Patent ID: 6737570
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: G10H,G11B

Abstract:
An electronic device comprising:a palm shaped housing having a plurality of operators arranged to be automatically aligned beneath the user's thumb and fingers when the housing is held in the user's hand, a first of said operators being to play back a percussive sound, a second of said operators being to automatically record ambient sounds, and a third of said operators to play back an audio file; a battery powered audio playback unit in said housing for playing audio files in response to the operation of the third of said operators; a battery powered sound generator to generate a percussive sound in response to user activation of the first of said touch operators; and a mixer to automatically mix the audio from the audio files and the sound from the generator when the third and the first operators have been operated and to automatically generate an audio file and an ambient sound when both the second and the first operators have been operated.