Recording medium

摘要

Karaoke reproducing apparatus has a memory (13) in which is recorded information on each of the music pieces recorded on the compact discs (5). When a music piece is selected, its title is displayed on screen 22 so that the user can ensure the correct track was chosen. A search can also be carried out to select music according to various critereon, such as mood, themes, type of music, date of composition, etc. Control set data and real time data may be recorded on the discs (5) for respectively setting up external apparatus and controlling the external apparatus during playing of a piece of music. The external apparatus may comprise illumination apparatus (25), background video apparatus (26) and audio processing apparatus (27). Converting apparatus (30-32) may be provided to receive the control set and real-time data from a data separating circuit (6) and to convert this data according to tables stored therein to appropriate control data for the external circuits (25-27). Character data on the discs (5) for producing text on the display (22) may comprise a header section containing enlargement ratios and a character section containing basic character data which is acted on in accordance with the enlargement ratios to produce a desired display character, thereby saving space on the disc. <IMAGE>