20 communicates with a communication means 21 such as a public communication line.
I / O control unit 1 (for example, karaoke commander)
The karaoke data (performance data B, lyrics timing data C, lyrics text data D, etc.), attribute data F, etc. are transmitted to the storage unit 6.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a music reproducing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing correspondence information of a change in performance speed in the music reproducing device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a performance speed adjustment routine of the music reproducing device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a performance speed adjustment routine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram conceptually showing correspondence information for changing the playing speed corresponding to the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Input / output control unit 5 Operation unit 6 Storage unit 9 Lyrics sentence output control unit 10 Performance control unit 11 Synthesizer

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing at least performance data of a piece of music, input means for inputting data relating to the age of the singer along with the song selection data of the singer, and corresponding to the song selection data designated by the input means. Performing means for performing a performance based on the performance data of the song, comparing means for comparing the music selection data input by the input means with data relating to the age of the singer, and based on the comparison result of the comparing means, A music reproducing apparatus comprising: a varying means for changing the performance data played by the playing means. 2. Input means for inputting data relating to the age of a singer along with music selection data of a song, a storage section for storing performance data of the song and lyric sentence data representing lyric text of the song, and a storage section thereof. Reading means for reading the performance data and the lyrics data from the performance data, a performance sound output section for outputting a voice input from the voice input means, and a performance sound based on the performance data read by the reading means; Display output means for outputting lyric text information based on the lyric text data read by the means, comparison means for comparing the singer's age data input by the input means, and music selection data for the tune A music reproducing device comprising: a changing means for changing the performance data based on a comparison result of the comparing means. 3. Attribute data indicating the type of the piece of music is added to the performance data and stored in the storage unit, while the correspondence information between the age-related data of the singer and the performance speed is stored. The performance is determined in advance for each attribute data of the music and stored in the storage unit, and the variable means refers to the correspondence information and is determined based on attribute data of the selected music and age data. The music reproducing device according to claim 1, wherein the speed is set. 4. The singer who is provided with attribute data indicating the time when the song is announced in correspondence with the performance data and is stored in the storage unit, while being determined based on data relating to the age of the singer. Correspondence information is stored in the storage unit such that the playing speed becomes slower as the time lag between the birth of the song and the announcement time of the song increases, and the variable unit refers to the correspondence information. The music reproducing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the performance speed is set based on the time gap between the announcement time of the selected music piece and the birth time of the singer. 5. The lyrics sentence output control means for adjusting the display timing of the lyrics sentence data in the lyrics sentence data display output means so as to correspond to the performance speed set by the variable means. 2. The audio reproducing device according to 2.