JPH08292783A - Karaoke device switching vocal performance and karaoke performance - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform KARAOKE performance, the training of singing and the appreciation of singing of a singer by a KARAOKE device. CONSTITUTION: A vocal signal generated from a voice sung with the playing music of corresponding musical piece data is stored in a music memory device 9 by adding on music data consisting of a music title, lyric data and the musical piece data. The vocal signal and the music data are read out from the music memory device 9, and the vocal signal is reproduced by a vocal reproduction circuit 19, and the musical piece data is reproduced by a music reproduction circuit 18. An additional control switch 23 to be operated from the outside is provided, and a reproduced vocal signal is broadcasted from a speaker after mixing with a musical piece signal or a synthetic signal via the additional control switch 23. Vocal performance is enjoyed or only KARAOKE performance is enjoyed by supplying or interrupting the vocal signal of a singer by operating the additional control switch.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a karaoke device for switching between vocal and karaoke by switching a switch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, karaoke devices have been widely used for singing entertainment. The customer sings along with the karaoke song and the background image is displayed on the display device.

[0003]

In the past, since only karaoke performances and music tones can be reproduced, it was difficult for beginners to practice singing songs, and the good singers tended to monopolize them.
Also, to hear the singing voice of the singer on sale for that song,
It was inconvenient because I could not listen to the singer's song because the singer's voice was not prepared. It is an object of the present invention to provide a karaoke device which enables karaoke performance, practicing songs, and listening to singers' songs.

[0004]

According to the present invention, music data for karaoke is mixed with character data of song titles and lyrics data and MI.
It is composed of DI type music data and stored in a music storage device, and character data of song name and lyrics data is read from the music storage device, and a character generator generates a character pattern corresponding to the character data. Is displayed on the video display device, the music data is read from the music storage device, the music data is reproduced by the music reproducing circuit to generate a music signal, and the music signal and a singing voice signal obtained by converting a singing voice by a microphone are voice-synthesized. Generates a composite signal by combining in a circuit,
In a karaoke device that broadcasts this synthesized signal from a speaker, a vocal signal generated from a voice in which lyrics are sung in accordance with a performance song of corresponding song data is converted into music data including song titles, lyrics data, and song data in a music storage device. Add and remember. The vocal signal and the music data are read from the music storage device, the vocal signal is reproduced by the vocal reproduction circuit, and the music data is reproduced by the music reproduction circuit. An additional control switch operated from the outside is provided, and the reproduced vocal signal is mixed with the music signal or the synthesized signal via the additional control switch and broadcast from the speaker. The original song with the same vocal as the original and the karaoke song without the vocal can be switched with an additional control switch.

[0005]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. Figure 2
The karaoke device is a video display device 15 such as a CRT.
And left and right speakers 14, a karaoke terminal 16, a laser disk (LD) player 1, and a music storage device 9. Laser disc (LD) player 1
Supplies a background image to be displayed on the video display device 15 during karaoke performance.

On the front surface of the karaoke terminal 16, there are provided a music number display section 13 consisting of a plurality of 7 segments, a ten-key switch 10 and a changeover switch 23. The changeover switch 23 is an additional control switch, which is manually operated from the outside to switch between the karaoke performance and the original singer's voiced broadcast. In FIG. 1, the karaoke apparatus of FIG. 2 will be described in detail for each circuit block.

The music storage device 9 is composed of a hard disk for storing thousands of karaoke songs, and a laser disc (L
D) The player 1 supplies the background image and is connected to the karaoke terminal 16. The music storage device 9 stores lyrics data, music data of a MIDI signal, background video code, back chorus data, and vocal data together with music titles as music data, and constitutes a karaoke database. This vocal data is obtained by storing a vocal signal generated as a magnetic signal from a voice sung in accordance with the musical composition of the corresponding musical composition of the lyrics of a predetermined musical composition.
In this case, the singer may be the voice of the singer of the corresponding song,
It can be another singer's.

When additionally storing in the music storage device 9, the performance of the reproduced music and the song of the singer must be synchronized, so the music data of the stored MIDI signal is sung in accordance with the reproduced music. Try to remember your voice. The music storage device 9 additionally stores vocal data in addition to the song name, lyrics data, and song data, and these data are independent as signals and are not mixed in the stored state.

When the requested song number is input from the ten-key switch 10, the number is displayed in the song number display section 13, and when a separate set key is pressed, the CPU 27 causes the music data and the lyrics corresponding to the song number from the music storage device 9. Read data etc. First, the song name and lyrics data read from the karaoke database of the music storage device 9 is patterned by the character generation circuit 17, and the lyrics are sent to the video synthesis circuit 21 as a telop. The background video code read from the karaoke database is a laser disc (LD)
The background video corresponding to the background video code is sent to the player 1, and the background video is read.

In the image synthesis circuit 21, the character generation circuit 17
And the background image signal (BGV) from the laser disk (LD) 1 for background image are synthesized.
The composite video signal is sent to the image display device 15 and displayed. The music data of the MIDI signal read from the karaoke database is demodulated into a music signal by the MIDI reproducing device 18 and sent to the voice synthesizing circuit 20. The back chorus data read from the karaoke database is also reproduced by the chorus reproducing device 12, demodulated into a chorus signal, and sent to the voice synthesizing circuit 20.

In the voice synthesizing circuit 20, the singing voice signal from the microphone 28, the music signal from the MIDI reproducing device 18 and the chorus signal from the chorus reproducing device 12 are mixed and synthesized, and the synthesized signal is sent to the speaker 14. , Will be broadcast and played. The vocal data read from the karaoke database is demodulated into a vocal signal by the vocal reproducing device 19 and sent to the voice synthesizing circuit 20 via the changeover switch 23. The change-over switch 23 is selectively turned on / off by a pressing operation, and the vocal signal is converted into the voice synthesizing circuit 20.
Supply or stop supply. Further, the song title and lyrics data read from the music storage device 9 is patterned by the character generating circuit 17, and the title of the song title and the telop of the lyrics are sent to the video synthesizing circuit 21.

Next, the operation will be described in detail. For karaoke performance, the changeover switch 23 is turned off when pressed, and the vocal signal is not supplied to the voice synthesis circuit 20. When the requested song number is input from the ten-key switch 10, the CPU 27 reads the song name, the lyrics data, the MIDI song signal, the back chorus data, and the vocal data corresponding to the song number from the music storage device 9. The reproduced music signal, the reproduced back chorus, and the singing voice signal from the microphone 28 are mixed and combined by the voice synthesizing circuit 20, and the combined signal is sent to the speaker 14, where the singing voice, the music, and the back chorus. Will be broadcast and played.

The song title and the lyrics data read from the music storage device 9 are patterned by the character generation circuit 17, and the lyrics are sent to the video synthesis circuit 21 as a telop. on the other hand,
The background image signal from the laser disk (LD) player 1 is combined with the telop signal from the character generating circuit 17 in the image synthesizing circuit 21 and sent to the image display device 15.
Displayed at the same time. The customer can sing a song into the microphone in accordance with the music played from the speaker 14 while watching the lyrics telop and the image on the image display device 15.

Next, the microphone 2 is used for singing practice and viewing.
When singing the song toward 8 is stopped and the changeover switch 23 is pressed again, it returns to the non-pressed state and is turned on, and the vocal signal is supplied to the voice synthesis circuit 20. The reproduced music signal and the back chorus are sent to the voice synthesizing circuit 20, and this time, the original singing voice signal is added, mixed and synthesized there, and the voice, music and back chorus of the professional singer are simultaneously produced. , Is broadcast and played from the speaker 14. In some cases, the singing voice of the original singer for sale is broadcast along with the music from the speaker 14 and the song can be viewed. While singing, the changeover switch 2
3 can be operated, so karaoke customers can use microphone 2
You can sing to 8 and practice the song by following the original singer's song.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, a vocal signal generated from a voice in which lyrics are sung in accordance with the performance song of the corresponding song data is stored in the music storage device as the song name, the lyrics data and the song data. The vocal signal and the music data are read from the music storage device, the vocal signal is reproduced by the vocal reproduction circuit, and the music data is reproduced by the music reproduction circuit. An additional control switch operated from the outside is provided, and the reproduced vocal signal is mixed with a music signal or a synthetic signal via the additional control switch and broadcast from a speaker.
As a result, both the karaoke performance and the song award can be used, so that the monitor television, the amplifier, the speaker, etc. can be shared, and the cost can be reduced. When you don't sing karaoke, you can use it instead of a CD because you can switch between karaoke use and song listening with the touch of a button. You can listen to the vocals of the original singer, so you can practice the song.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a karaoke device that switches vocals and karaoke according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a main part of the karaoke apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Laser Disc Player 9 Music Storage Device 10 Numerical Switch 12 Video Processing Unit 13 Music Number Display Unit 14 Speaker 15 Video Display Device 16 Karaoke Terminal 17 Character Generation Circuit 18 MIDI Playback Device 19 Vocal Playback Device 20, 21 Synthesis Circuit 23 Changeover Switch 27 CPU 28 microphone

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Music data for karaoke is composed of character data of song titles and lyrics data and MIDI song data and stored in a music storage device, and the character data of song titles and lyrics data is read from the music storage device. A character generator generates a character pattern corresponding to the character data, displays the character pattern on a video display device, reads the music data from a music storage device, and reproduces the music data in a music reproduction circuit to reproduce the music. A karaoke apparatus for generating a signal, synthesizing the music signal and a singing voice signal obtained by converting a singing voice with a microphone by a voice synthesizing circuit, and broadcasting the synthesized signal from a speaker. A vocal signal generated from a voice sung in accordance with the performance song of the corresponding song data is stored in the music storage device as the song name and lyrics data and Stored in addition to music data consisting of music data, reading the vocal signal and the music data from a music storage device, reproducing the vocal signal in a vocal reproduction circuit, reproducing the music data in the music reproduction circuit, An additional control switch operated from the outside is provided, and the reproduced vocal signal is passed through this additional control switch.
A karaoke device for switching between vocal and karaoke, which is mixed with the music signal or the combined signal and broadcast from the speaker.