JP2949080B2 - Performance system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a telephone line or a CD-
Using a recording medium such as a ROM or MO disk, music information such as karaoke is distributed and automatic performance music information is distributed, and each terminal automatically performs music information based on the distributed automatic performance music information. Related to performance systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, restaurants and the like are equipped with a terminal device such as an LD (laser disk) karaoke device and the like, and karaoke stores that allow desired users to sing along with karaoke accompaniment are increasing. In recent years, recording media such as CD-ROMs and magneto-optical disks (hereinafter referred to as MO disks) containing karaoke performance information have been distributed to centers and karaoke stores,
2. Description of the Related Art A communication karaoke system has been constructed such that when a new music is released, the music is directly distributed to a center or a karaoke store via a telephone line. This communication karaoke system is composed of a karaoke information production company, a center for distributing karaoke information to each terminal device (karaoke store), a terminal device, and the like.

[0003] This production company, in the case of old music, CD
-Distribution to a center in the form of a recording medium such as a ROM or MO disk, or encoding / compression of music data such as accompaniment information and lyrics information in the case of a new music record, for example, MIDI (Musical
Instrument Digital Interface (MO) is made into an MO disk in the form of data and distributed to the center, or distributed directly to the center via a telephone line. Also, the center
A plurality of music data distributed from the production company is temporarily stored in the storage device, and music data suitable for each karaoke store is distributed to each karaoke store. In addition, the karaoke store,
The singer is caused to play a desired karaoke song based on the distributed song data.

Generally, a karaoke song is assigned a plurality of digits called a request number, and a table (referred to as a quick reference table) in which the request number is associated with the title of the song is prepared. The singer searches the karaoke song quick reference table for the request number of the desired song, and inputs the request number by operating the numeric keypad or remote control of the karaoke machine. The karaoke device that receives the message requests the CD-
For a karaoke song recorded on a ROM or MO disk, the corresponding disk position and chapter are called and played. In the case of a new karaoke song distributed via a telephone line, a file is retrieved from these storage devices, for example, a hard disk, and the requested song is called and reproduced. By the way, a karaoke machine of a karaoke store conventionally often has an automatic performance function generally called a BGM function. This is because when the karaoke singer is not performing karaoke, the karaoke device automatically enters the BGM mode and automatically plays the karaoke tune, thereby performing the BGM.
It is provided as.

[0005]

However, the songs automatically played by the BGM function cover all karaoke songs, and each song is given a genre such as pop / enka / new song. When the BGM function of the karaoke device is used, a tune of a desired genre can be selected by operating a mode setting button such as pop / enka / new score / total, using a keyboard provided on the karaoke device. In addition, comprehensive means that all genres are targeted. However, for example, when "Comprehensive" is selected, all songs belonging to "Comprehensive" are automatically performed continuously, and when "Pops" is selected, all songs belonging to the pop genre are continuously performed. Will be played. For this reason, in the BGM performance, a tune suitable for the BGM may not easily be played, or a tune not suitable for the BGM may be played. Therefore, it is conceivable to select songs to be provided for BGM in a karaoke store in advance, but this operation is not easy because the number of target songs ranges from thousands to 10,000 or more. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problem, and has as its object to facilitate setting of a karaoke song when the karaoke song is used as BGM.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving means (1), music storing means (5, 16), BG
M music list storage means (3), performance means (11-1
3) A performance system including input means (18, 19) and control means (2), wherein the receiving means (1) receives a BGM music list indicating music data to be provided to the BGM from the center, and The list storage means (3) stores the received BGM music list, and the music storage means (5, 1,
6) stores a plurality of music data and performs the performance means (11 to 11)
13) reproduces the music data based on the control of the control means (2), the input means (18, 19) can designate the music data, and the control means (2) operates in the request mode or , BGM mode, and in the request mode, the music data specified by the input means (18, 19) is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13). In the BGM mode, the music data in the BGM music list storage means (3) is read. The music data indicated by the BGM music list is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the performance system of the first aspect, the BGM music list storage means (3) stores a plurality of BGM music list, and the input means (18, 19) comprises: The BGM program list can be specified, and the control means (2) outputs the BG
The music data indicated by the designated BGM music list in the M music list storage means (3) is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the performance system according to the first or second aspect, the input means (1
8 and 19), the change of the contents of the BGM music list can be input, and the control means (2) according to the input change of the contents of the BGM music list, stores the BGM music list stored in the BGM music list storage means (3). The contents of the list are changed.

[0009]

The performance system according to the present invention comprises a receiving means (1), a music storage means (5, 16), a BGM music list storage means (3), a performance means (11 to 13), an input means (18, 19), Control means (2), the receiving means (1) receives a BGM music list indicating music data to be provided to the BGM from the center, and the BGM music list storage means (3) stores the received BGM music list. Remember
The music storage means (5, 16) stores a plurality of music data, and the performance means (11 to 13) reproduce the music data based on the control of the control means (2). Input means (1
8, 19) can designate music data. The control means (2) switches between the request mode and the BGM mode. In the request mode, the music data specified by the input means (18, 19) is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13), and the BGM mode Sometimes
The music data indicated by the BGM music list in the BGM music list storage means (3) is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13).

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a communication karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The communication karaoke system will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, in the production company, an input device 30 for producing music for karaoke and a keyboard 31 for performing various operations are connected to a CPU 32. Music data such as accompaniment, lyrics, background image selection information and the like for karaoke input and produced by the input device 30 and the keyboard 31 and karaoke information including a list of these karaoke songs are provided in the CPU 32 by, for example, codes (not shown). /
After the encoding / compression processing by the compression processing circuit, the data is recorded in a predetermined data format on the MO disk by the MO disk driver 33, for example. The production company distributes the karaoke information in the form of an MO disk to a center or via a telephone line via a modem 34.

On the other hand, in the center, when the data is distributed in the form of an MO disk from a production company, the data is reproduced by an MO disk driver 35 and, for example, a large-capacity HD
It is stored in a storage device 37 such as a (hard disk). In the case of distribution via a telephone line, the signal is converted by a modem 38 and then stored in a storage device 37 via a CPU 36. In the center, a keyboard 39 is arranged to select and classify karaoke songs for automatic performance to be used as BGM from karaoke information distributed from the production company, and karaoke information corresponding to each karaoke store. Is created and distributed to the terminal devices 41 arranged in each karaoke shop via the modem 40. In other words, the center selects music data such as accompaniment for karaoke, lyrics, background image selection information and the like and karaoke information such as a karaoke song list distributed from the production company so that B is suitable for each karaoke shop and restaurant.
A GM karaoke song list is created as a list file edited for each genre, which will be described later, and distributed together with song data. The production of the karaoke song list for BGM may be performed by the production company in a lump, or the content may be confirmed or corrected at the center. As a result, the production company or center can provide BGM songs suited to the season and the region, and can be used as a new music guide. This eliminates the need to set these BGM songs at many karaoke shops.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal device 41 in a karaoke shop according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the music data of the new music distributed (transmitted) from the center via a telephone line and the karaoke music list information edited for automatic performance (BGM) are transmitted via the modem 1 of the karaoke controller 20. The new music data supplied to the CPU 2 and periodically distributed from the center is stored in the hard disk 5, and the BGM karaoke music list information and the like are stored in the RAM 3. When a karaoke song list for BGM is newly distributed, the previous one is updated on the RAM 3. The music data includes lyrics data for generating lyrics characters, and the lyrics data is converted into character image data by an on-screen display device (hereinafter referred to as an OSD device) 7. An optical disk (for example, an LD) on which various background images are recorded in order to correspond to karaoke songs has been distributed from a production company through a center in advance. This optical disc is reproduced by the background image reproducing device 8 according to the background image selection information, and the output of the OSD device 7 is superimposed by the mixer 9 so that the background image according to the lyrics is displayed on the monitor TV 10. With monitor T
Lyrics are displayed in the form of a telop in the lower part of V10.

On the other hand, since the chorus and sound effects are transmitted in the form of PCM data, they are expanded by the voice expander 11 to output the L-side signal and the R-side signal, respectively, and are sent to the next-stage adder 12. Supply. Further, the CPU 2 supplies the MIDI data for generating the accompaniment sound to the tone generator 13 and outputs the accompaniment information including the guide melody for the L-side signal and the R-side signal. The accompaniment information including the chorus, the sound effect, and the guide melody are added by the adder 12, and then supplied to the mixing amplifier 14. A microphone 15 is connected to the mixing amplifier 14 to mix the voice of the singer, and accompaniment information including a guide melody is output from the L-side speaker 16 and the R-side speaker 17. The karaoke controller 20 is provided with a keyboard 18 and a remote controller 19, for example, for changing the accompaniment pitch.

Here, the operation of the terminal device in the karaoke shop according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The singer inputs the request number of the desired song described in the quick reference table in which the request number is associated with the song name.
Or, input from the keyboard 18. The CPU 2 searches and reads out the karaoke tune of the request number input from the remote controller 19 or the keyboard 18 by the hard disk playback device 5 or the CD-ROM playback device 6. PCM data such as chorus and sound effect added to the karaoke music is expanded by the voice expander 11, converted into L-side signals and R-side signals, and supplied to the adder 12. MIDI data such as accompaniment information including a guide melody is stored in the tone generator circuit 1.
3, the accompaniment information including the guide melody is output for the L-side signal and the R-side signal, and is supplied to the adder 12.
The signal is added to the L-side signal and the R-side signal such as the above-mentioned chorus and sound effect. The output signal of the adder 12 is supplied to a mixing amplifier 14 and mixed with the singer's voice signal from the microphone 15 by the mixing amplifier 14 and output from the L-side speaker 16 and the R-side speaker 17.

On the other hand, the karaoke information includes lyrics data and background image selection information. The background image corresponding to the requested karaoke song is reproduced by the background image reproducing device 8 and supplied to the mixer 9. The lyrics data is converted into a character image signal by the OSD device 7 and then combined with the previous image signal by the mixer 9 and supplied to the monitor TV 10. Since the lyrics are displayed on the monitor TV 10 in the form of a telop in the lower part of the screen together with the background image, the singer should sing along with the lyrics displayed on the monitor TV 10 and the accompaniment and the guide melody output from the two speakers LR. Can be.

By the way, the singer sings on the stage sequentially in the order of the requested karaoke songs, but the singer's wishes may be interrupted. In this case, when the CPU 2 detects that the next requested music has disappeared, the BGM automatic performance function automatically operates. This B
The GM automatic performance function will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows an example of a mode setting screen of the BGM automatic performance function displayed on the monitor TV 10 or the monitor TV 50 for managing the karaoke system.

On the display screen 51 of the monitor TV 50, contents for setting various modes of the BGM automatic performance function are displayed. Specifically, at the time of automatic performance by the BGM automatic performance function, ON / OFF selection display whether or not to output a guide melody, ON / OFF selection display whether or not to use the BGM automatic performance function, genre of BGM music Selection display, large / standard / small selection display as BGM volume, monitor background image (BGV) during BGM performance on monitor TV
10 is an ON / OFF selection display indicating whether or not to project the image on the display 10. These selections are made in advance by operating the cursor keys or numeric keys on the keyboard 18. In addition, BGM
The original among the genres of the songs is one in which a BGM song is set independently in a karaoke shop. When this is selected, a list screen in which, for example, a maximum of 100 songs can be registered is displayed. It can be added. The data of the setting conditions by all the operations described above is
Stored in the RAM 3.

The operation of the BGM automatic performance function will now be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, it is assumed that the number of songs in a certain genre is K, and that the I-th song has been played. Then, by the processing described later, I
Assume that data of +1 is stored in the RAM 3 as the next I. The data of I is held for each genre. In the flowchart shown in FIG.
In 1, the karaoke controller 20 is in the karaoke performance mode, and it is assumed that the performance of a certain requested music has ended.
Next, in step S2, it is checked whether or not there is a request for the next song of karaoke, and if there is a request (step S2: Y
ES) moves to step S3 and plays the requested karaoke song in the karaoke performance mode. Also,
If there is no request in step S2 (step S2:
NO) proceeds to step S4 to monitor whether the BGM automatic performance function is in the ON state. If the BGM automatic performance function is OFF (step S4: NO), the flow proceeds to step S5, It will be in the karaoke performance mode, waiting for the next song request. However, in step S4, when the BGM automatic performance function is in the ON state (step S4: YES), the process proceeds to step S6, and the BGM is performed.
The automatic performance mode is set. Then, the CPU 2 reads the data stored in the RAM 3, searches the BGM karaoke song list, and searches the I-th song number (indicated by the request number in the karaoke list) from the preset genre list file. Read).

Next, the process proceeds to step S7, where the RAM
The index file is searched from the number of the list file stored in No.3. The index file is a search list of all the songs stored on the hard disk and the CD-ROM, and has a song name, a drive name, a directory name, a file name, a singer name, background image selection information, and the like. It is updated when the ROM is set.
In step S8, music data is called from the hard disk 5 or the CD-ROM playback device 6 from the contents of the index file searched in step S7.
Next, the process shifts to step S9 to start BGM automatic performance. Then, after the start of the BGM automatic performance, step S1 is executed.
0, and monitors whether there is a next request for karaoke performance. If a request has been made (step S
10: YES) moves on to step S11, where the current BG
The karaoke music being played automatically is interrupted, the mode is switched to the karaoke performance mode, and the requested karaoke performance is started. However, if there is no next request for the karaoke performance (step S10: NO), step S12
Move to Then, it is determined whether or not the performance of the BGM has ended, and if the performance has not ended (step S1).
2: NO), the process returns to step S10 to monitor again whether there is a next request for karaoke performance. on the other hand,
When the BGM has ended (step S12: YE
S) proceeds to step S13.

In step S13, it is determined whether or not the BGM performance has reached the K-th. If it is less than K (step S13: NO), 1 is added to I in step S15, and then step S2 is performed again. Then, the steps from step S2 are executed. Step S13
In the case where K has been reached (step S13: YES)
Initializes I (I = 1) in step S14 and proceeds to step S2. As described above, the BGM automatic performance function performs the BGM during the idle time when no karaoke performance is performed.
This function is designed to automatically play, but in addition to automatically playing BGM, for example, when the genre is a new song, the fact that the new song is a new song is displayed on the monitor TV 10 in the form of a telop, and the singer name and group The name and the like may be read and displayed.

BGM output: ON as shown in FIG.
The setting items other than / OFF are performed by the CPU 2 controlling the tone generator circuit 13 and the background image reproducing device 8 based on these settings during the BGM performance. Further, in the above example, the option of whether or not to output the guide melody during the BGM performance is provided, but an option such as only the guide melody or the guide melody and a specific accompaniment sound (instrument) may be provided. In the above example, the performance of the BGM music is interrupted and the mode is shifted to the karaoke performance mode.
When the mode is set, the value of I does not change, so that the same BGM music is played again. In such a case, the process may advance to the next BGM music. Although the performance system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described using a communication karaoke system as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to, for example, a communication-type jukebox. Also, the form of the music data has been described by taking MIDI data as an example, but the form of the data is not limited. Also, the mode setting of the BGM automatic performance function has been described using an example using the monitor TV. However, for example, a liquid crystal display device provided on the remote controller 19 may be used, and the display mode is not limited.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, B
It is possible to easily set a musical piece in the GM automatic performance mode.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a communication karaoke system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal device in a karaoke store according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a mode setting screen of a BGM automatic performance function displayed on a monitor TV of a terminal device used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a terminal device B used in the embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a GM automatic performance function.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Modem 2 ... CPU 3 ... RAM 4 ... ROM 5 ... Hard disk playback device (HDD) 6 ... CD-ROM playback device 7 ... OSD device 8 ... Background Image reproduction device 9 ・ ・ ・ Mixer 10 ・ ・ Monitor TV 11 ・ ・ Sound expander 12 ・ ・ Adder 13 ・ ・ Sound source circuit 14 ・ ・ Mixing amplifier 15 ・ ・ Microphone 16 ・ ・ L side speaker 17 ・ ・ R side Speaker 18. Keyboard 19 Remote control 20 Karaoke controller

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G10K 15/04 302 G10H 1/00 102

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A receiving means (1), a music storing means (5, 1)
6), BGM program list storage means (3), performance means (1
1 to 13), input means (18, 19), control means (2)
The receiving means (1) receives a BGM music list indicating music data to be provided to the BGM from the center, and the BGM music list storage means (3) stores the received BGM music list.
The music list is stored, the music storage means (5, 16) stores a plurality of music data, and the performance means (11 to 13) reproduce the music data based on the control of the control means (2). The input means (18, 19) is capable of designating music data, and the control means (2) is capable of request mode or BG
The M mode is switched, and in the request mode, the music data specified by the input means (18, 19) is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13). In the BGM mode, the BGM in the BGM music list storage means (3) A performance system wherein music data indicated by a music list is reproduced by performance means (11 to 13). 2. The BGM music list storage means (3) stores a plurality of BGM music list lists, the input means (18, 19) can designate a BGM music list, and the control means (2) 2. The performance system according to claim 1, wherein, in the BGM mode, the music data indicated by the designated BGM music list in the BGM music list storage means (3) is reproduced by the performance means (11 to 13). 3. The input means (18, 19) is capable of inputting a change in the content of the BGM music list, and the control means (2) is adapted to store the BGM music list according to the input change in the content of the BGM music list. 3. The performance system according to claim 1, wherein the content of the BGM music list stored in (3) is changed.