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Continuous pitch-corrected vocal capture device cooperative with content server for backing track mix

  • US 9,058,797 B2
  • Filed: 09/04/2010
  • Issued: 06/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • using a portable computing device for vocal performance capture, the portable computing device having a display, a microphone interface and a data communications interface;

    responsive to user selection of a backing track, retrieving via the data communications interface at least lyrics and timing information corresponding to the backing track;

    at the portable computing device, audibly rendering a first encoding of the backing track and concurrently presenting the retrieved lyrics on the display in accord with the timing information;

    at the portable computing device, capturing and pitch correcting a vocal performance of the user in accord with pitch correction settings;

    transmitting from the portable computing device to a remote server via the communications interface, an audio encoding of the pitch-corrected vocal performance for mixing with a second encoding of the backing track; and

    receiving from the remote server, and audibly rendering at the portable computing device, a mixed performance, wherein the mixed performance is an encoding of the user'"'"'s own pitch-corrected vocal performance mixed with the second encoding of the backing track.

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