Music reproducing device capable of reproducing instrumental sound and vocal sound

Claim 2

A music reproducing device comprising: storage means for discretely storing music instrumental sound data and chorus sound data, the music instrumental sound data being in the form of a digital signal providing instructions for instrumentally playing an entirety of a piece of music and including timing information representing a timing at which the chorus sound data are read, the chorus sound data being digitally coded based on a human chorus sound for use in part of the piece of music; music instrumental sound reproducing means for reproducing a music instrumental sound in accordance with the music instrumental sound data; voice sound reproducing means for reproducing a voice sound in accordance with the chorus sound data; and control means connected to said storage means, said music instrumental sound reproducing means, and said voice sound reproducing means, for reading the music instrumental sound data from said storage means and outputting the music instrumental sound data to said music instrumental sound reproducing means, said control means further reading the chorus sound data from said storage means at the timing represented by the timing information during reading of the music instrumental sound data and outputting the chorus sound data to said voice sound reproducing means.

Claim 3

The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains appointment data representing a time of occurrence of said music instrumental sound data, and the chorus sound data contains a plurality of phrases of voice sound and phrase number data for identifying each of the plurality of phrases, each of said phrases corresponding to a piece of music, the appointment data and the phrase number data being correlated to each other in said storage means, and wherein when said control means reads the appointment data, said control means reads one of the plurality of phrases identified by the phrase number data corresponding to the appointment data read by said control means.

Claim 4

The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains data regarding plural pieces of music instrumental sounds corresponding to a plurality of songs, data regarding each piece of music instrumental sound containing music number data for identifying a song, wherein the chorus sound data are provided in association with the music number data, and wherein when said control means reads the music number data, said control means reads the chorus sound data corresponding to the music number data read by said control means.

Claim 5

The device as claimed in claim 3, further comprising inputting means for inputting a music number which specifies one of a plurality of songs, and wherein said control means searches a piece of music instrumental sound based on the music number, the music number corresponding to the music number data.

Claim 6

The device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains end data, and wherein said control means stops reading the music instrumental sound data when the end data are read.

Claim 7

The device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising mixing means connected to said music instrumental sound reproducing means and said voice sound reproducing means for mixing the music instrumental sound and the voice sound.

Claim 8

The device as claimed in claim 6, further comprising a microphone connected to said mixing means for inputting actual voice sound, said mixing means further mixing the actual voice sound to the music instrumental sound and the voice sound.

Claim 9

The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said storage means comprises first storage means for storing the music instrumental sound data and second storage means for storing the chorus sound data, said first and second storage means being separately provided.

Claim 10

A music reproducing device comprising: storage means for discretely storing music instrumental sound data and chorus sound data, the music instrumental sound data being in the form of a digital signal providing instructions for instrumentally playing an entirety of a piece of music and including at least two timings at which the chorus sound data are read, the chorus sound data being digitally coded based on a human chorus sound for use in part of the piece of music wherein the human chorus sound data includes at least one piece of chorus to be read in conjunction with the piece of music at least two timings included in the music instrumental sound data; music instrumental sound reproducing means for reproducing a music instrumental sound in accordance with the music instrumental sound data; voice sound reproducing means for reproducing a voice sound in accordance with the chorus sound data; control means connected to said storage means, said music instrumental sound reproducing means, and said voice sound reproducing means, for reading the music instrumental sound data from said storage means and outputting the music instrumental sound data to said music instrumental sound reproducing means, said control means further reading the chorus sound data from said storage means at the timing during reading of the music instrumental sound data and outputting the chorus sound data to said voice sound reproducing means; mixing means connected to said music instrumental sound reproducing means and said voice sound reproducing means for mixing the music instrumental sound and the voice sound; and a microphone connected to said mixing means for inputting actual voice sound, said mixing means further mixing the actual voice sound with the music instrumental sound and the voice sound.

Claim 11

A music reproducing device comprising: storage means for discretely storing music instrumental sound data and chorus sound data, the music instrumental sound data being in the form of a digital signal providing instructions for instrumentally playing an entirety of a piece of music and including at least two timings at which the chorus sound data are read, the chorus sound data being digitally coded based on a human chorus sound for use in part of the piece of music wherein the human chorus sound data includes at least one piece of chorus to be read in conjunction with the piece of music at least two timings included in the music instrumental sound data; music instrumental sound reproducing means for reproducing a music instrumental sound in accordance with the music instrumental sound data; voice sound reproducing means for reproducing a voice sound in accordance with the chorus sound data; control means connected to said storage means, said music instrumental sound reproducing means, and said voice sound reproducing means, for reading the music instrumental sound data from said storage means and outputting the music instrumental sound data to said music instrumental sound reproducing means, said control means further reading the chorus sound data from said storage means at the timing during reading of the music instrumental sound data and outputting the chorus sound data to said voice sound reproducing means; mixing means connected to said music instrumental sound reproducing means and said voice sound reproducing means for mixing the music instrumental sound and the voice sound; and a microphone connected to said mixing means for inputting actual voice sound, said mixing means further mixing the actual voice sound with the music instrumental sound and the voice sound.

Claim 12

The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains data regarding plural pieces of music instrumental sounds corresponding to a plurality of songs, data regarding each piece of music instrumental sound containing music number data for identifying a song, wherein the chorus sound data are provided in association with the music number data, and wherein when said control means reads the music number data, said control means reads the chorus sound data corresponding to the music number data read by said control means.

Claim 13

The device as claimed in claim 10, further comprising inputting means for inputting a music number which specifies one of a plurality of songs, and wherein said control means searches a piece of music instrumental sound based on the music number, the music number corresponding to the music number data.

Claim 14

The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains end data, and wherein said control means stops reading the music instrumental sound data when the end data are read.

Claim 15

The device as claimed in claim 9, wherein said storage means comprises first storage means for storing the music instrumental sound data and second storage means for storing the chorus sound data, said first and second storage means being separately provided.

Claim 16

A music reproducing device comprising: storage means for discretely storing music instrumental sound data and chorus sound data, the music instrumental sound data being in the form of a digital signal providing instructions for instrumentally playing an entirety of a piece of music, the chorus sound data being digitally coded based on a human chorus sound for use in part of the piece of music; music instrumental sound reproducing means for reproducing a music instrumental sound in accordance with the music instrumental sound data; voice sound reproducing means for reproducing a voice sound in accordance with the voice sound data; and control means connected to said storage means, said music instrumental sound reproducing means, and said voice sound reproducing means, for reading the music instrumental sound data from said storage means and outputting the music instrumental sound data to said music instrumental sound reproducing means, said control means further reading the chorus sound data from said storage means at a predetermined timing during reading of the music instrumental sound data and outputting the chorus sound data to said voice sound reproducing means, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains appointment data representing a time of occurrence of said music instrumental sound data, and the chorus sound data contains a plurality of phrases of voice sound and phrase number data for identifying each of the plurality of phrases, each of said phrases corresponding to a piece of music, the appointment data and the phrase number data being correlated to each other in said storage means, and wherein when said control means reads the appointment data, said control means rads one of the plurality of phrases identified by the phrase number data corresponding to the appointment data read by said control means, the piece of music containing at least two timings at which the same phrase is used.

Claim 17

A music reproducing device comprising: storage means for discretely storing music instrumental sound data and chorus sound data, the music instrumental sound data being in the form of a digital signal providing instructions for instrumentally playing an entirety of a piece of music, the chorus sound data being digitally coded based on a human chorus sound for use in part of the piece of music; music instrumental sound reproducing means for reproducing a music instrumental sound in accordance with the music instrumental sound data; voice sound reproducing means for reproducing a voice sound in accordance with the voice sound data; and control means connected to said storage means, said music instrumental sound reproducing means, and said voice sound reproducing means, for reading the music instrumental sound data from said storage means and outputting the music instrumental sound data to said music instrumental sound reproducing means, said control means further reading the chorus sound data from said storage means at a predetermined timing during reading of the music instrumental sound data and outputting the chorus sound data to said voice sound reproducing means, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains appointment data representing a time of occurrence of said music instrumental sound data, and the chorus sound data contains a plurality of phrases of voice sound and phrase number data for identifying each of the plurality of phrases, each of said phrases corresponding to a piece of music, the appointment data and the phrase number data being correlated to each other in said storage means, and wherein when said control means reads the appointment data, said control means rads one of the plurality of phrases identified by the phrase number data corresponding to the appointment data read by said control means, the piece of music containing at least two timings at which the same phrase is used.

Claim 18

The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains data regarding plural pieces of music instrumental sounds corresponding to a plurality of songs, data regarding each piece of music instrumental sound containing music number data for identifying a song, wherein the voice sound data are provided in association with the music number data, and wherein when said control means reads the music number data, said control means reads the voice sound data corresponding to the music number data read by said control means.

Claim 19

The device as claimed in claim 15, further comprising inputting means for inputting a music number which specifies one of a plurality of songs, and wherein said control means searches a piece of music instrumental sound based on the music number, the music number corresponding to the music number data.

Claim 20

The device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the music instrumental sound data contains end data, and wherein said control means stops reading the music instrumental sound data when the end data are read.

Claim 21

The device as claimed in claim 14, further comprising mixing means connected to said music instrumental sound reproducing means and said voice sound reproducing means for mixing the music instrumental sound and the voice sound.

Claim 22

The device as claimed in claim 18, further comprising a microphone connected to said mixing means for inputting actual voice sound, said mixing means further mixing the actual voice sound to the music instrumental sound and the voice sound.

Claim 23

The device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said storage means comprises first storage means for storing the music instrumental sound data and second storage means for storing the voice sound data, said first and second storage means being separately provided.