Patent ID: 9058797
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G06F,G10H,G10L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: using a portable computing device for vocal performance capture, the portable computing device having a display, a microphone interface and a data communications interface; responsive to user selection of a backing track, retrieving via the data communications interface at least lyrics and timing information corresponding to the backing track; at the portable computing device, audibly rendering a first encoding of the backing track and concurrently presenting the retrieved lyrics on the display in accord with the timing information; at the portable computing device, capturing and pitch correcting a vocal performance of the user in accord with pitch correction settings; transmitting from the portable computing device to a remote server via the communications interface, an audio encoding of the pitch-corrected vocal performance for mixing with a second encoding of the backing track; and receiving from the remote server, and audibly rendering at the portable computing device, a mixed performance, wherein the mixed performance is an encoding of the user's own pitch-corrected vocal performance mixed with the second encoding of the backing track.