Apparatus, method, and computer-readable storage medium for compensating for latency in musical collaboration

A method that compensates for latency in a musical collaboration, the method comprising:

• setting a tempo for a first client device to follow;
• receiving, after the setting of the tempo, a musical piece associated with the set tempo from the first client device;
• processing the musical piece received from the first client device to correspond to the set tempo, in response to a determination that the musical piece received from the first client device does not correspond to the set tempo;
• transmitting, after the processing of the musical piece, the processed musical piece to second client device;
• and
• instructing the second client device, via an instruction transmitted along with the processed musical piece, to delay playback of the processed musical piece a predetermined amount of time to compensate for latency in the musical collaboration, the predetermined amount of time being associated with a measure or a fraction of a measure and being calculated based on the set tempo.

A method comprising:

• setting a musical parameter for a device;
• receiving, after the setting of the musical parameter, a musical piece associated with the musical parameter from the device;
• processing the musical piece received from the device to correspond to the musical parameter, in response to a determination that the musical piece received from the device does not correspond to the set musical parameter;
• transmitting, after the processing of the musical piece, the processed musical piece to another device;
• and
• instructing the another device, via an instruction transmitted along with the processed musical piece, to delay playback of the processed musical piece a predetermined amount of time, the predetermined amount of time being associated with a measure or a fraction of a measure and being calculated based on the set musical parameter.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method that compensates for latency in a musical collaboration, the method comprising:

• setting a tempo for a first client device to follow;
• receiving, after the setting of the tempo, a musical piece associated with the set tempo from the first client device;
• processing the musical piece received from the first client device to correspond to the set tempo, in response to a determination that the musical piece received from the first client device does not correspond to the set tempo;
• transmitting, after the processing of the musical piece, the processed musical piece to a second client device;
• and
• instructing the second client device, via an instruction transmitted along with the processed musical piece, to delay playback of the processed musical piece a predetermined amount of time to compensate for latency in the musical collaboration, the predetermined amount of time being associated with a measure or a fraction of a measure and being calculated based on the set tempo.