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US 11,087,730 B1Granted
Pseudo—live sound and music
OwnerJames W. Wiederinventor
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A method and apparatus for the creation and playback of music and/or sound, so that sound sequences are generated that vary from one playback to another playback. In one embodiment, during composition creation, artist(s) may define how the composition may vary from playback to playback using visually interactive display(s). The artist's definition may be embedded into a composition dataset. During playback, a composition data set may be processed by a playback device and/or a playback program, so that each time the composition is played-back a unique version may be generated. Variability during playback may include: the variable selection of alternative sound segment(s); variable editing of sound segment(s) during playback processing; variable placement of sound segment(s) during playback processing; the spawning of group(s) of alternative sound segments from initiating sound segment(s); and the combining and/or mixing of alternative sound segments in one or more sound channels. MIDI-like variable compositions and the variable use of sound segments comprised of a timed sequence of MIDI-like commands are also disclosed.
An apparatus-implemented method for generating music or sound, comprising:
The method of claim wherein a plurality of sound-segments is randomly selected from each of a plurality of said group(s) of alternative sound-segments;
The method of claim wherein at least one of said randomly selected sound-segment(s) ae concatenated during playback processing, with at least one other sound-segment that is not in its own group of alternative sound-segments.
The method of claim Pf wherein one or more of said selected sound-segment(s), a placed in time during playback processing at a defined placement location that is the same for all sound-segments in its group;
The method of claim wherein at least one of said initiation definition(s) ae processed at a time that is relative to another sound-segment that is not in the group designated by said initiation definition.
Apparatus for generating music or sound, comprising:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable memories or storage media, not including carrier-waves, having computer-readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by electronic-circuitry and/or processor(s), implement a method for generating music or sound, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.