Method for transferring a recording from a sound index print and player-transfer apparatus

A method for copying sound recordings, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sound index print having an array of imagettes and a plurality of sound recordings, said recordings being individually associated with respective said imagettes;
• providing a set of digital image files recorded in a digital memory store, said digital image files each corresponding to a respective said imagette;
• aligning said index print and an array of switches, wherein said array of switches has at least one switch in registry with each said imagette;
• allocating said switches to an array of triggers, said triggers each having a uniquely associated imagette, said triggers each including at least one switch in registry with said imagette, said array of triggers having at least one trigger associated with each of said imagettes;
• manually denoting said imagettes in a non-predetermined series of actuations of respective switches of a plurality of triggers allocated to said imagettes;
• transmitting to said digital memory store, said recordings associated with respective said imagettes responsive to said actuations;
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• associating said recordings associated with respective said imagettes with corresponding individual digital image files.

A index print recording transfer apparatus, for use with a digital memory store, a set of digital image files, and an index print;

• said digital image files and said index print each bearing a common identification code;
• said index print having an array of imagettes corresponding to individual said image files of said set of image files;
• said index print having a plurality of recordings, said recordings being individually associated with respective said imagettes, said apparatus comprising:
• an index print station having a receiver for said index print, said receiver being configured to receive an index print in a predetermined alignment;
• a platen closely adjoining said receiver;
• an array of switches aligned with said platen, said switches being allocable to an array of logical triggers corresponding on a one-to-one basis to imagettes on the index print, said triggers each having a unique site on said platen, said triggers each including at least one switch in registry with a respective said site;
• means for transmitting to said digital memory store, an identification signal responsive to said identification code borne by said index print;
• a signal generator having a array of switches adjoining said platen, said switches being disposed such that at least one switch is associated with each of said sites and is actuable from the immediate vicinity of the respective said site, said switches being subject to actuation in a non-predetermined series, said signal generator transmitting said recordings to said digital memory store responsive to said actuations and in association with said identification signal.