Patent ID: 8255069
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. Method of operating a data processing system, the method comprising: a. presenting on a display device of the data processing system a first graphical user interface having user actionable control elements that are, at least in part, visual representations of musical instruments displayed in a real world environment for creating and processing music, wherein a plurality of the visual representations of musical instruments are configured to play a song in a particular genre of music, the first graphical user interface having a first control element for previewing an entire song and a second control element for previewing a predefined portion of the song, wherein a selection of one of the first control element and the second control element is maintained when a first one of the visual representations is replaced by a second one of the visual representations; b. activating pre-set functions for generating and processing digital audio data in the data processing system for each of the user actionable control elements in the particular genre of music, wherein the digital audio data are displayed in a second graphical user interface (GUI) having a time scale when the second GUI is displayed.