JPS61255504A - Method and device for karaoke - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable everyone to sing a song well even though he/she knows no start nor melody of the song with 'KARAOKE' (orchestration without lyrics), by delivering the partial sound recorded to a sound multiplex recording medium through a speaker and also delivering other sound to a headphone or an earphone. CONSTITUTION:The music can be enjoyed stereophonically with a sound multiplex tape 2 when a headphone jack 10 is not put into a headphone terminal 9. Then the jack 10 is put into the terminal 9 and a changeover switch 15 of a canning circuit 12 is changed in three steps as follows. That is, the ordinary stereophonic mode is enjoyed through the headphone 11 only (1st step), the sound A at one side is delivered through the left and right speakers 7 and 8 with the sound B of the other side delivered through left and right speakers 16 and 17 of the headphone 11 (2nd step), and the sound A is delivered through the speakers 16 and 17 of the headphone 11 with the sound B delivered through the speakers 7 and 8 respectively (3rd step).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a karaoke method and a karaoke apparatus using an audio multiplex recording medium such as an audio multiplex tape.

"Prior Art" Conventionally, when performing karaoke, accompaniment was played from speakers using a karaoke machine, and singers sang along with the accompaniment.

For this reason, there was a drawback that one could not sing unless one knew the beginning or the ending.

1. OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks, the present invention is to provide a karaoke method that allows the user to sing well even without knowing the beginning or end of the verse.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a karaoke apparatus which allows accompaniment etc. to be output from speakers and professional vocals etc. to be heard through headphones or earphones.

"Means for Achieving the Objects of the Invention" The present invention is a karaoke machine that uses an audio multiplex recording medium such as an audio multiplex tape, and a part of the audio recorded on the audio multiplex recording medium is played into the venue through a speaker. It is characterized by the fact that only the person who sings through headphones or earphones can hear and sing the audio.

In addition, the present invention provides a karaoke apparatus that uses an audio multiplex recording medium such as an audio multiplex tape, in which a part of the audio recorded on the audio multiplex recording medium that is played back in the karaoke apparatus body is output from the speaker, and other audio is output from the head. It is characterized by being equipped with a karaoke device that can be output from a horn or earphones.

"Embodiments of the present invention" The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a karaoke apparatus of the present invention, and this karaoke apparatus 1 includes a tape recorder 3 and a preamplifier 4 capable of reproducing recordings of an audio multiplex tape 2 as an audio multiplex recording medium. , a karaoke device main body 6 equipped with a main amplifier 5, and this karaoke device main body 6
left and right speakers 7.8 connected to the karaoke apparatus main body 6; a headphone 11 equipped with a headphone jack 10 that can be detachably inserted into a headphone terminal 9 provided on the karaoke apparatus main body 6; A portion of the audio recorded on the audio multiplex tape 2, which is reproduced by the tape recorder 3 provided in the audio amplifier 6, is outputted from the left and right speakers 7.8 via the main amplifier 5, and other audio is output from the left and right speakers 7.8. It is composed of a cheat circuit 12 outputted from the headphone 11.

The cheat circuit 12 includes changeover switches 13 and 14 that are switched by inserting the headphone jack 10 into the headphone terminal 9, as shown in FIG. It consists of 9 questions and a 3-stage changeover switch 15 of 011.2 installed.

In the karaoke apparatus 1 having the above configuration, when using music on the audio multiplex tape 2 as a normal stereo, the headphone jack 10 is not inserted into the headphone terminal 9 as shown in FIG. One audio A and the other audio B from the recorder 3 are from the preamplifier 4.
The signals are output from the left and right speakers 7 and 8 through the changeover switches 13 and 14 and the main amplifier 5, respectively.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3, when the headphone jack 10 is inserted into the headphone terminal 9 and the three-stage selector switch 15 of the cheat circuit 12 is set to the O position, one audio A from the tape recorder 3 and the other audio B means the left and right speakers 1 of the headphone 11 via the preamplifier 4 and the 3-stage selector switch 15 of the cheat circuit 12.
6 and 17 respectively. In other words, the user can listen to normal stereo music only through the headphones 11.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the headphone jack 10 is inserted into the headphone terminal 9 and the 3-stage selector switch 15 of the cheat circuit 12 is set to the 1 position, one audio A from the tape recorder 3 is output from the selector switch 1.
3. The cheat circuit 12 is outputted from the left and right speakers 7.8 via the 3-stage changeover switch 15, the changeover switch 14, and the main amplifier 5, and the other audio B is output through the 3-step changeover switch 13 and the cheating circuit 12. It comes out from the left and right speakers 16 and 17 of the headphone 11 via the switch 15. That is, by using the voice of A as the accompaniment and the voice of B as a professional vocal, only the singer can perform karaoke without having others listen to the professional vocal.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, insert the headphone jack 10 into the headphone terminal 9 and set the three-stage changeover switch 15 of the cheat circuit 12 to the 2nd position.
The left and right subicas 16 and 17 of the headphone 11 output via the 3-stage changeover switch 15 of the 3-cheating circuit 12, and the other sound B is output through the changeover switch 13, the 3-stage changeover switch 15 of the cheating circuit 12, and the changeover. The left and right subicas are connected via the switch 14 and the main amplifier 5.
It comes out from 7 and 8.

"Different Embodiments of the Present Invention" Next, different embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 6 to 8 will be described. In addition, in explaining these examples,
Components that are the same as those in the embodiments of the present invention are given the same reference numerals and redundant explanations will be omitted.

The main difference between the embodiment of FIG. 6 and the embodiment of the present invention described above is that the tape recorder is replaced by a compact disc main body 3A that can play back the audio of a compact disc that has been overdubbed. Similar effects can be obtained even if the karaoke apparatus 1A is configured as shown in FIG.

The main difference between the embodiment of FIG. 7 and the embodiment of the present invention described above is that it can play back the audio of a multi-recorded record instead of a tape recorder. Even if the karaoke facility @IB is configured in this way, similar effects can be obtained.

The main difference between the embodiment of FIG. 8 and the embodiment of the present invention is a cheat circuit 12A, which connects the right speaker to the cord 17 that connects the karaoke apparatus main body 1 and the right speaker 8. Even with this configuration, similar effects can be obtained in that it is configured with a changeover switch 19 that can switch between the headphone terminal 8 and the headphone terminal 9.

Note that the same effect can be obtained even if the changeover switch 19 is inserted into the cord connecting the karaoke apparatus main body 1 and the left speaker 7. Further, in the above embodiment, the headphone 1
1, the present invention is not limited to this, and earphones may be used instead of headphones.

"Effects of the Present Invention" As is clear from the above description, the present invention has the following effects.

(1) You can listen to and sing professional vocals through headphones or earphones that others cannot hear. Therefore, even if you only vaguely remember a song, you can sing it well without making any mistakes.

(2) With (1) above, you can sing with confidence.

(3) Since everyone other than the singer can only hear the accompaniment played from the speakers and the singer's song, it is possible to appear to be singing well.

(4) Since the structure is simple, it can be manufactured with slight design changes, and existing products can be manufactured with slight modifications. It's easy to do, and it's cheap.

(5) By using a choral audio multiplex recording system, you can enjoy harmonizing by outputting one professional voice from the speakers and listening to and singing the other voice through headphones or earphones.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 5 are schematic circuit diagrams of FIG. 1 showing usage conditions, and FIG.
FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are explanatory views showing different embodiments of the present invention, respectively. 1.1A: Karaoke device, 2: Audio multiplex tape, 3: Tape recorder, 4: Brian amplifier, 5: Main amplifier, 6: Karaoke device body, 7: Left speaker, 8: Right speaker, 9: Headphone terminal, 10: Headphone jack, 11: Headphone, 12: Cheat circuit, 13: Changeover switch, 14: Changeover switch, 15: 3-stage changeover switch, 16: Left speaker, 17: Right speaker, 18:
Code, 19: Changeover switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Some of the sounds recorded on the audio multiplex recording medium by a karaoke machine using an audio multiplex recording medium such as an audio multiplex tape are played into the hall through speakers, and other sounds are transmitted through headphones. Or a karaoke method characterized by using earphones so that only the singer can listen and sing. 2) In a karaoke machine that uses an audio multiplex recording medium such as an audio multiplex tape, some of the sounds recorded on the audio multiplex recording medium played back by the karaoke machine are output from the speakers, and other sounds are output through headphones or earphones. A karaoke machine characterized by being equipped with a cheating device that can be ejected from a horn. 3) The karaoke apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the audio multiplex recording medium is a multiplex audio tape, compact disc, record, or the like. 4) Claim 2, characterized in that the main body of the karaoke apparatus is a tape recorder that plays back audio multiplexed tape recordings, a compact disc player that plays back compact disc recordings, and a record player that plays back record recordings. Or the karaoke device according to item 3. 5) The cheating device made it possible to output some of the audio recorded on the audio multitrack recording medium played by the karaoke device from the left and right speakers, and other audio from the left and right headphones or earphones. The karaoke apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that it is a cheat circuit. 6) The cheating device is a cheating circuit that connects one of the voices output from the left and right speakers recorded on the audio multiplex recording medium played by the karaoke device main body to headphones or earphones. The karaoke apparatus according to any one of items 2 to 4.