Yamaha Corporation

Masashi Tashiro

Hirokazu Kato

Youji Semba

A Karaoke apparatus responds to a request message for performing an entry song. The Karaoke apparatus has a music data storage for storing music data representative of a plurality of entry songs, and a reference data storage for storing reference data representative of a multiple of key items which specify the entry songs. A microphone is provided for collecting an oral request message and for converting the same into a corresponding voice signal. The voice signal is analyzed to extract therefrom key information which suggests a desired entry song. The reference data storage is searched to detect coincidence between the key information and at least one of the key items to thereby identify the desired entry song. The Karaoke apparatus retrieves music data of the desired entry song from the music data storage to perform the desired entry song according to the retrieved music data.

Karaoke apparatus responsive to oral request of entry songs

A karaoke system sounds a karaoke song designated according to a request command. The system includes a record unit defining a closed data source for readably recording a karaoke song, and a playback unit for reading the record unit to reproduce an audio signal representative of the karaoke song such that the record unit and the playback unit compose a playback karaoke equipment. The system further includes a supply unit defining an open data source for accessibly supplying a song data prescriptive of a karaoke song, and a synthetic unit for processing the supplied song data to synthetic size an audio signal representative of the karaoke song such that the supply unit and the synthetic unit compose a synthetic karaoke equipment. A total control unit is provided for selectively activating either of the playback and synthetic karaoke equipments according to a request command to achieve efficient use of the closed and open data sources. A sound unit receives the audio signal from the activated one of the playback and synthetic karaoke equipments to thereby readily sound a designated karaoke song.

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Hamamatsu, Japan

Masashi Tashiro