Method and system for creating and performing music electronically via a communications network

• US 20040159216A1
• Filed: 02/12/2004
• Published: 08/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Muzik Works Technologies Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Muzik Works Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Davis, Keith C., Erickson, Wade M.
• Application Number:
  US10/778,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20040159216A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/609
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0025 Automatic or semi-automatic music composition, e.g. producing random music, applying rules from music theory or modifying a musical piece automatically producing a series of tones G10H1/26
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0058 Transmission between separate instruments or between individual components of a musical system G10H1/0083 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/145 Sound library, i.e. involving the specific use of a musical database as a sound bank or wavetable; indexing, interfacing, protocols or processing therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/305 Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes

Abstract

A method and system for creating and/or performing music via the Internet. The music is created and/or performed at a client system using a software application and sound tone-banks/loops delivered via a server system. The server system responds to an authorized user'"'"'s request to transmit the necessary application and tone-banks/loops to the client, thereby creating a complete environment where the user can actuate the tones in the tone-bank or loops and store the actuation events locally or on a remote system for later retrieval.

Claims

1. A system for creating an audio work comprising:

at least one first computer connected to a computer network as a control computer;

at least one second computer connected to the computer network;

a sound performance device associated with said second computer;

a computer program storage device associated with said control computer; and

a program stored on the program storage device and executable by said control computer for delivering an interactive computer program to said at least one second computer, said interactive program enabling the activation and manipulation of audio sounds by a user of said at least one second computer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control computer provides remote storage of files retrievable by said at least one second computer.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive computer program enables the local storage and retrieval of files by said at least one second computer.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the control computer provides access to sound library files to said at least one second computer.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive computer program enables access to sound files stored on said at least one second computer'"'"'s local system.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive computer program enables a selection of an individual part of an audio work and manipulation of that part without disturbing the other parts of the work.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the interactive computer program enables retrieval of a sound from a remote storage system controllable by said at least one second computer and further enables application of said sound to said individual part.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the interactive computer program is responsive to user manipulation of a device to apply said sound and wherein said device comprises one of:

(a) the second computer'"'"'s mouse;

(b) the keys on said second computers computer keyboard;

or

(c) an external hardware device physically or remotely connected to said second computer.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the interactive computer program enables capturing or recording of said sound.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the interactive computer program enables replaying the captured sound.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the interactive computer program enables modification of the captured sound.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein said interactive computer program further enables:

adjusting the volume of said sound; and

applying a digital audio effect to the sound.

13. A method comprising:

installing an interactive computer program application on a first computer, said program enabling a user of a second computer to manipulate audio sounds so as to create music; and

responding to a user request by delivering said program via a communications network to said second computer.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the user of the second computer:

is provided a display of a plurality of audio components to be downloaded to the second computer under the management of the first computer from a centralized storage system controllable by said first computer.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein said audio components include a plurality of tones.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said audio components further include a plurality of loops.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein said audio components include a musical work.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the user of the second computer can share outputs, products, or works with other users of other computers through storage of the outputs, products or works in a common storage area.

19. Computer software recorded on a tangible storage medium, said software comprising:

an interactive computer program downloadable to a user computer, said program enabling the user to create and record music; and

a process responsive to a user request for said program to transmit said program to the user computer.

20. A system for creating an audio work comprising:

at least one server system connected to a computer network;

at least one client system connected to the computer network;

a sound performance device associated with said client system; and

a program stored on the program storage device and executable by said server system for delivering an interactive computer program to said at least one client system, said interactive program enabling the activation and manipulation of audio sounds by a user of said at least one client system.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the server system provides remote storage of files retrievable by said at least one second computer.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the interactive computer program enables the local storage and retrieval of files by said at least one second client system.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein the server system provides access to sound library files to said at least one client system.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the interactive computer program enables access to sound files stored on said at least one client system'"'"'s local system.

25. The system of claim 20, wherein the interactive computer program enables a selection of an individual part of an audio work and manipulation of that part without disturbing the other parts of the work.