JPH08335161A - Authoring method and sound processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily execute authoring as desired even for a general user while using a sound object made into an icon. CONSTITUTION: The elementary sound object of 'hello' is defined corresponding to the icon of (hello). Afterwards, plural such regenerative icons are time sequentially combined on a screen and divided into groups, and the icons of (greeting in the morning) and (greeting in the daytime) are made correspondent to these groups. These icons of (greeting in the morning) and (greeting in the daytime) are arranged on a timeline in the order of reproducing time. At the regenerating time, the sound objects made into the icons arranged on the timeline are successively reproduced as sounds. At time t0, for example, the sound object corresponding to the (greeting in the morning) is regenerated and at time t1, the sound object corresponding to the (greeting in the daytime) is regenerated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multimedia processing apparatus having a function of authoring a document, a moving image, a sound and the like, and more particularly to an authoring method for editing a sound and a sound processing apparatus using this method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to author a voice (sound) object on a sound processing device of this type, a user visualizes a sound as a voice waveform diagram by the device, and authoring is performed by viewing this voice waveform diagram. I was working. Also, the user confirms by reproducing the content of the object as a sound.

However, the sound is hard to be visualized, and the structure and the temporal flow of the voice object cannot be visualized in the above-mentioned voice waveform diagram. Therefore, in order for the user self-confidence to know what kind of sound is stored in which audio waveform diagram and what time series it is played in, It took a considerable amount of time and effort to play the corresponding sounds one by one. Therefore, unless the user is very well-versed, it is difficult for the conventional authoring method using the audio waveform diagram to perform the desired editing with much effort.

[0004]

In the conventional authoring method of visualizing a voice object as described above in a voice waveform diagram, the contents and reproduction state of the sound cannot be directly known from the voice waveform diagram, and therefore, in general, It took a lot of time and effort for the users of, and it was difficult to perform the desired authoring.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention provides an authoring method and a sound processing apparatus using this method that allow a general user to easily perform desired authoring using a visualized voice object. It is intended to be provided.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an authoring method in a sound processing device for authoring a plurality of sound objects composed of various audio data, wherein an arbitrary icon is set to the sound object in a one-to-one correspondence. A sound object to be played back by grouping a part or all of the defined icons side by side on the screen, and playing back the corresponding sound object according to the arrangement order of the grouped icons. It is adopted.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the sound data that is the sound object is visualized by a bar graph according to its length, and the arbitrary icon is created in the vicinity of this bar graph, so that the sound object is arbitrarily selected. The method of defining by associating the icon of is adopted.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the length of the bar graph can be adjusted, the front and rear of the bar graph can be changed, or one part of the bar graph can be cut to adjust the length of the voice data corresponding to the bar graph or the adjustment. It employs a method that corresponds to the replacement of the front and back and the cutting of that part.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the grouped icons are arranged on the time axis at the position where the reproduction start time of the sound object corresponding to each icon is clearly indicated, and the position of each icon on the time axis is arranged. The method of managing the playback time of the corresponding sound object is adopted based on.

The invention of claim 5 employs a method of linking and registering an object corresponding to the icon and calling it as needed. The invention of claim 6 defines an icon indicating silence, and employs a method in which no audio data is reproduced in this icon portion.

The invention of claim 7 employs a method in which the user sets the silent period of the icon indicating the silent period to an arbitrary period. The invention according to claim 8 defines a plurality of upper icons representing all the grouped icons,
A method of selecting a sound object to be reproduced by arranging these upper icons on the screen and further grouping them is adopted.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the upper icons are arranged on the time axis, and the sound object corresponding to each grouped icon corresponding to the position of each upper icon on the time axis is reproduced. The method of managing the time is adopted.

The invention of claim 10 employs a method of linking and registering a grouped icon group corresponding to the higher-order icon and calling it as needed. According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in a sound processing device that authors a plurality of sound objects composed of various audio data on a screen, an input means for inputting the audio data as a sound object and an arbitrary icon is created on the screen. Icon creating means, icon defining means for defining a plurality of icons created by the icon creating means in the sound object input from the input means in a one-to-one correspondence, and icons defined by the icon defining means on the screen. Editing means for selecting sound objects to be played by grouping them side by side,
The editing means includes a reproducing means for reproducing the corresponding sound object in accordance with the arrangement order of the icons grouped by the editing means.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the input means has a visualization means for visualizing a sound object, which is input voice data, on the screen with a bar graph according to the length thereof, and the icon definition means is provided. The sound object is configured to define the icon on a one-to-one basis by displaying the icon close to the bar graph created by the visualization means.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, a bar graph editing means for adjusting the length of the bar graph created by the visualizing means, replacing the front and back of the bar graph, and cutting a part thereof, and the bar graph editing means. When the bar graph is processed by the means, the audio data editing means is provided for adjusting the length of the corresponding audio data, replacing the audio data before and after, and cutting a part of the audio data.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the time axis display means for displaying the time axis on the screen and the icons grouped by the editing means can be arbitrarily displayed on the time axis displayed by the time axis display means. And a time managing means for managing the reproduction time of the corresponding sound object based on the position on the time axis of each icon arranged by this arranging means. are doing.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided registration means for linking and registering an object corresponding to the icon defined by the icon definition means, and calling means for calling the icon registered by the registration means as needed. Is provided.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the icon defining means defines an icon indicating silence, and the reproducing means does not reproduce any audio data at the icon.

According to a seventeenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a setting means for allowing the user to set the silent time of the icon indicating the silent sound defined by the icon defining means to an arbitrary time.

According to the eighteenth aspect of the present invention, the icon defining means defines a plurality of upper icons representing all the grouped icons, and the editing means further arranges these upper icons on the screen to further group them. Has a configuration for selecting a sound object to be played.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, the arrangement means according to the fourteenth aspect arranges the higher order icons defined by the icon definition means on the time axis displayed by the time axis display means according to the fourteenth aspect. 15. The time management means according to claim 14, wherein the reproduction time of the sound object corresponding to the grouped icon corresponding to the higher-order icon based on the position on the time axis of the higher-order icon arranged by the arranging means. Has a configuration for managing.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, the registration means according to the fifteenth aspect links and registers a grouped icon group corresponding to the higher-order icon defined by the icon definition means, and the calling according to the fifteenth aspect. The means has a configuration for calling the upper icon registered by the registration means as needed.

[0023]

According to the authoring method of the present invention, a plurality of arbitrary icons are defined in the sound object in a one-to-one correspondence, and some or all of the defined icons are grouped side by side on the screen. Select a sound object to be played by and play the corresponding sound object according to the arrangement order of the grouped icons.

In the authoring method according to the second aspect of the present invention, the sound data that is the sound object is visualized by a bar graph according to its length, and the arbitrary icon is created close to this bar graph. ,
An arbitrary icon is associated with the sound object and defined.

In the authoring method of the third aspect of the present invention, when the length of the bar graph is adjusted, the front and rear of the bar graph are changed, or one part of the bar graph is cut, the length of the voice data corresponding to the bar graph is changed. Adjust the height, change the front and back, and cut one part.

In the authoring method of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the grouped icons are arranged on the time axis at the position where the reproduction start time of the sound object corresponding to each icon is clearly indicated. The reproduction time of the corresponding sound object is managed based on the position of each icon on the time axis.

In the authoring method according to the fifth aspect of the invention, the object corresponding to the icon is linked and registered, and is called as needed. In the authoring method of the invention of claim 6, an icon indicating silence is defined, and no audio data is reproduced in the part of this icon.

In the authoring method of the invention of claim 7, the user sets the silent time of the icon indicating the silent to an arbitrary time. In the authoring method according to the invention of claim 8, a sound object which is reproduced by defining a plurality of upper icons representing all the grouped icons and arranging the upper icons on the screen to further group them. Select.

In the authoring method of the ninth aspect of the present invention, the upper icon is arranged on the time axis. The playback time of the sound object corresponding to each grouped icon is managed based on the position of each higher-order icon on the time axis.

In the authoring method of the tenth aspect of the present invention, the grouped icon groups corresponding to the higher order icons are linked and registered, and are called as necessary. In the sound processor of the invention of claim 11,
The input means inputs voice data as a sound object. The icon creating means creates an arbitrary icon on the screen. The icon defining means defines a plurality of one-to-one icons created by the icon creating means in the sound object input from the input means.
The editing means selects a sound object to be reproduced by arranging and grouping the icons defined by the icon defining means on the screen. The reproducing means reproduces the corresponding sound object according to the arrangement order of the icons grouped by the editing means.

In the sound processing apparatus according to the twelfth aspect of the invention, the visualization means of the input means visualizes the sound object, which is the input voice data, on the screen as a bar graph according to its length. The icon defining means defines the icon on the sound object in a one-to-one relationship by displaying the icon close to the bar graph created by the visualization means.

In the sound processor of the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the bar graph editing means adjusts the length of the bar graph created by the visualization means, replaces the front and back of the bar graph, or cuts one part thereof. To do. When the bar graph is edited by the bar graph editing means, the voice data editing means adjusts the length of the corresponding voice data, replaces it before and after, and cuts a part thereof.

In the sound processor of the fourteenth aspect of the invention, the time axis display means displays the time axis on the screen. The arranging unit arranges the icons grouped by the editing unit at a position indicating an arbitrary time on the time axis displayed by the time axis displaying unit. The time management means manages the reproduction time of the corresponding sound object based on the position on the time axis of each icon arranged by the arrangement means.

In the sound processor of the fifteenth aspect of the invention, the registration means links and registers the object corresponding to the icon defined by the icon definition means. The calling means calls the icon registered by the registration means as needed.

In the sound processor of the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the icon defining means defines an icon indicating silence, and the reproducing means does not reproduce any audio data at this icon.

In the sound processor of the seventeenth aspect of the invention, the setting means sets the silent time of the icon indicating the silent sound defined by the icon defining means to an arbitrary time designated by the user.

In the sound processing apparatus according to the eighteenth aspect of the invention, the icon defining means defines a plurality of upper icons representing all the grouped icons, and the editing means arranges these upper icons on the screen. A sound object to be played back is selected by further grouping.

In the sound processing apparatus according to the invention of claim 19, the arrangement means according to claim 14 displays the time when the higher level icon defined by the icon defining means is displayed by the time axis display means according to claim 14. The time management means according to claim 14 is arranged on an axis, and the time management means according to claim 14 corresponds to each grouped icon corresponding to the higher order icon based on the position on the time axis of the higher order icon arranged by the arranging means. Manage the playback time of the sound object.

In the sound processing device of the invention of claim 20, the registration means according to claim 15 links and registers a grouped icon group corresponding to the higher order icon defined by the icon definition means, The calling unit according to Item 15 calls the upper icon registered by the registration unit as necessary.

[0040]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the sound processing apparatus of the present invention using the authoring method of the present invention. 1 is a display device for displaying a screen on which a user edits a sound, displaying a hierarchical structure of sound objects and a temporal flow, and displaying various information such as system messages, and 2 is for creating or editing a sound. Input device such as a keyboard and mouse for inputting and designating a device, 3 is an external output device such as a speaker that reproduces and outputs an object of a sound created or edited by the user as sound, and 4 is audio data that the user wants to edit , Specifically, a voice input device such as a microphone and a recording device, 5 is a ROM in which a program for recognizing a sound editing screen or a sound object is stored, and 6 is input character information or a user. RAM for storing the specified screen, data during program execution, etc., 7 is a floppy disk for sound objects created by the user. An external storage device for storing at disk, a hard disk, or the like, 8 performs authoring responsible for the overall control, a CPU for performing graphic editing creation control and document creation and editing control.

First, the elemental sound objects necessary for the operation of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, there is a visual icon display of (Good morning) and a sound object (voice data) represented by the icon of (Good morning).
Correspondingly stored in the external storage device 7. Other (Hi), is (music) icon to be representational also the same in such a correspondence relationship each specific sound objects (audio data). These (good morning), (Hello), is called to be representation by an icon that (music) (iconified) elemental sound object a sound object.

Here, of the above-described elemental sound objects, for example, the sound objects represented by the icons (good morning) and (music) are selected and grouped, and the sound objects (morning greetings) ), A new sound object represented by the (morning greeting) icon can be created. This sound object consists of grouped sound objects corresponding to (good morning) and (music).

By the way, in this example, a sound object is represented by an icon such as (good morning) or (music) for visualization, and henceforth, an icon such as (good morning) or (music) will be referred to as a sound object. To do.

Here, a new sound object is created by combining the elemental sound objects,
When this is reproduced as a sound, a dependency relationship as shown in FIG. 3 occurs between the combined sound objects.

That is, when reproducing (morning greeting),
When (music) is first reproduced and then (good morning) is reproduced, a subordination relationship as shown in FIG. 3A is generated between (music) and (good morning). Here, to play back (music) is to actually play back a sound object represented by the icon (music) as a sound.

When playing (morning greeting),
If you play (music) and (good morning) at the same time,
The dependency shown in FIG. Furthermore, in this example,
As shown in FIG. 4, a sound object represented by an icon (silence) indicating that there is no audio data is defined.

When this is used, as shown in FIG. 4, by inserting (silence) between (Ohayou) when the (Ohayou) is reproduced twice, the first reproduction (Ohayo) and the subsequent reproduction (Ohayou) Good morning), it is possible to easily set visually the composition that a silent pause is inserted between. In this example, (music) is reproduced at the same time as the first reproduction (good morning).

It should be noted that if the user separately sets the silent time of the above-mentioned icon (silent) in the CPU 8, the CPU 8 silences the icon for the set time. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step 501, the user operates the input device 2 to give the CPU 8 a command to call the iconified sound object in the external storage device 7 on the screen of the display device 1.

As a result, the CPU 8 accesses the external storage device 7 and determines whether or not there is an iconified sound object in the external storage device 7, and if there is, it proceeds to step 504. However, if it is determined that there is no iconified sound object as an element, this is displayed on the display device 1, and then the process proceeds to step 502.

In step 502, the user operates the input device 2 to set the voice data input mode to the CPU 8 to input the voice data (sound object) such as music or message from the external input device 4 to the outside. It is stored in the storage device 7.

After that, the user operates the input device 2 in step 503 to set the various sound data stored in the external storage device 7 as a mode for creating, editing and registering the sound object in which the CPU 8 is iconized. You can create new sound objects or edit these iconified sound objects by defining and defining iconified sound objects that are like elements, and editing by grouping the defined iconified sound objects. Register in the input device 7.

Here, the above-mentioned input of voice data, creation, editing, and registration of an iconified sound object will be described. When the voice data “Ohayo” is input to the CPU 8 from the microphone (external input device 4), the voice data “Ohayo” is input to the screen of the display device 1 as indicated by 50 in FIG. 6 (A). This is indicated by a diagonal bar graph 61.

The user creates and links (associates) an icon (good morning) with this sound object (sound data) called "good morning", and links it.
When the sound object is to be converted into an icon, as shown in FIG. 6B, the character "Good morning" is input from the input device 2 next to the bar graph 61.
Links the sound object "Good morning" and the icon "Good morning", and then links the icon "Good morning" to the sound object (Voice data) "Good morning" by the user's registration instruction. Store in 7.

The length of the input voice data as shown in FIG. 6A is shown by the length of the bar graph, and the front and rear of the input voice data are also shown before and after this bar graph. The input voice data can be visually edited by changing the length and front and rear of the input voice as shown in FIG. 6 (B).

That is, when the user operates the input device 2 to modify the bar graph 61 displayed on the display device 1, the CPU 8 responds to the modification by corresponding audio data (in the external storage device 7). Sound object) is modified to change the length, front and back of audio data, or to erase a part of it.

Further, the user operates the input device 2 to call the iconified sound object on the screen of the display device 1 from the external storage device 7, selects two or more of the called icons, and selects a new icon. A corresponding sound object is edited by creating an emulated sound object or by arranging icons on the screen in the order of reproduction as shown in FIG.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, using the iconized sound object (silence), the reproduction intervals of a plurality of sound objects are visually edited. In this way, the newly created iconified object is registered in the external input device 7 by the user.

Next, in step 504, the user calls the iconified sound object from the external input device 7 on the screen of the display device 1 and groups the sound objects using the called icon.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7 (A), the user calls the icon called on the screen, and under the icon of (morning greeting), the elements of (good morning), (music A), and (silence) are added. Groups by arranging the icons corresponding to specific sound objects in the order in which they are played. The same applies to FIG. 7 (B).

FIG. 8 shows an example in which the icons representing the sound objects grouped in FIG. 7 are further grouped, and upper icons (morning greeting) and (day greeting) are arranged in the order of reproduction, It is further divided into groups.

The user arranges the icons grouped on the time axis (timeline) in step 505 on the time axis as shown in FIG. 9 so that the reproduction time of the sound object corresponding to the grouped icon is reproduced. Time management such as.

In the example of FIG. 9, the above (morning greeting)
And (daytime greeting) was placed on the time axis of each of the reproduction time position, even more sound object constituting the (day greetings) (Hi) and (music B) of each of the reproduction time position It is placed on the time axis.

Although not shown in the drawing (morning greeting), similarly, each icon constituting the same is arranged at the reproduction time position. In this example, if the time management of (morning greetings) and (daytime greetings) is the first level, the time management of the iconified sound objects that make up (morning greetings) and (daytime greetings) respectively The second level has a hierarchical structure for time management of sound objects.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the hierarchical time management of the sound object and the editing based on the time management. For example, the timeline as shown in FIG. 10A is set, and the time management of (morning greeting) and (daytime greeting) is performed.

Further, FIG. 10B is a timeline of (good morning) and (music A) which compose the (morning greeting) described above. Like FIG. 10 (C) is a timeline of constituting the above (daytime greeting) and (music B) (Hi).

Therefore, while the timeline of FIG. 10 (A) manages the time of (morning greeting) and (daytime greeting), the time management of the timeline of FIG. 10 (B) and FIG. 10 (C) is performed. Is also going.

The user looks at the timeline as described above and exchanges (music A) and (music B) on the timeline, so that the sounds corresponding to the respective icons are chronologically flowed. Edit the object.

Thereafter, the user operates the input device 2 in step 506 to instruct the CPU 8 to reproduce the time-controlled iconified sound object as shown in FIG. 9, and the CPU 8 monitors the time. When the reproduction time of the sound object represented by each icon comes, the audio data corresponding to this sound object is taken out from the external storage device 7 and sent to the external output device 3 to be reproduced.

For example, in the example of FIG. 9, when the time t0 comes, a sound object (sound data) corresponding to the icon (good morning) and the icon (music A) forming the icon (morning greeting) is reproduced, and then, When the time t1 comes, corresponding to play a sound object corresponding to the icon that make up the (daytime greeting) (Hello) and the icon (music B) (voice data), further time t2 comes when the icon (Hello) Play the sound object (sound data) again.

According to this embodiment, a plurality of visual iconified sound objects are defined for each content unit of the input audio data, and icons representing these sound objects are displayed on the screen of the display device 1. By arranging on the timeline along the reproduction time series, the audio data can be edited very easily and easily.

Further, it is possible to easily edit the sound object by selecting two or more of the iconified sound objects, grouping them, and associating them with a new upper icon.

Furthermore, it is possible to easily understand the content of the reproduced voice data and the temporal flow at the time of reproduction by simply looking at the positional relationship and structure of the icons arranged as described above. , Or by inserting a new sound object by inserting a new icon, it is possible to easily edit the audio data as desired.

[0073]

As described above, claims 1, 5, 8, 1 are provided.
According to the inventions 1, 15 and 18, general users can easily perform desired authoring by using the iconified objects.

According to the second or twelfth aspect of the invention, the sound object can be easily iconized.
According to the invention of claim 3 or 13, the processing of the audio data can be easily performed visually.

According to the inventions of claims 4, 9, 10, 14, 19, and 20, it is possible to easily manage the reproduction time of the sound object using the icon. Claim 6,
According to the inventions 7, 16, and 17, the silent portion can be easily handled visually.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a sound processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an example in which a sound object is created by the device of FIG.

3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which a sound object is edited by the device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a use of a sound object called silence.

5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a process of inputting audio data to the device shown in FIG. 1 and defining a sound object.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which sound objects are grouped by the device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing another example in which sound objects are grouped by the device of FIG. 1.

9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which sound objects are arranged on the timeline by the device of FIG.

10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which time management of sound objects is hierarchically performed by the device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display device 2 ... Input device 3 ... External output device 4 ... External input device 5 ... ROM 6 ... RAM 7 ... External storage device 8 ... CPU

Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A method of authoring in a sound processing device for authoring a plurality of sound objects composed of various audio data, wherein a plurality of arbitrary icons are defined in the sound object in a one-to-one correspondence. A method for authoring, characterized in that a sound object to be played back is selected by arranging all or all of them on the screen and grouping them, and the corresponding sound object is played back according to the arrangement order of the grouped icons. 2. The sound object, which is the sound data, is visualized by a bar graph according to its length, and the arbitrary icon is created in the vicinity of the bar graph to associate the arbitrary icon with the sound object. The authoring method according to claim 1, wherein the authoring method is defined as follows. 3. Adjusting the length of the bar graph, exchanging the front and rear of the bar graph, and cutting one part thereof adjusts the length of the audio data corresponding to the bar graph and replaces it before and after, 3. The authoring method according to claim 2, which corresponds to the cut of the one part. 4. The grouped icons are arranged on a time axis at a position where a reproduction start time of a sound object corresponding to each icon is clearly indicated, and are corresponded based on a position on the time axis of each icon. 2. The authoring method according to claim 1, wherein the reproduction time of the sound object is managed. 5. The authoring method according to claim 1, wherein the object corresponding to the icon is linked and registered, and is called as needed. 6. The authoring method according to claim 1, wherein an icon indicating silence is defined, and no audio data is reproduced in the icon portion. 7. The user sets a silent period of the icon indicating the silent period to an arbitrary period of time.
Authoring method described. 8. A sound object to be played back is selected by defining a plurality of upper icons that represent all the grouped icons and arranging these upper icons on the screen and further grouping them. The authoring method according to claim 1. 9. The upper icons are arranged on a time axis, and the reproduction time of a sound object corresponding to each grouped icon corresponding to each upper icon on the time axis is managed. 9. The authoring method according to claim 8. 10. The authoring method according to claim 9, wherein a grouped icon group corresponding to the higher-order icon is linked and registered, and is called when necessary. 11. A sound processing device for authoring a plurality of sound objects composed of various kinds of sound data on a screen, input means for inputting sound data as a sound object, and icon creation for creating an arbitrary icon on the screen. Means, an icon defining means for defining a plurality of the icons created by the icon creating means in the sound object input from the input means in a one-to-one correspondence, and a group of icons defined by the icon defining means arranged side by side on the screen. A sound processing apparatus comprising: an edit means for selecting a sound object to be played back by converting the sound object into a sound, and a playback means for playing a corresponding sound object according to the arrangement order of the icons grouped by the edit means. 12. The input means has a visualization means for visualizing a sound object, which is input voice data, on the screen with a bar graph according to its length, and the icon definition means is provided by the visualization means. 12. The sound processing device according to claim 11, wherein the icon is defined in the sound object in a one-to-one relationship by displaying the icon close to the created bar graph. 13. A bar graph editing unit that adjusts the length of the bar graph created by the visualization unit, replaces the front and back of the bar graph, and cuts a portion thereof, and a bar graph editing unit that processes the bar graph. 13. The sound processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising an audio data editing unit that adjusts the length of the corresponding audio data, replaces the audio data before and after, and cuts a part of the audio data. 14. A time axis display means for displaying a time axis on the screen, and an icon grouped by the editing means, a position indicating an arbitrary time on the time axis displayed by the time axis display means. 12. Arrangement means for arranging the sound objects and time management means for managing the reproduction time of the corresponding sound object based on the position on the time axis of each icon arranged by the arranging means. The described sound processing device. 15. A registration means for linking and registering an object corresponding to the icon defined by the icon definition means, and a calling means for calling the icon registered by the registration means as needed are provided. The sound processing device according to claim 11, wherein the sound processing device is a sound processing device. 16. The sound processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the icon defining means defines an icon indicating silence, and the reproducing means reproduces no audio data at the icon. 17. A setting means is provided for allowing a user to set a silent time of an icon indicating silence defined by the icon defining means to an arbitrary time.
6. The sound processing device according to 6. 18. A sound object which is reproduced by the icon defining means defining a plurality of upper icons representing all the grouped icons, and the editing means arranging the upper icons on the screen and further grouping them. 12. The sound processing device according to claim 11, wherein the sound processing device is selected. 19. The arranging means according to claim 14 arranges the higher-order icon defined by the icon defining means on the time axis displayed by the time axis display means according to claim 14. The time management means for managing the reproduction time of the sound object corresponding to the grouped icon corresponding to the upper icon based on the position on the time axis of the upper icon arranged by the arrangement means. The sound processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the sound processing apparatus is a sound processing apparatus. 20. The registration means according to claim 15 links and registers a grouped icon group corresponding to a higher-order icon defined by the icon definition means, and the calling means according to claim 15 uses the registration means. 20. The sound processing device according to claim 19, wherein a higher-order icon registered by is called as needed.