An object of the present invention is to provide a massaging apparatus
that faithfully incorporates the rhythm or melody of a music source and
performs massage with accents arranged more effectively based on these. A
massaging apparatus of the present invention comprises massaging
mechanisms (4, 5) that give mechanical impulses to a body by driving
motors (5a, 10, 11), and a control device (13) that controls operations
of the motors. The control device (13) comprises a waveform converter
(18) having a waveform converting circuit for converting a waveform of an
audio signal input from a sound source (A), such as a smoothing circuit,
a differentiating circuit, or an integrating circuit, and a specific
frequency band signal selecting unit (17) having a low pass filter, a
high pass filter, and a band pass filter. In accordance with a control
signal output from the waveform converter (18) and the specific frequency
band signal selecting unit (17), the operations of the motors are
controlled.