US 12,555,556 B2 · Non-linear media segment capture and edit platform

Abstract

User interface techniques provide user vocalists with mechanisms for forward and backward traversal of audiovisual content, including pitch cues, waveform- or envelope-type performance timelines, lyrics and/or other temporally-synchronized content at record-time, during edits, and/or in playback. Recapture of selected performance portions, coordination of group parts, and overdubbing may all be facilitated. Direct scrolling to arbitrary points in the performance timeline, lyrics, pitch cues and other temporally-synchronized content allows user to conveniently move through a capture or audiovisual edit session. In some cases, a user vocalist may be guided through the performance timeline, lyrics, pitch cues and other temporally-synchronized content in correspondence with group part information such as in a guided short-form capture for a duet. A scrubber allows user vocalists to conveniently move forward and backward through the temporally-synchronized content.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

capturing a computer readable encoding of media segments of a performance of a user at a user device while an audio track is audibly rendered by the user device, the audio track synchronized with a lyric track, wherein during the capture lyrics from the lyric track are displayed on a user interface display of the user device, the user interface display responsive to on-screen manipulations of user interface controls operative to provide (i) start/stop control of the capture of the media segments and (ii) a scrubbing interaction for temporal position control within a performance timeline of the audio track;
responsive to a first on-screen manipulation of the user interface controls, moving forward or backward through a visually synchronized presentation, on the user interface display, of at least the lyrics and the performance timeline;
and
after the moving, selectively capturing at least one additional media segment beginning at a first position in the performance timeline that is neither a beginning of the performance timeline nor a most recent stop or pause position within the performance timeline.

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A system for use in connection with vocal audio capture, the system comprising:

a first computing device having a display, a network communications interface and user interface components executable to provide (i) a scrubber for lyric and audio tracks synchronized to each other, wherein the scrubber provides a user of the first computing device with temporal position control within the vocal audio capture and (ii) start/stop control of the vocal audio capture, wherein the first computing device itself performs the vocal audio capture of a performance of the user while the audio track is audibly rendered by the first computing device;
and
a service platform coupled with the first computing device via the network communications interface to supply, to the first computing device, one or more of the synchronized lyric and audio tracks and to receive, from the first computing device, a least some of the vocal audio capture of the performance of the user.

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Non-linear media segment capture and edit platform

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Abstract

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