Patent ID: 7081579
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G06F,G10H

Abstract:
1. A method of analyzing music, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a digital database comprising a plurality of digital song files; b) selecting one of said song files for analysis; c) dividing said selected song file into a plurality of discrete parts; d) using Fast Fourier Transform techniques on each part of said selected song file to establish a plurality of coefficients, wherein said coefficients are representative of predetermined quantifiable characteristics of said selected song, and; e) determining an average value of the coefficients for each characteristic from each said part of said selected song file; f) compiling a song vector comprising a sequential list of said average values of the coefficients for each said characteristic for said selected song file; and g) repeating steps b) through f) for each song in said database.