Latency enhanced note recognition method in gaming

An electronic device comprising:

• a microphone,
• a display,
• a processor, and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions for carrying out the method of:
• presenting, to a user, one or more notes which are to be played at a specific time,
• obtaining, from a microphone of an electronic device, audio of a user playing an instrument,
• detecting, from the obtained audio, if a user plays the instrument near the specific time the one or more notes are to be played,
• immediately displaying to the user information that the user has played the instrument either at the correct time, if they were early or if they were late,
• after displaying information about the timing to the user, determining the actual pitch or pitches played by the user at the time and further indicating to the user if the user has played the correct one or more notes.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer implementable instructions for carrying out a method for note recognition in a musical gaming application, said method comprising the computer implemented steps of:

• presenting, to a user, one or more notes which are to be played at a specific time,
• obtaining, from a microphone of an electronic device, audio of a user playing an instrument,
• detecting, from the obtained audio, if a user plays the instrument near the specific time the one or more notes are to be played,
• immediately displaying to the user information that the user has played the instrument either at the correct time, if they were early or if they were late,
• after displaying information about the timing to the user, determining the actual pitch or pitches played by the user at the time and further indicating to the user if the user has played the correct one or more notes.