Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for enabling flexible sound generation/modifying utilities

A computer implemented method for defining or modifying sound entities, the method comprising:

• displaying one or more definition/modification graphical user interfaces implemented to one or more computers including or being linked to a touch screen display;
• receiving one or more selections relevant to one or more musical timbre elements using the interface, the musical elements define or modify aspects of the note's timbre, such as its frequency, pitch and amplitude envelopes, harmonic structure, the timing or pitch of component waveform elements, or directly upon the waveform;
• generating one or more parametric paths corresponding to the selections and encoding the musical elements, the parametric paths defined using Bezier paths (which may include line elements);
• and
• storing the parametric paths so as to define one or more executable sound entities, wherein the sound entities can be defined or modified using the graphical user interface so as to enable the defining or modifying of the sound entities.

A computer implemented method for defining or modifying sound entities, the method comprising:

• displaying one or more timbre definition/modification graphical user interfaces implemented to one or more computers including or being linked to a touch screen display, wherein the interface includes one or more grids that define or modify aspects of the note's timbre, such as its frequency, pitch and amplitude envelopes, harmonic structure, the timing or pitch of component waveform elements, or directly upon the waveform;
• receiving one or more selections relevant to one or more musical timbre elements using the interface;
• generating one or more parametric paths corresponding to the selections and encoding the musical elements;
• storing the parametric paths so as to define one or more executable sound entities, wherein the sound entities can be defined or modified using the graphical user interface so as to enable the defining or modifying of the sound entities accessing the audio timbre grids, so as to define or modify aspects of the sound's timbre for the sound entities;
• receiving input using the graphical user interface that the definition or modification of aspects of the sound's timbre have been completed;
• and
• storing the one or more sound entities defined by the selection of aspects of the sound's timbre to a data store, thereby providing the one or more executable sound entities based on such sound attributes.