Karaoke apparatus and method for medley playback
First Claim
1. A karaoke apparatus for medley playback comprising:
- playback unit for receiving playback information including MIDI sound source control information and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the playback information;
information storage unit for the storing playback information and identification information of a plurality of karaoke songs, said identification information specifying the playback information of a highlight portion of each of the plurality of karaoke songs;
selection instructing unit for instructing a selection of karaoke songs to be played; and
playback control unit for reading out the playback information of the highlight portions of the songs selected by the selection instructing unit from said information storage unit on the basis of the identification information of the each of the selected karaoke songs, and controlling said playback unit to successively play the selected karaoke songs on the basis of the playback information of the selected karaoke songs to produce a medley of the selected karaoke songs.
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Abstract
A karaoke apparatus for medley playback includes: playback unit for receiving playback information including MIDI sound source control information and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the playback information; information storage unit for storing playback information and identification information of a plurality of karaoke songs, the identification information specifying playback information of a highlight portion of each of the plurality of karaoke songs; selection instructing unit for instructing a selection of karaoke songs to be played; and playback control unit for reading out playback information of the highlight portions of the songs selected by the selection instructing unit from the information storage unit on the basis of the identification information of the each of the selected karaoke songs, and controlling the playback unit to successively play the selected karaoke songs on the basis of the playback information of the selected karaoke songs to produce a medley of the selected karaoke songs.
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17 Claims
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1. A karaoke apparatus for medley playback comprising:
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playback unit for receiving playback information including MIDI sound source control information and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the playback information; information storage unit for the storing playback information and identification information of a plurality of karaoke songs, said identification information specifying the playback information of a highlight portion of each of the plurality of karaoke songs; selection instructing unit for instructing a selection of karaoke songs to be played; and playback control unit for reading out the playback information of the highlight portions of the songs selected by the selection instructing unit from said information storage unit on the basis of the identification information of the each of the selected karaoke songs, and controlling said playback unit to successively play the selected karaoke songs on the basis of the playback information of the selected karaoke songs to produce a medley of the selected karaoke songs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A karaoke apparatus for medley playback comprising:
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information storage unit for storing digital music data including song data of a plurality of karaoke songs, each of the song data including music data and identification data specifying a highlight portion of the music data; selection instruction unit for instructing selection of karaoke songs to be played; medley karaoke data generation unit for reading out the identification data of the songs selected by the selection instruction unit from said information storage unit in an order of the selection of the songs and combining the music data of the highlight portions of the selected songs each specified by the identification data to produce a successive music data of the selected songs; medley karaoke data storage unit for storing the successive music data of the selected songs as a medley karaoke data; and playback unit for receiving the medley karaoke data and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the medley karaoke data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of medley playback of karaoke songs using an omnibus karaoke apparatus comprising the steps of:
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storing digital music data including song data of a plurality of karaoke songs, each of the song data including music data and identification data specifying a highlight portion of the music data; instructing a selection of karaoke songs to be played in medley; reading out the music data of highlight portions of the selected songs with reference to the identification data; combining the music data of the highlight portions read out to form a successive music data of the selected songs; storing the successive music data of the selected songs as a medley karaoke data; and producing acoustic sound of karaoke song on the basis of the medley karaoke data. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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