Multimedia Keepsakes and Method and System for Their Manufacture

A multimedia keepsake to be handled by a user to observe displays and accompanying audible presentations, comprising:

• a plurality of viewable displays;
• an electronic playback device containing audible presentations associated respectively with at least two of the displays, the device having external inputs corresponding to the at least two displays;
• electronic logic in said device associating external inputs with the audible presentations;
• and
• an actuator activated by the user when viewing one of said at least two displays to produce an actuation signal at an external input corresponding to said one display, said logic being constructed to cause the respective audible presentation to be played.

A method for recording a synchronized portion of an analog audio signal, comprising the steps of:

• providing a two channel, stereo signal in which a first channel contains the analog audio signal and a second channel contains a tone of predetermined frequency coincident with the portion of the analog signal;
• detecting the presence of the tone in the second channel;
• and
• during the presence of the tone, enabling recording from the first channel, recording being otherwise disabled.

Apparatus for recording a synchronized portion of an analog audio signal, comprising:

• an input receiving a two channel, stereo signal in which a first channel contains the analog audio signal and a second channel contains a tone of predetermined frequency coincident with the portion of the analog signal;
• a detector for the presence of the tone connected to the second channel, the detector producing an enabling signal when the tone is present;
• and
• a normally open controlled switch connected in series with the first channel, the switch having a control input to which receives the enabling signal, the switch being constructed be transmissive during the presence of the enabling signal, whereby the analog audio signal is transmitted through the switch only during the presence of the tone.