System and method for controlling play of multiple audio tracks of a software carrier
First Claim
1. A system for controlling the play of audio tracks of a software carrier, said software carrier having a plurality of audio tracks synchronized with each other and each having recorded therein audio information to be selectively combined with audio information recorded in others of said tracks, and textual data defining audio contents of said tracks;
- comprising means for playing said software carrier and deriving therefrom said textual data and said audio information, means for displaying to a user a menu derived from said textual data to inform said user of audio information available to be combined, means for allowing said user to input a manner in which the available audio information is to be combined based upon displayed menu choices, means for phase inverting the audio information in at least one of said tracks, and means for combining selected audio information including phase inverted audio information in accordance with user inputs.
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Abstract
A system for selectively combining numerous audio tracks recorded on an optical disk, including subtracting, by phase inversion, particular tracks from a full mix. Each track might contain a recording of an individual instrument, or a group of instruments. When the disk is played, the player provides the user with menu choices--which tracks should be played and mixed together. In this way, the user can create his/her own orchestral mix, perhaps omitting an instrument in a "play along" application, or playing one instrument alone to be mimicked for practice purposes. The disk further includes track definitions in multiple languages so that the same disk can be distributed throughout the world, with menu choices being given in a language selected by the user.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for controlling the play of audio tracks of a software carrier, said software carrier having a plurality of audio tracks synchronized with each other and each having recorded therein audio information to be selectively combined with audio information recorded in others of said tracks, and textual data defining audio contents of said tracks;
- comprising means for playing said software carrier and deriving therefrom said textual data and said audio information, means for displaying to a user a menu derived from said textual data to inform said user of audio information available to be combined, means for allowing said user to input a manner in which the available audio information is to be combined based upon displayed menu choices, means for phase inverting the audio information in at least one of said tracks, and means for combining selected audio information including phase inverted audio information in accordance with user inputs.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for controlling the play of audio tracks of a software carrier, said software carrier having a plurality of audio tracks synchronized with each other and each having recorded therein audio information to be selectively combined with audio information recorded in others of said tracks, and textual data defining audio contents of said tracks;
- comprising the steps of playing said software carrier and deriving therefrom said textual data and said audio information, displaying to a user a menu derived from said textual data to inform said user of audio information available to be combined, allowing said user to input a manner in which the available audio information is to be combined based upon displayed menu choices, and combining selected audio information in accordance with user inputs including phase inverting the audio information in at least one of said tracks.
- View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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