Systems and methods for creating, modifying, interacting with and playing musical compositions
First Claim
1. A method for generating a song comprising the steps of:
- providing a song data structure, wherein musical rules are applied to musical data in accordance with the song data structure to generate music output for the song;
receiving user input for one or more musical components, wherein musical data in accordance with the song data structure corresponding to the musical components are modified in accordance with the user input;
applying musical rules to the modified musical data, wherein the music output for the song is modified in accordance with the modified musical data;
wherein as a first step the user is provided with musical data in accordance with the song data structure for a complete song, wherein in response to the user input a modified song is created based on user modifications to the complete song.
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Abstract
A method of playing music using a computing system in which MIDI events are synchronized with samples is disclosed. A sequence of MIDI events is provided. At least one of the MIDI events includes delta time parameter data, and the MIDI events are provided to a digital signal processing resource. Audio stream events are processed, and one or more of the audio stream events has associated therewith audio sample data, and the audio sample data is provided to the digital signal processing resource; the audio sample data is not provided from a MIDI sound bank. A first MIDI event is provided that is configured to include delta time parameter data associated with the intended playback timing of at least one audio stream event. The audio stream event is rhythmically synchronized with the sequence of MIDI events using the first MIDI event. The first MIDI event may be an NRPN MIDI command. The audio sample data may be decoded before the audio sample data is provided to the digital signal processing resource, and as a first step the audio sample data may be encoded in a compressed audio format. The digital signal processing resource may consist of a first section associated with the MIDI events and a second section associated with the audio stream data. The audio stream data may be preloaded using a second MIDI event associated with an earlier point in time in the music than the first MIDI event. The second MIDI event may be processed in response to user input.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for generating a song comprising the steps of:
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providing a song data structure, wherein musical rules are applied to musical data in accordance with the song data structure to generate music output for the song;
receiving user input for one or more musical components, wherein musical data in accordance with the song data structure corresponding to the musical components are modified in accordance with the user input;
applying musical rules to the modified musical data, wherein the music output for the song is modified in accordance with the modified musical data;
wherein as a first step the user is provided with musical data in accordance with the song data structure for a complete song, wherein in response to the user input a modified song is created based on user modifications to the complete song. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for generating a song of a particular musical style comprising the steps of:
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providing a song data structure, wherein musical rules are applied to musical data in accordance with the song data structure to generate music output for the song;
defining a plurality of levels of predetermined musical styles, wherein values of parameters in accordance with the song data structure are limited to predetermined ranges corresponding to the particular musical style and the particular level of musical style;
receiving user input for selecting a particular musical style at a particular level of musical style;
receiving user input for one or more musical components, wherein musical data in accordance with the song data structure corresponding to the musical components are modified in accordance with the user input, wherein the user input modifies the values of parameters within the predetermined ranges;
applying musical rules to the modified musical data, wherein the music output for the song is modified in accordance with the modified musical data;
wherein the predetermined ranges for a particular musical style at a first level of musical style provide a greater range for modifying the musical data as compared to the particular musical style at a second level of musical style, wherein in response to the user input a modified song is created based on user modifications to the song.
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5. A method for generating a song comprising the steps of:
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providing a song data structure, wherein musical rules are applied to musical data in accordance with the song data structure to generate music output for the song;
displaying a visual representation for a plurality of musical components, wherein the visual representation comprises a plurality of lanes, wherein each lane corresponds to one of the musical components;
receiving user input for one or more musical components, wherein musical data in accordance with the song data structure corresponding to the musical components are modified in accordance with the user input, wherein the user input is received by the user entering levels of the visual representation beneath the lanes, wherein to modify musical data corresponding to a particular musical component the user selects the lane corresponding to the particular musical component, enters a level of the visual representation beneath the particular lane and provides user input to modify the musical data corresponding to the particular musical component;
applying musical rules to the modified musical data, wherein the music output for the song is modified in accordance with the modified musical data;
wherein in response to the user input a modified song is created based on user modifications to the song. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method for generating a song comprising the steps of:
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providing a song data structure, wherein musical rules are applied to musical data in accordance with the song data structure to generate music output for the song;
receiving user input for one or more musical components, wherein musical data in accordance with the song data structure corresponding to the musical components are modified in accordance with the user input;
applying musical rules to the modified musical data, wherein the music output for the song is modified in accordance with the modified musical data;
wherein in response to the user input a modified song is created based on user modifications to the song, wherein the musical rules are applied in accordance with pseudo random number generation or randomness associated with one or more particular user inputs.
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9. A method for generating a song comprising the steps of:
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providing a song data structure, wherein musical rules are applied to musical data in accordance with the song data structure to generate music output for the song;
receiving user input for one or more musical components, wherein musical data in accordance with the song data structure corresponding to the musical components are modified in accordance with the user input;
applying musical rules to the modified musical data, wherein the music output for the song is modified in accordance with the modified musical data;
wherein in response to the user input a modified song is created based on user modifications to the song, wherein a modified MIDI representation of music is employed in which musical rule information is embedded in MIDI pitch data.
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