Creating an audio file sample based upon user preferences

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith for creating an audio sample having a designated length, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:

• detect selection of a single audio file by a user;
• index the single audio file to create a plurality of indexed segments based upon audio analysis, wherein indexing the single audio file comprises, for each audio characteristic among a plurality of designated audio characteristics, scanning the single audio file for the audio characteristic and creating from the single audio file at least one indexed segment corresponding to the audio characteristic;
• select at least one segment among the plurality of indexed segments based upon a profile of the user, wherein the profile of the user includes priority designations which prioritize preferred audio characteristics among the plurality of designated audio characteristics based upon relative importance to the user, and wherein selecting the at least one segment comprises selecting an available segment among the plurality of indexed segments having a highest priority designation;
• and
• incorporate the at least one selected segment into the audio sample.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing an application program, which, when executed on the processor, performs an operation of creating an audio sample having a designated length, the operation comprising:
• detecting selection of a single audio file by a user;
• indexing the single audio file to create a plurality of indexed segments based upon audio analysis, wherein indexing the single audio file comprises, for each audio characteristic among a plurality of designated audio characteristics, scanning the single audio file for the audio characteristic and creating from the single audio file at least one indexed segment corresponding to the audio characteristic;
• selecting at least one segment among the plurality of indexed segments based upon a profile of the user, wherein the profile of the user includes priority designations which prioritize preferred audio characteristics among the plurality of designated audio characteristics based upon relative importance to the user, and wherein selecting the at least one segment comprises selecting an available segment among the plurality of indexed segments having a highest priority designation;
• and
• incorporating the at least one selected segment into the audio sample.