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Audio apparatus having a karaoke function

US5541999A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 1995
Grant dateJul 30, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R5/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An audio apparatus having a plurality of modes as a karaoke reproduction to superimpose a sound signal from a microphone on an audio signal from a stereo sound source. A subtracting circuit is provided which obtains the difference between left and right channel signals from the sound source. A first changeover circuit selectively outputs the left and right channel signals to first and second terminals in a combination in accordance with a mode. A second changeover circuit is connected to the output of the subtracting circuit and to at least one of the left and right channel signals and selectively outputs a subtraction signal and a signal on the line to which the second changeover circuit is connected, to a third terminal. A third changeover circuit selectively outputs signals at the first, second and third terminals to fourth and fifth terminals according to the modes.

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