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6177623 Music reproducing system, rhythm analyzing method and storage medium  
In a music reproducing system, each of characters is allocated in advance a favorite rhythm component and a peculiar figure expressing ability. A sound pressure data producing section produces...
6177625 Apparatus and method for generating additive notes to commanded notes  
In accordance with the musical performance by the player, a musical keyboard and an associated processor generate note command signals indicative of note pitches of the tones to be produced in...
6169243 Automatic performance apparatus with quick start by accelerated loading of setting data  
An automatic performance apparatus is constituted by a memory section, a performance section, and a control section. The memory section stores music sequence data used for carrying out an automatic...
6166315 Device for processing a microphone signal of a karaoke apparatus  
In accordance with a kind of effect, an effect adding section (38) adds an original microphone signal with an effect signal and outputs the added signal, or outputs an effect signal in place of the...
6160213 Electronic music instrument system with musical keyboard  
An electronic music instrument system, comprising: an electronic music instrument, having selectable groups of reproducible sounds and individually selectable reproducible sounds; a signal...
6139329 Karaoke system and contents storage medium therefor  
A karaoke system capable of performing distribution or delivery of new music without delay and providing high quality karaoke musical accompaniment and video image dedicated for each music well...
6121531 Karaoke apparatus selectively providing harmony voice to duet singing voices  
A karaoke apparatus accompanies a vocal performance with a karaoke accompaniment reproduced according to karaoke data. In the karaoke apparatus, an input device separately converts a plurality of...
6121530 World Wide Web-based melody retrieval system with thresholds determined by using distribution of pitch and span of notes  
A World Wide Web-based melody retrieval system takes a sung melody as a query and retrieves the song's title or other information from a music database over a WWW network which comprises a method...
6118064 Karaoke system with consumed calorie announcing function  
A karaoke system acoustically outputting karaoke musical accompaniment together with a singing voice input from a microphone, and in the conjunction therewith, performing video output for image of...
6118065 Automatic performance device and method capable of a pretended manual performance using automatic performance data  
As automatic performance data are sequentially supplied at a given tempo, a player sequentially depresses keyboard keys at appropriate timing. Comparison is made between timing of each manual...
6096961 Method and electronic apparatus for classifying and automatically recalling stored musical compositions using a performed sequence of notes  
The electronic apparatus comprises a processing unit for classification and storage of a plurality of musical compositions, and a control device, such as a keyboard or MIDI connection, for...
6080926 Automatic accompanying apparatus and automatic accompanying method capable of simply setting automatic accompaniment parameters  
In an automatic accompanying apparatus and an automatic accompanying method, the respective part structures of a plurality of basic variation patterns used as a basic accompanying pattern of rhythm...
6075195 Computer system having bi-directional midi transmission  
Apparatus for a wireless computer controlled toy system is disclosed, the apparatus including a computer system operative to transmit a first transmission via a first wireless transmitter and at...
6075193 Automatic music composing apparatus and computer readable medium containing program therefor  
An automatic music composing apparatus comprises a musical template data base storing a plurality of musical templates each including a first set of data constituting a musical melody sample...
6068489 Karaoke amplifier with variably settable range of parameter to control audio signal  
A karaoke amplifier is constructed for amplifying an audio signal to sound a karaoke performance while processing the audio signal according to a value of a control parameter to acoustically...
6056555 Karaoke apparatus using background video with variable reproduction address  
A karaoke apparatus is responsive to a request of a music piece for producing karaoke accompaniment to accompany a live singing voice of the music piece while reproducing a background video...
6036498 Karaoke apparatus with aural prompt of words  
A karaoke apparatus responds to a request for producing a karaoke music piece to accompany a live singing performance of words of the karaoke music piece by a karaoke player. In the karaoke...
6031175 Music performing apparatus capable of calling registrations for performance and computer readable medium containing program therefor  
A music performing apparatus comprises a manipulative music performing device which performs music according to the player's musical performance on the apparatus and an automatic accompaniment...
6025553 Portable music performance device  
A portable music performance device combines an external audio input, such as a singer's voice singing the lyrics of a song into a microphone, and stored musical accompaniment data for the song,...
6011212 Real-time music creation  
A system, and related method, for creating music in real time includes an input device and a real-time music generator. The input device is used by a user to provide rhythm-related signals and...
5993220 Remote control device, sound-reproducing system and karaoke system  
A karaoke system is provided with a reproducing section and a remote control device. The reproducing section at least reproduces an accompaniment signal. The remote control device controls the...
5990405 System and method for generating and controlling a simulated musical concert experience  
A musician can simulate participation in a concert by playing a musical instrument and wearing a head-mounted 3D display that includes stereo speakers. Audio and video portions of a musical concert...
5980261 Karaoke system having host apparatus with customer records  
A karaoke system for providing improved services with customers, utilizing inherent network resources of a large-scale communication karaoke system is disclosed. The karaoke system according to one...
5980262 Method and apparatus for generating musical accompaniment signals at a lower storage space requirement  
In a method and apparatus for generating musical accompaniment signals corresponding to a musical program, there is provided a recording medium which has an audio storage unit and a lyric storage...
5967792 Automatic performance apparatus and a karaoke apparatus  
An automatic performance apparatus for conducting a minus-one performance so that a minus part can be automatically changed in accordance with a performance conducted by the user, the apparatus...
5963907 Voice converter  
A voice converter provides for pitch and formant shifting of an input voice signal. An audio filter extracts the volume level of the input voice signal, and outputs the extracted volume level as...
5957696 Karaoke apparatus alternately driving plural sound sources for noninterruptive play  
A karaoke apparatus is constructed to reproduce a karaoke music piece according to karaoke data composed of setup data and performance data. The karaoke apparatus utilizes a pair of sound source...
5955693 Karaoke apparatus modifying live singing voice by model voice  
A karaoke apparatus produces a karaoke accompaniment which accompanies a singing voice of a player. A memory device stores primary characteristics of a model vowel contained in a model voice. An...
5952599 Interactive music generation system making use of global feature control by non-musicians  
An improved music generation system that facilitates artistic expression by non-musician and musician performers in both individual and group performance contexts. Mappings are provided between 1)...
5939654 Harmony generating apparatus and method of use for karaoke  
A karaoke apparatus is configured so that, even when a music piece data having no harmony data is to be performed, a harmony voice signal can be generated. Notes of a length not smaller than a...
5931680 Score information display apparatus  
A score display apparatus shows beat marks in a number corresponding to the number of beats per measure during a performance by a musical instrument karaoke apparatus. Further, the score display...
5929359 Karaoke apparatus with concurrent start of audio and video upon request  
In a karaoke apparatus, an audio device is responsive to a request of a music piece for starting karaoke performance of the music piece to accompany a live singing voice of the music piece. A...
5919047 Karaoke apparatus providing customized medley play by connecting plural music pieces  
In a karaoke apparatus, a music selector device selects a plurality of desired music pieces so as to compose a medley. A designator device designates a desired section of each music piece selected...
5918303 Performance setting data selecting apparatus  
A performance setting data selecting apparatus including: a data storing unit for storing a plurality set of performance setting data; a table for storing a correspondence between each tune name of...
5913259 System and method for stochastic score following  
The present invention is directed to a computer implemented method for stochastic score following. The method includes the step of calculating a probability function over a score based on at least...
5906494 Training apparatus for singing  
A vocal training apparatus accomplishes reproduction of a music signal recorded on an information medium, where the music signal includes a model vocal signal and an accompaniment signal. A model...
5902951 Chorus effector with natural fluctuation imported from singing voice  
A chorus apparatus is constructed for creating a chorus sound to accompany a vocal sound which is sung by a singer. In the chorus apparatus, a providing device provides music information including...
5902950 Harmony effect imparting apparatus and a karaoke amplifier  
In a karaoke vocal adaptor 100, voice signals to which a harmony effect is imparted by the harmony effect imparting circuit, and voice signals to which the harmony effect is not imparted are output...
5900566 Karaoke playback apparatus utilizing digital multi-channel broadcasting  
A karaoke playback apparatus and system capable of substantially improving quality of background image services by making use of a digital multi-channel broadcasting are disclosed. A karaoke...
5885085 Drive-in interactive system  
A drive-in interactive performance system including a parking space in which at least a car can be parked and an interactive performance apparatus associated with the parking space and operable...
5880388 Karaoke system for synchronizing and reproducing a performance data, and karaoke system configuration method  
A first reading unit reads first performance data from a first storage medium, and outputs it to a reproducing unit. A second reading unit reads second performance data from a second storage...
5877445 System for generating prescribed duration audio and/or video sequences  
A block sequence compiler for compiling a sequence of audio and/or video blocks (e.g., audio tracks, MIDI, video clips, animation, etc.) suitable for producing one or more audio and/or video output...
5876213 Karaoke apparatus detecting register of live vocal to tune harmony vocal  
A karaoke apparatus is constructed to perform a karaoke accompaniment part and a karaoke harmony part for accompanying a live vocal part. A pickup device collects a singing voice of the live vocal...
5866833 Automatic performance system  
Automatic play progresses automatically with each sound generating operation based on timing data that indicates the timing for sounding a tone. In this manner, performance information for time...
5864868 Computer control system and user interface for media playing devices  
A computer system and method for controlling a media playing device. The system provides a user interface for allowing a user access to media pieces stored in a media database. The interface is...
5863206 Apparatus for reproducing video, audio, and accompanying characters and method of manufacture  
An apparatus for reproducing video, audio and accompanying characters, suitable for use as a sing-along or karaoke apparatus, uses pre-stored display patterns, such as animal figures, instead of...
5857171 Karaoke apparatus using frequency of actual singing voice to synthesize harmony voice from stored voice information  
A karaoke apparatus produces a karaoke accompaniment which accompanies a singing voice of an actual player, and concurrently creates a harmony voice originating from a virtual player. In the...
5854619 Karaoke apparatus displaying image synchronously with orchestra accompaniment  
A Karaoke apparatus reproduces an instrumental accompaniment of a song requested by a singer during the course of a vocal performance of the song by the singer. A memory is provided for registering...
5850051 Method and apparatus for creating an automatic accompaniment pattern on the basis of analytic parameters  
Optional accompaniment patterns are created on the basis of a plurality of parameters. Thus, by changing the values of the parameters to be supplied as necessary, accompaniment patterns can be...
5847305 Remote control devices for electronic devices  
A remote control device for an electronic device includes a first storage device for storing a plurality of remote control data for controlling an object remotely, a first selection device for...
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