Systems and methods for score and screenplay based audio and video editing

A system comprising:

• a server;
• a computing node comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor of the computing node to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• reading a reference file comprising musical notation;
• determining a plurality of measures and a plurality of notes of the musical notation;
• reading a plurality of audio recordings, wherein each of the plurality of audio recordings corresponds to at least a portion of the musical notation;
• for each of the plurality of measures of the musical notation, automatically determining a corresponding segment of at least one of the plurality of audio recordings based on a series of notes in that measure, wherein automatically determining the corresponding segment of the at least one of the plurality of audio recordings comprises translating the at least one of the plurality of audio recordings into notes;
• displaying to a user the musical notation;
• receiving first selections from the user of a measure of the plurality of measures;
• for each of the first selections, displaying to the user a listing of the plurality of audio recordings in which at least a portion of the selected measure is played;
• for each of the first selections, receiving a second selection from the user of an audio recording from the listing thereby linking the selected measure to the corresponding segment of the selected audio recording;
• automatically generating an audio file by splicing together each of the linked segments, wherein automatically generating the audio file comprises generating a crossfade between adjacent selections of the user.

A computer program product for editing an audio file, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• reading a reference file comprising musical notation;
• determining a plurality of measures and a plurality of notes of the musical notation;
• reading a plurality of audio recordings, wherein each of the plurality of audio recordings corresponds to at least a portion of the musical notation;
• for each of the plurality of measures of the musical notation, automatically determining a corresponding segment of at least one of the plurality of audio recordings based on a series of notes in that measure, wherein automatically determining the corresponding segment of the at least one of the plurality of audio recordings comprises translating the at least one of the plurality of audio recordings into notes;
• displaying to a user the musical notation;
• receiving first selections from the user of a measure of the plurality of measures;
• for each of the first selections, displaying to the user a listing of the plurality of audio recordings in which at least a portion of the selected measure is played;
• for each of the first selections, receiving a second selection from the user of an audio recording from the listing thereby linking the selected measure to the corresponding segment of the selected audio recording;
• automatically generating an audio file by splicing together each of the linked segments, wherein automatically generating the audio file comprises generating a crossfade between adjacent selections of the user.