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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1992
Noboru Nakamaru, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Katsu, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsushi Iizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Masaharu Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention is recorded information reproducing device suitable for use in a kara-oke device and the like which reproduces sound information recorded on an information recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disk), LVD (laser Video Disk) or the like according to the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) standards, and which also allows repeated practice in synchronization with the progress of music in kara-oke and the like. The recorded information reproducing device which reproduces sound from an information recording medium M on which encoded musical information AI and control information CI are recorded according to the MIDI standards. The recorded information reproducing device 100 includes a musical information reproduction unit for decoding the musical information to output reproduced musical information S.sub.A ; a control information reproduction unit for decoding the control information to output a clock signal S.sub.C for timing control; and a control means, in accordance with the clock signal S.sub.C, for controlling the sequence of reproduction of the music information in the music information reproduction unit 101 or a data storage means 103B, in accordance with the clock signal S.sub.C, for temporarily storing the reproduced musical information S.sub.A before it is output.