Patent ID: 6740803
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G06Q,G10H

Abstract:
A computing device to allow for the selection and display of a multimedia presentation of an audio file to a user and to allow the user to play a guitar in conjunction with the multimedia presentation, wherein an interface device couples the guitar to the computing device by performing analog to digital conversion of the guitar's analog audio signal to create a digitized audio signal and a server transmits a session file associated with a musical piece to the computing device through a computer network, the session file including an audio file and multimedia data, the computing device comprising:a communication device to: transmit a user's request for the selection of a musical piece to the server, and receive the session file associated with the selected musical piece from the server; and a processor to: process the session file such that the computing device presents a multimedia presentation of the audio file to the user; process the digitized audio signal of the guitar so that the user can play the musical instrument in conjunction with the multimedia presentation of the audio file and create and display a control panel graphical interface including an amplifier for the guitar, the control panel graphical interface having settings that define sound characteristics for the guitar.