Recording method and apparatus and audio data user interface

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• a plurality of different types of interface markers associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said plurality of different types of interface markers correspond to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
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• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism providing a playback of said audio data, wherein said playback may be initiated at a point in said audio data, wherein said point is determined by a command issued by a user, and wherein said point is selected from a group consisting of a random point in said data and a point corresponding to said marked audio data.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism providing a playback of said audio data, wherein said playback may be initiated at a point in said audio data, wherein said point is determined by a command issued by a user, and wherein said point is selected from a group consisting of a random point in said data and a point corresponding to said marked audio data;
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• a cursor control device, wherein said user selects said point by positioning a cursor on said visual representation, and wherein said audio data playback is initiated through a signal generation device coupled to said cursor control device.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism providing a playback of said audio data, wherein said playback may be initiated at a point in said audio data, wherein said point is determined by a command issued by a user, and wherein said point is selected from a group consisting of a random point in said data and a point corresponding to said marked audio data;
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• an input device that moves in a first and a second direction, wherein movement of said input device when said playback has not been initiated controls said selection of said point, and wherein movement in said second direction while said playback is in progress controls a scale of said visual representation.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism providing a playback of said audio data, wherein said playback may be initiated at a point in said audio data, wherein said point is determined by a command issued by a user, and wherein said point is selected from a group consisting of a random point in said data and a point corresponding to said marked audio data;
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• an input device that moves in a first and a second direction, wherein movement of said input device when said playback has not been initiated controls said selection of said point, and wherein movement in said second direction while said playback is in progress controls a speed of said playback.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism producing a playback of said audio data;
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• an input device, wherein movement of said input device in a predetermined direction while said playback is in progress controls a scale of said visual representation.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
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• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism producing a playback of said audio data;
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• an input device, wherein movement of said input device in a predetermined direction while said playback is in progress controls a speed of said playback.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data in recorded;
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• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism providing a playback of said audio data, wherein said playback may be initiated at a point in said audio data, wherein said point is determined by a command issued by a user, and wherein said point is selected from a group consisting of a random point in said data and a point corresponding to said marked audio data, wherein said playback, said selection of said point, and a scale of said visual representation are controlled in a single mode.

An audio data user interface for use in a computerized system having a processor, a memory, and a display, comprising:

• a visual representation of said audio data displayed on said display by said processor, said memory storing information corresponding to said visual representation;
• an interface marker, said interface marker associated with said visual representation of said audio data, wherein said interface marker corresponds to marked audio data, said marked audio data being marked by a recorder marker of a recorder when said audio data is recorded;
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• a playback mechanism, said playback mechanism providing a playback of said audio data, wherein said playback may be initiated at a point in said audio data, wherein said point is determined by a command issued by a user, and wherein said point is selected from a group consisting of a random point in said data and a point corresponding to said marked audio data, wherein said playback, said selection of said point, and a speed of said playback are controlled in a single mode.