System for selection and playback of song versions from vinyl type control interfaces

A system for processing digital audio signals, comprising:

• a digital audio unit configured to provide digital audio data of at least a first audio track and a second audio track, wherein said digital audio data includes different versions of one and the same piece of music;
• a user control device comprising an electronic display device configured to display a graphical representation of a vinyl-type record, and user input means configured to allow a user to select a first region associated with a first time interval along a playback time axis, or a second region associated with a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval along the playback time axis, by selecting different radial positions on the graphical representation of the vinyl-type record;
• and
• wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back audio signals obtained from the first audio track, when the first region is selected, and to play back audio signals obtained from the second audio track, when the second region is selected.

A system for processing digital audio signals, comprising:

• a digital audio unit configured to provide digital audio data of at least a first audio track and a second audio track, wherein said digital audio data includes different versions of one and the same piece of music;
• a user control device operable by a user to allow the user to select either a first region or a second region, said first region being associated with a first time interval along a playback time axis and the second region being associated with a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval along the playback time axis;
• wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back audio signals obtained from the first audio track, when the first region is selected, and to play back audio signals obtained from the second audio track, when the second region is selected;
• a vinyl-type record, which has an inscribed, modulated groove which stores signals, wherein the vinyl-type record, on at least one of its two sides, is partitioned into a plurality of concentric regions, each region being formed by a plurality of continuous groove revolutions, wherein, in at least one of the regions, there is stored a region identification signal, which contains an identification of the region;
• a turntable adapted to support the vinyl-type record;
• a pickup device which is adapted to scan the groove of the vinyl-type record such as to read out the region identification signal stored in the groove;
• and
• a region determination unit configured to determine a currently selected region based on the region identification signal.

A system for processing digital audio signals, comprising:

• a digital audio unit configured to provide digital audio data of at least a first audio track and a second audio track, wherein said digital audio data includes different versions of one and the same piece of music;
• a user control device operable by a user to allow the user to select either a first region or a second region, said first region being associated with a first time interval along a playback time axis and the second region being associated with a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval along the playback time axis;
• wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back audio signals obtained from the first audio track, when the first region is selected, and to play back audio signals obtained from the second audio track, when the second region is selected;
• a vinyl-type record;
• a turntable adapted to support the vinyl-type record;
• and
• a transport determination unit configured to determine a transport parameter of the turntable, wherein the transport parameter corresponds to at least one of a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the vinyl-type record, wherein the digital audio unit is configured to modify play back of the audio signals based on the transport parameter.

A system for processing digital audio signals, comprising:

• a digital audio unit configured to provide digital audio data of at least a first audio track and a second audio track, wherein said digital audio data includes different versions of one and the same piece of music;
• a user control device operable by a user to allow the user to select either a first region or a second region, said first region being associated with a first time interval along a playback time axis and the second region being associated with a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval along the playback time axis;
• wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back audio signals obtained from the first audio track, when the first region is selected, and to play back audio signals obtained from the second audio track, when the second region is selected;
• a vinyl-type record;
• a turntable adapted to support the vinyl-type record;
• and
• a position determination unit configured to determine a current turntable playback position associated to the turntable, wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back the audio signals obtained from the first or second audio track at a playback position along the playback time axis which corresponds to the turntable playback position.

A system for processing digital audio signals, comprising:

• a digital audio unit configured to provide digital audio data of at least a first audio track and a second audio track, wherein said digital audio data includes different versions of one and the same piece of music;
• a user control device operable by a user to allow the user to select either a first region or a second region, said first region being associated with a first time interval along a playback time axis and the second region being associated with a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval along the playback time axis;
• wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back audio signals obtained from the first audio track, when the first region is selected, and to play back audio signals obtained from the second audio track, when the second region is selected;
• a region changing unit configured to detect a region change operation initiated by the user operating the user control device to change the selected region from a current region associated to a current track out of the first and second track to a next region associated to a next track out of the first and second track;
• wherein the region changing unit, upon detection of the region change operation, is configured to stop playback of the current track and to start playback of the next track;
• and
• wherein a playback position within the next track at which playback of the next track is started is chosen based on the playback position within the current track at which playback is stopped.

A system for processing digital audio signals, comprising:

• a digital audio unit configured to provide digital audio data of at least a first audio track and a second audio track, wherein said digital audio data includes different versions of one and the same piece of music;
• a user control device operable by a user to allow the user to select either a first region or a second region, said first region being associated with a first time interval along a playback time axis and the second region being associated with a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval along the playback time axis;
• wherein the digital audio unit is configured to play back audio signals obtained from the first audio track, when the first region is selected, and to play back audio signals obtained from the second audio track, when the second region is selected;
• a vinyl-type record having an inscribed, modulated groove which stores signals, said groove being configured to be scanned by a pickup device of a turntable in order to read out the signals, wherein the vinyl-type record, on at least one of its two sides, is partitioned into a plurality of concentric regions, each region being formed by a plurality of continuous groove revolutions, and wherein, in at least one of the regions, there is stored a region identification signal, which contains an identification of the region;
• a turntable adapted to support the vinyl-type record;
• and
• a pickup device which is adapted to scan the groove of the vinyl-type record such as to read out signals stored in the groove, wherein the digital audio unit is configured to receive control signals from the turntable and/or from reading out the vinyl-type record.