Calculations on sound associated with cells in spreadsheets

A method comprising:

• receiving an audio file in a first cell of a spreadsheet application executing on a computing device;
• providing a numeric value of a playback property of the audio file and numeric data from a second cell to a first calculation function of the spreadsheet application;
• changing, using the first calculation function of the spreadsheet application, the numeric value of the playback property of the audio file using the numeric data from the second cell of the spreadsheet application;
• providing access to the audio file with the changed playback property in the first cell;
• determining a condition of a second calculation function associated with the audio file is satisfied;
• updating the audio file using the second calculation function;
• and
• automatically playing the updated audio file, wherein:
• the audio file is associated with additional audio data,
• the audio file and the additional audio data comprise a compound data type,
• calculation is performed on the compound data type using the first calculation function, and
• the compound data type comprises the audio file and the additional audio data in a structured format.

A computing device, comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the computing device to:
• receive an audio file in a first cell of a spreadsheet application executing on the computing device:
• provide a numeric value of a playback property of the audio file and numeric data from a second cell to a first calculation function of the spreadsheet application;
• change, using the first calculation function of the spreadsheet application, the numeric value of the playback property of the audio file using the numeric data from the second cell of the spreadsheet application;
• provide access to the audio file with the changed playback property in the first cell;
• determine a condition of a second calculation function associated with the audio file is satisfied;
• update the audio file using the second calculation function;
• and
• automatically play the updated audio file, wherein:
• the audio file is associated with additional audio data,
• the audio file and the additional audio data comprise a compound data type, calculation is performed on the compound data type using the first calculation function, and
• the compound data type comprises the audio file and the additional audio data in a structured format.