KARAOKE DEVICE

• Main Authors: TACHIBANA SATOSHI, KUMAGAI TATSUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.10.2016
• Subjects: ACOUSTICS; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING,NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHYSICS; SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SPEECH RECOGNITION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a karaoke device for enabling a singer to easily grasp the content of a message corresponding to singing evaluation in the case of performing the voice output of the message.SOLUTION: A karaoke device for performing the voice output of a message corresponding to the grading result of a singing voice signal obtained by singing a musical piece includes: a sound source part for generating the musical sound signals of a plurality of musical instruments for carrying out karaoke performance; a message storage part for storing different messages in association with each of a plurality of grading results; a grading part for, as for a musical piece having a plurality of singing sections, calculating the grading result for each singing section; a message selection part for selecting a predetermined message corresponding to the calculated grading result; a message output part for performing the voice output of the predetermined message at a predetermined timing; and a sound source control part for controlling a sound source part not to generate the musical sound signals of a part of a plurality of musical instruments while the voice output of the predetermined message is performed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 【課題】歌唱評価に応じたメッセージを音声出力する場合に、歌唱者が当該メッセージの内容を容易に把握できるカラオケ装置を提供する。【解決手段】楽曲の歌唱を行うことにより得られる歌唱音声信号の採点結果に応じたメッセージを音声出力するカラオケ装置であって、カラオケ演奏を行うための複数の楽器の楽音信号を生成する音源部、複数の採点結果それぞれに対して、異なるメッセージを対応付けて記憶するメッセージ記憶部、複数の歌唱区間を有する楽曲について、歌唱区間毎に採点結果を算出する採点部、算出された採点結果に応じた所定のメッセージを選択するメッセージ選択部、所定のタイミングで、所定のメッセージの音声出力を行うメッセージ出力部、所定のメッセージの音声出力が行われている間、複数の楽器のうち一部の楽器の楽音信号を生成しないよう、音源部を制御する音源制御部を有する。【選択図】図５