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Effect control method, an effect control device and a karaoke system using such method and device

US5773743A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 1995
Grant dateJun 30, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S84/26
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An effect control method, an effect control device with the following configuration is provided on a karaoke system, which is one of audio regenerator or synthesizer systems. That is, a commander 200 is provided on the karaoke system and comprises a reading part 100, which reads out music information comprised of sound information and visual information and the effect control data from CD-ROM 207, a built-in hard disk 101 for storing the music information transmitted from a host database 213, an image regenerating part 102 which regenerates images from said visual information, a sound regenerating part 103, which regenerates sounds of the karaoke accompaniment music from said sound information, an effect setting switch 104 for setting the microphone effect control data, an effector 105 for applying the effects to the sound information and the voice input from microphone on the basis of the effect control data, and controlling line 106 for transmitting the microphone effect control data read by the reading part 100 directly to the effector 105. This karaoke system makes it possible to specify the desired effects easily and flexibly for audio data sets in general and provide automati…

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