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US 2022/0012007 A1Published application
Multitrack container for sound effect rendering
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorSimon Ashby
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Abstract
Computer game sound effects (SFX) are provided to customers in a container that includes not only the audio file (such as a .wav file) of the SFX but also the information underlying the SFX, so that the customer can alter the SFX at run time or offline without having to purchase a new sound or go back to the sound provider to ask them to make the desired changes.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- at least one processor programmed with instructions to:
- access at least a first sound effect (SFX) WAV file or MP3 file having at least first and second tracks and provided by a supplier of SFX;
- bundle the first SFX file with track modification information pertaining to the at least first and second tracks to establish a multitrack container, the track modification information being useful to modify the SFX file;
- and
- transmit the multitrack container to at least one computer of at least a first developer of computer applications to enable the first developer to alter the first SFX file in a first way for rendering in a first computer application developed by the first developer.
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A method, comprising:
- establishing a multitrack container comprising a first multitrack sound effect (SFX) file and information, for at least some of plural tracks in the first multitrack SFX file, track modification information useful for modifying the respective track;
- and
- providing the multitrack container to at least a first developer of a first computer game to allow the first developer to modify the first multitrack SFX file using the track modification information in a first way for rendering in the first computer game.
A game developer computer comprising:
- at least one processor configured with instructions executable to:
- receive at least a first data structure comprising at least a first sound effect (SFX) file having at least first and second tracks from a supplier of SFX along with track modification information pertaining to the at least first and second tracks;
- alter the first SFX file using the track modification information;
- and
- render the SFX file in a first computer simulation developed by the first developer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.