Method and apparatus for generating musical accompaniment signals, and method and device for generating a video output in a musical accompaniment apparatus
CA 2206741 A1 · Owner: Mitac Inc. · Inventors: Hsieh, Kuang-Hsun; Tseng, Kevin; Wang, William
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In a method and apparatus for generating audio-visual musical accompaniment signals corresponding to a musical program, there is provided a recording medium which has an audio storage unit, a lyric storage unit and a video storage unit separate from the audio storage unit and the lyric storage unit. The audio storage unit and the lyric storage unit respectively have a plurality of audio music data and a plurality of lyric data corresponding to a plurality of the musical programs stored therein. The video storage unit has a plurality of video segments to be commonly shared by the plurality of the musical programs stored therein. In operation the audio music data and the lyric data …
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