Patent ID: 7365260

Claim:
A voice/music piece reproduction apparatus comprising: a first storage section storing a music piece sequence data file composed of a plurality of event data indicative of various control events and time data indicative of respective generation timing of the control events, the plurality of event data including musical performance event data and user event data; a second storage section storing a plurality of voice data files; an output section that outputs inquiry data to invite a user to answer an inquiry; an allocation section that selects a voice data file from among the voice data files stored in the second storage section in accordance with an answer from the user, and allocates the selected voice data file to the user event data in the music piece sequence data file; a music piece sequence reproduction section that starts reading out, in response to an instruction of music piece reproduction by a user, individual ones of the event data of the music piece sequence data file from the first storage section in accordance with the corresponding time data, wherein, when an event data read out by said music piece sequence reproduction section is a user event data, said music piece reproduction section outputs a voice reproduction instruction for the selected voice data file allocated by the user event data; a musical sound source section that generates a tone signal in accordance with the musical performance event data read out by said music piece sequence reproduction section; a voice reproduction section that, in response to the voice reproduction instruction outputted by said music piece sequence reproduction section, reads out voice data included in the selected voice data file; and a voice sound source section that generates a voice signal on the basis of the voice data read out by said voice reproduction section.