Patent ID: 9646587
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G10H

Claim:
1. A method of providing a musical game, comprising: first operating an audio output assembly to output sound associated with a background rhythm track defining timing of notes for a group collaborative composition; during the first operating, sensing a plurality of interactions with a plurality of user input devices; in response to the sensing, generating a note trigger signal for each of the user input devices; with a processor running a music composition and playback module, processing each of the note trigger signals to select a playback sound and to determine, in relation to the background rhythm track, whether the note trigger signals are synchronized with the timing of the notes or unsynchronized with the timing of the notes; with the music composition and playback module, quantizing each of the unsynchronized note trigger signals individually using the timing of the notes to time align the unsynchronized note trigger signals with the background rhythm track; and with the music composition and playback module, second operating the audio output assembly to play the group collaborative composition via the audio output assembly including outputting the playback sounds for the synchronized note trigger signals and outputting the playback sounds for the time aligned note trigger signals, wherein the quantizing comprises aligning timing of playback of each of the unsynchronized note trigger signals with one of the notes of the group collaborative composition.