Karaoke apparatus improving separation between microphone signal and microphone sound effect signal

A karaoke apparatus, comprising:

• a microphone signal input terminal into which a microphone signal is input;
• a branch circuit at which the microphone signal is distributed into a first microphone signal and a second microphone signal;
• a microphone sound effect generating circuit which generates a microphone sound effect signal based on the first microphone signal;
• a music signal input terminal into which a music signal is input;
• a combining circuit which combines the microphone sound effect signal output from the microphone sound effect generating circuit with the music signal input through the music signal input terminal;
• a music signal output portion from which an output signal from the combining circuit is output;
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• a microphone signal output portion from which the second microphone signal is output independently of the microphone sound effect signal, and to which a loudspeaker is connectable through an amplifier, wherein only the second microphone signal is reproduced by the loudspeaker as a corresponding microphone sound.

A karaoke apparatus, comprising:

• a microphone signal input terminal into which a microphone signal is input;
• a microphone sound effect generating circuit which generates a microphone sound effect signal based on the microphone signal;
• a music signal input terminal into which a music signal is input;
• a combining circuit which combines the microphone sound effect signal output from the microphone sound effect generating circuit with the music signal input through the music signal input terminal;
• a music signal output portion from which an output signal from the combining circuit is output;
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• a microphone signal output portion that outputs a second output signal based on the microphone signal;
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• a signal path through which the microphone signal is supplied to the microphone signal output portion, the microphone signal being electrically independent of the microphone sound effect signal in the signal path.