JPH09146548A - Musical sound reproducing device with automatic playing condition setting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reproduce various musical sounds in accordance with the playing condition corresponding to the playing order which is strongly desired by a user by collectively displaying the playing condition of every music stored in a card and making the user possible to select the desired playing condition through a selecting means. SOLUTION: In a KARAOKE (a sing-along machine) device 1, the list of music titles under a playing condition is displayed on a display section 13 when the playing condition of each music is read from a card 3 that is set in a card reading/writing section 5. Then, a desired music title is selected through the selection switch arranged on a key panel section 11. Moreover, music digital data of the music corresponding to the selected music title, the music data corresponding to the music index number stored in the card 3, tempo data and key (intonation) data are read from a memory section 7 through a control section 15. Then, the music signals corresponding to the data above are generated by a sound source section 19, a mixer section 17 and a speaker 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a musical tone reproducing apparatus capable of automatically setting performance conditions by using a memory card in which various performance conditions are stored for each of a plurality of music pieces, and more particularly to a memory card. The stored playing conditions are collectively displayed on the display device, and the user can select the desired playing condition via the selection switch, so that the musical sounds of various music can be played according to the playing condition most desired by the user. The present invention relates to a musical sound reproducing device capable of reproducing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there are enormous numbers of musical pieces to be sung in a musical tone reproducing apparatus for reproducing musical tones of various kinds of music, for example, a karaoke apparatus.
How quickly a desired music piece can be selected and matched with a singer's request has become a big problem in a karaoke apparatus. Under such circumstances, conventionally, in the karaoke apparatus, the customer tells the tune to be sung by the customer and the number of the tune to, for example, the store clerk, and the clerk plays the key of the karaoke apparatus for each song.
The panel is operated, or the customer operates the key panel to select a song. Also, the tempo of the song etc.
It is set by operating, for example, a rotary knob provided on the panel.

However, in this type of karaoke apparatus, there is inconvenience associated with the operation of the key panel, and it is troublesome to tell the clerk each song that the customer wants to sing, and setting the song is troublesome. At the same time, it is difficult to set the tone, tempo, etc. of the song to be sung to a condition that suits each person.

In order to solve such a problem,
For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-239293, the playing condition stored in the card is read by a card reading unit, and music data is stored by a data reading unit under the control of the control unit according to the read playing condition. There is described a karaoke apparatus having an automatic performance condition setting function configured to read out music data from a medium and to form a tone signal corresponding to the music data in a sound source section. According to such a karaoke device, the playing condition can be automatically set only by setting the card in which the playing condition is stored in the card lead portion, and the karaoke performance can be enjoyed under the playing condition suitable for each customer. It is possible.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In the karaoke apparatus described in Japanese Patent No. 293, a playing condition that suits each customer is stored in advance, and the playing condition can be automatically set by reading the playing condition from the card. However, the performance conditions stored in the card for each song that the customer prefers to sing are only sequentially read out sequentially in the storage order. Therefore, the performance order of the music pieces stored in the card is predetermined.

However, the singing order of the musical pieces desired by the customer is not always the same, and it may be considered that the singing order of the musical pieces may be changed to enjoy the karaoke performance depending on the mood. In such a case, since the conventional karaoke apparatus always plays in accordance with the performance order of the music stored in the card, there is a problem that it is not possible to meet the customer's desire to sing the music while changing the performance order of the music. . The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, in which the performance conditions for each music stored in the card are collectively displayed on the display means and desired by the user via the selection means. It is an object of the present invention to provide a musical tone reproducing device capable of reproducing musical tones of various kinds of music according to the musical performance conditions corresponding to the musical performance order most desired by the user by making the musical performance conditions selectable.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a musical tone reproducing apparatus having an automatic performance condition setting function according to the present invention uses a card in which performance conditions are stored for each of a plurality of music pieces. In the musical sound reproducing apparatus for performing the above performance, the card reading means for reading out the respective playing conditions stored in the card, the display means for displaying the respective playing conditions read by the card reading means, and the display means for displaying the playing conditions. Selecting means for selecting a desired performance condition from among the respective performance conditions, a data reading means for reading out music data from a music data storage medium, a sound source means for generating a tone signal, and a performance condition selected by the selecting means. In accordance with the above, the music data is read from the music data storage medium via the data reading means, and a musical tone corresponding to the music data is read. And it has a configuration in which a monkey control means causes generated by tone generator to issue.

In the musical sound reproducing apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, when the user plays a musical piece, first, a card in which the performance conditions of each of a plurality of musical pieces are stored is set in the card reading means. From the card thus set, the playing conditions are read out through the card reading means and displayed on the display means. The user selects the performance condition he or she desires from the performance conditions displayed on the display means by the selection means. Under the control of the court roll means based on the user's selection, the music data is read from the music data storage medium via the data reading means according to the playing condition selected by the user via the selecting means, and the music data is read. A tone signal corresponding to is generated by the sound source means.

In the present invention, as described above, when the playing conditions for each music piece are read from the card set in the card reading means, the playing conditions are displayed on the display means and the selection means is used. Since the desired playing conditions can be selected, the user can play and enjoy various musical tones according to the playing conditions corresponding to the most desired playing order depending on his mood.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A musical sound reproducing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings based on an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied as a karaoke apparatus.
First, a schematic configuration of the karaoke device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the karaoke apparatus.

In FIG. 1, the karaoke apparatus 1 includes a card driter section 5, a memory section 7, a sound source section 9, and a key.
It has a panel section 11, a display section 13, a control section 15 for controlling them, and a mixer section 17. A television monitor 19 is connected to the control section 15, and a microphone 21 and a speaker 23 are connected to the mixer section 17. The card-drier unit 5 reads the performance conditions stored in the set card 3 or writes the performance conditions to the card 3 in response to a control signal from the control unit 15. For card 3, read
A writable ID card or a memory card such as a private card is used.

Now, the contents of the performance conditions stored in the card 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing performance conditions stored in the card 3. The performance condition is personal information about each of the plurality of songs that the user likes to sing.
As shown in FIG. 2, the song name of the song, the index number of the song, the tempo of the song that matches the singing speed of the user, the key (tonality) of the song that matches the pitch of the user, and the singing by the user. Information about each item of the number of performances is stored. In addition, information such as the evaluation of the singing ability of the user, the proficiency level of each song, and the difficulty level of the song may be stored. Further, the performance conditions consisting of the above items are stored in order according to the order of the songs having the highest number of performances, and such an order is rearranged and updated every time the card 3 is used, as will be described later. (Rewritten). For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, the song name of the first stored song is "Sun Season", the song index number is "153879", and the tempo is "quarter note is 10 per minute."
0 is the speed ", the song key is" D ", and the number of performances is" 5 "
It turns out that it is a "time".

Returning to FIG. 1, for further explanation of the karaoke apparatus 1, the memory section 7 has, for example, a hard disk (not shown) as a storage medium. The hard disc stores music digital data corresponding to the scale of the music. The music digital data is composed of, for example, musical tone data obtained by A / D converting a musical tone waveform based on the musical scale of the musical composition and tone data and tempo data of the musical composition. Data is stored as a digital signal.

The tone generator section 9 forms a tone signal corresponding to the digital music data sequentially output from the control section 15 and outputs the signal to the mixer section 17. The tone generator section 9 is composed of, for example, a tone forming circuit used in a well-known synthesizer, and the pitch, tone color, scale, etc. are independently controlled by signals from the control section 15. .

The key panel section 11 is for inputting performance conditions such as music, tone and tempo by operating a key, and a signal corresponding to the key operation is input to the control section 15.
Output to In addition, the display unit 13 displays performance conditions and the like when an input operation is performed on the key panel unit 11, and also displays, for example, lyrics of a song while singing. On the other hand, the television monitor 19 also displays, for example, the lyrics being sung, similar to the display unit 13.

The control section 15 has a C (not shown).
It has a PU, a control program ROM, a working RAM, and the like, and controls the card driter unit 5, the memory unit 7, the sound source unit 9, and the like. Further, the mixer section 17 synthesizes (mixes) the tone signal output from the sound source section 9 and the signal collected by the microphone 21 and amplifies the signal, and outputs the signal to the speaker 23.

Next, regarding the operation of the karaoke apparatus 1,
A description will be given based on the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the karaoke apparatus. In addition,
This flow chart is processed by the control section 15. When the power of the karaoke machine 1 is turned on, the program starts, and first, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1, it is judged whether or not the card 3 is set in the card driter section 5. It The determination in S1 is automatically made in the control unit 15 based on the set signal of the card 3 output from the card driter unit 5, for example. If "YES" in S1, that is, if the card 3 is set in the card driter unit 5, the playing conditions are read out from the card 3 via the card reader / writer unit 5 and read out. A list of song titles of the items under the performed performance conditions is displayed on the display unit 13 and the television monitor 19 (S2). At this time,
As shown in FIG. 4, the music titles under the playing conditions are displayed in order from the top according to the order of the music titles of the respective music pieces stored in the card 3 (the order of the number of times played). In the display screens of the display unit 13 and the television monitor 19 shown in FIG. 4, a mark K indicated by a black triangle represents a cursor (in FIG. 4, the mark K is displayed at the position of “sun season”). Exist).

After the song name list in the performance conditions is displayed in S2 as described above, it is determined in S3 whether any song name is selected from the song names existing in the song name list. Here, when a desired song name is selected from the song name list, a cursor key (not shown) provided on the key panel unit 11 is used to select the mark K displayed on the display unit 13 or the television monitor 19 as desired. After moving to the position of the song title, a desired song title is selected via a selection switch (not shown). In addition, the control unit 15 determines whether any song name is selected from the song name list based on a switch signal generated when the selection switch is pressed.
It is performed by

If any song name is not selected from the song name list (S3: NO), the process proceeds to S4 to set the playing conditions by manual operation, while any song name is selected from the song name list. If (YES at S3), the process proceeds to S7. On the other hand, “NO” in the above S1
If it is determined that the card 3 is not set in the card reader / writer section 5, the user uses the key panel section 11 to select the desired song title (tune) by the song index number. Along with the setting (S4), the tone (key) of the music is set (S5), and the tempo thereof is set (S6). The processes of S4 to S6 are processes for the user to manually set the performance conditions.

If "YES" is determined in S3,
Alternatively, when the setting of the playing conditions is completed in S4 to S6, the control section 15 reads out the music digital data stored in advance in the memory section 7 (S7). At this time, when the card 3 is set in the card reader / writer section 5, the song index stored in the card 3 with respect to the song having the song name selected through the selection switch as described above. The tone data corresponding to the number, the tempo data and the key (tone) data are read. Also,
If the card 3 is not set in the card reader / writer section 5, the data corresponding to the performance conditions set in S4 to S6 is read.

When the digital music data is read out, the control section 15 sequentially outputs this data to the sound source section 9 to generate a tone signal corresponding to the data. This tone signal is sounded from the speaker 23 via the mixer section 17, and the accompaniment of the music is played (S8). At this time, the signal input from the microphone 21 and the tone signal are combined by the mixer section 17 and sounded by the speaker 23.

When the music is played in S8, it is determined whether or not the performance is finished (S9). The determination in S9 is made, for example, by the user or the like responding to the key panel unit 11 with respect to the inquiry about whether or not the performance is finished, which is displayed on the display unit 13 based on the end signal of the music. S
In the case of "NO" in 9, that is, in the case of singing the next song continuously, the process returns to S1 and the presence or absence of the card 3 is judged again. If it is judged "YES" again in S1, that is, if the card 3 is already set, the above S2 and S are again executed.
The processing of No. 3 is performed, and it becomes possible to select a desired music piece according to the intention of the user. If it is determined to be "NO" in S1, the playing condition of the next music piece is manually set in S4 to S6 in the same manner as described above.

On the other hand, when it is judged "YES" in S9, that is, when the singing is ended, it is judged whether or not the performance condition for each music sung by then is updated and stored in the card 3 ( S10). Similar to the determination in S3, the determination in S10 is made by the user or the like responding to the display on the display unit 13 with the key panel unit 11.

When it is judged "YES" in S10, the control signal is output from the control section 15 to the card-drier section 5 and stored in the RAM of the control section 15. The playing condition being played is updated and stored in the card 3 (S11). At this time, the number of times played is counted up by the number of times sung, the song names are rearranged and stored in the order of increasing number of times played, and if the tempo of the song and the key data of the song are changed, the It is updated and stored according to the changed data. Further, when a new song that is not stored in the card 3 is sung, the performance condition for the new song is stored.

On the other hand, when it is judged "NO" in S10 based on the fact that there is no response from the key panel 11, that is, when it is not necessary to update and store the playing condition, the series of processing is ended. To do. If no playing condition is stored in the card 3, the playing condition is set in S4 to S6, and then the card 3 is set in the card-drier unit 5. Then, if "YES" is set in S10,
The first performance condition will be stored.

As described in detail above, in the karaoke device 1 according to the present embodiment, at the time when the performance condition for each music is read from the card 3 set in the card reader / writer unit 5, the name of each music in the performance condition is read. A list is displayed on the display unit 13, and a desired song title can be selected through a selection switch provided on the key panel unit 11. Further, a control unit 15 is provided for the song corresponding to the selected song title. The musical tone data corresponding to the music index number stored in the music digital data and the card 3, the tempo data and the key (tone) data are read out from the memory unit 7 via the tone generator unit 19. , Mixer section 17,
Since the loudspeaker 23 is configured to generate a musical tone signal corresponding to the data, the user reproduces musical tones of various kinds of music in accordance with the playing condition corresponding to the most desired playing sequence depending on his mood to perform a karaoke performance. You can enjoy.

After the performance, when the performance conditions for each song that has been sung up to that time are updated and stored in the card 3, the number of performances is incremented by the number of times sung and the song names are assigned in descending order of the number of performances. The playing conditions are updated and stored by rearrangement, and when the tempo of the song and the key data of the song are changed, the data is updated and stored according to the changed data.
The optimum playing conditions for the user are stored in the card, so that the card reader / writer unit 5 can play the card 3
When the performance conditions of No. 1 are read out, the performance conditions for each music can be displayed on the display unit 13 in the order of the number of times played, and the user can easily select a desired music. is there.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example,
In the above-described embodiment, the karaoke apparatus 1 has been described by way of an embodied example, but the present invention is also applicable to apparatuses other than the karaoke apparatus, for example, a musical sound reproducing apparatus such as a music player having an autochanger function. You can Further, in the above-described embodiment, the performance condition includes the music, the tempo of the music, the key (tone) of the music, and the number of times of performance. However, in addition to these conditions, for example, the degree of eco- (resonance), etc. It is also possible to configure so that various conditions equipped in the karaoke device can be automatically set.

Further, in the karaoke apparatus 1 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the card driter section 5 and the memory section 7 are arranged in the apparatus 1, but instead of the card drier section 5, for example, A read-only card reader section (not shown) can be provided. Furthermore, the memory unit 7
Storage media (hard disk, CDROM, tape, etc.)
Can be installed outside the apparatus 1, and the apparatus 1 can be provided with an appropriate data reading section corresponding to the storage medium so as to read the music data. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of another usage pattern of the karaoke apparatus. In addition, in FIG. 5 below,
The same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals for description.

The karaoke apparatus 1 is provided with a connector section 25. The connector section 25 has the television monitor 1 described above.
9, the microphone 21 and the speaker 23 are connected. Also,
A terminal device 29 is connected to the connector portion 25 via a cord 27, for example. This terminal device 29 is to be operated at hand, and includes a card drier unit 31 and
It has a key panel section 33, a display section 35, and a terminal control section 37. A microphone 39, a television monitor 41, and a speaker 43 are connected to the terminal device 29, respectively. The terminal control section 37 is connected to the connector section 25 of the karaoke apparatus 1 via a code 27.

The terminal 29 is controlled by the control section 15 of the karaoke apparatus 1. That is, when a customer sets the card 3 in the card reader / writer section 31 of the terminal device 29, the performance conditions stored in the card 3 are the terminal control section 37, the code 27, It is read out to the control unit 15 via the connector unit 25. The control section 15 processes the read performance conditions in the same manner as described above, causes the speaker 23 to generate a sound, and displays a predetermined display on the display section 13 and the television monitor 19. At the same time, the speaker 43 connected to the terminal device 29
Is also sounded, and a predetermined display is displayed on the display unit 35 and the television monitor 41.

In this example, the karaoke device 1
The card-drier unit 5, the key panel unit 11, and the display unit 13 of FIG.
It is processed with priority over the panel unit 33 and the display unit 35. Therefore, for example, the card 3 is attached to the card drier parts 5 and 31.
When both are set, the performance conditions of the card 3 set in the card driter section 5 are read out. According to this structure, since the customer can operate the terminal device 29 at hand, there is no need to move the card 3 for setting the card 3 or the like, and the playing conditions can be easily set. In particular, if the terminal device 29 and the karaoke apparatus 1 are connected not by the code 27 but by remote control operation, the terminal device 29 can be handled easily and the performance conditions can be set more easily. .

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the performance conditions for each music stored in the card are collectively displayed on the display means so that the user can select a desired performance condition via the selection means. By doing so, it is possible to provide a musical tone reproducing device capable of reproducing musical tones of various kinds of music in accordance with the performance conditions corresponding to the performance order most desired by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing performance conditions stored in a card.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the karaoke apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a list of music titles under performance conditions is displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of another usage pattern of the karaoke apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Karaoke device 3 Card 5 Card reader / writer section 7 Memory section 9 Sound source section 11 Key panel section 13 Display section 15 Control section 17 Mixer section 21 Microphone 23 Speaker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A musical tone reproducing apparatus for playing a musical composition by using a card in which the musical composition condition is stored for each of a plurality of musical compositions, and card reading means for reading out the musical composition condition stored in the card, Display means for displaying each playing condition read by the card reading means, selecting means for selecting a desired playing condition from among the playing conditions displayed on the display means, and music data from the music data storage medium. Data reading means for reading, sound source means for generating a tone signal, music data from the music data storage medium through the data reading means according to the playing condition selected by the selecting means, and a tone corresponding to the music data. Automatic performance condition setting function, characterized by having control means for generating a signal by a sound source means Tone reproduction device having a.