Programmable sound and music making device

A sound making device comprising:

• a memory that stores a first number of sound segments;
• a speaker;
• a buffer having a second number of buffer locations, wherein each buffer location stores a sound segment indication that indicates one of the first number of sound segments stored in the memory and wherein the second number is less than the first number;
• a visual indication associated with each of the buffer locations;
• a keypad coupled to the buffer and adapted to change the sound segment indications stored in the buffer locations;
• and
• a processor including;
• means for repetitively scrolling through the buffer locations to retrieve the sound segment indications store in the buffer locations,
• means for retrieving the sound segments associated with the retrieved sound segment indications,
• means for delivering the retrieved sound segments to the speaker to form a song or a tune;
• and
• means for operating the visual indication associated with each of the buffer locations when the delivering means delivers the retrieved sound segment indicated at each of the buffer locations to the speaker.