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Musical accompaniment playing apparatus

US5194682A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 25, 1991
Grant dateMar 16, 1993
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Expiry dateNov 25, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2240/031
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a musical accompaniment playing apparatus, a reproducing unit reproduces control information from a recording medium on which control information is recorded according to a MIDI standard, a sound source unit generates musical accompaniment information by the control information, a transducer transforms a singer's voice to voice information, a control unit controls a volume level of the musical accompaniment information according to the singer's ability, mixing unit mixes the musical accompaniment information with the voice information, and an output unit outputs the mixed information as sound.

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