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Analyzing or emulating a keyboard performance using audiovisual dynamic point referencing

  • US 10,170,017 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2018
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An audiovisual work including a video keyboard performance, the work comprising:

  • a video portion and an audio portion, wherein the work includes a video keyboard performance of a musician displaying combinations of finger movements that follow the audio portion; and

    ,a dynamic point reference grid within the work for an accurate and precise selection and point-cycling of a desired portion of the work by a user, wherein the dynamic point reference includes a custom tempo map of the audio portion that is adaptable for a plurality of tempos within the work;

    whereinthe video portion and the audio portion are stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions for execution by a processor;

    the audio portion comprises a recording of a musical instrument having a fluctuation in tempos;

    the custom tempo map is configured to include a mapping of the distance between bars or beats, the distance measured as time;

    where, the mapping captures the fluctuation in tempos and composes the dynamic point reference grid for the accurate and precise selection of a point of reference for point-cycling of the desired portion of the work.

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