Patent ID: 8728822

Claim:
An apparatus for a performance game, the apparatus comprising: a sound setting unit configured to synchronize a first performance sound source with a background sound to set the first performance sound source, or synchronize one or more second performance sound sources with one or more sections of the background sound, respectively, to set the one or more second performance sound sources; a performance input unit configured to receive a performance input signal; and a sound output controller configured to when the performance input signal is received during a reproduction and an output of the background sound, output, based on an input time of the received performance input signal, the first performance sound source from a specific point of the first performance sound source corresponding to the input time, during an input duration of the received performance input signal, or output, based on the input time the received performance input signal, a second performance sound source among the one or more second performance sound sources from a specific point of the second performance sound source corresponding to the input time, during the input duration of the received performance input signal.