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Interactive system for synchronizing and simultaneously playing predefined musical sequences
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Inventors: Gabriel, Joshua;
Assignee: Interactive Music Corp. (San Francisco, CA)
Primary Examiner: Donels; Jeffrey W.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Alexander; David G.
A plurality of pre-recorded, generated or other sound tracks (e.g. voice, karaoke) are selectable and de-selectable by a user for synchronously mixing with a main song track and all other sound tracks that are playing. The sound tracks are matched and synchronized to the song track. A visual display depicts icons which represent the sound tracks, and indicate which sound tracks are selected and de-selected. The user creates an individual musical performance by interactively selecting and de-selecting one or more sound tracks using a joystick or keyboard on a real-time basis with instantaneous visual and audible feedback. Depending on the musical content of each sound track, various operational modes ensure that whenever a track is selected, the result is always immediate, musically synchronized and aesthetically pleasing. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A system of the present invention enables a user to play a main song track, and interactively add or mix one or more of a plurality of associated sound tracks with the main track on a real-time basis.
Instantaneous audio and visual feedback of selected and de-selected sound tracks give the user a feeling of becoming "at one" with the system, and enable him or her to create an unlimited variety of individual musical performances.
A system of the invention, named the "Mixman", is a product of Interactive Music Corp.
of San Francisco, Calif.
As will be described in detail below, the present system generally includes a display unit such as a computer monitor having visual icons corresponding to the sound tracks, and an input unit such as a computer keyboard for selecting and de-selecting sound tracks.
The system further includes a player such as a multi-media computer for playing the selected tracks.
In one form of the invention, the entire system can be embodied by a general purpose multi-media personal computer which is programmed by software provided on a floppy disk, CD-ROM or the like to provide the required functionality.
In another form of the invention, a conventional or specially designed joystick may replace the computer keyboard as the input device.
The joystick can also be provided with lights or the like which constitute the icons, whereby the joystick constitutes both the input and display units.
Rather than a general purpose computer, the player may be a dedicated hardware device which is combined with a suitable display unit and input unit.
The hardware device may be hardwired to provide the system functionality, or may operate under control of software provided on a floppy disk, CD-ROM or the like.
The software alternative enables the system to be easily modified or upgraded as required.
It is further within the scope of the invention to integrate any two or all three of the player, display unit and input unit in any combination as a dedicated device
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