Patent ID: 8645336
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of creating mixed digital audio, the method comprising: loading source audio material into a database connected with the computer, wherein the source audio material comprises a song; editing, using the computer, the source audio material in the database to create a plurality of pre-edited elements, wherein each musical phrase or verse of the source audio material is segmented into one or more pre-edited elements by the computer based on encoding data on the source audio material; assigning, by the computer, each element a code, the code designating a version, from a plurality of versions, of each audio element of the plurality of elements; receiving a user-selected sequence or random sequence by the computer; combining, by the computer, a selection of the plurality of elements in a digital media file based on the user-selected sequence or random sequence of the codes associated with the plurality of elements, the digital audio file being playable to a user by the computer; and storing the digital media file on a removable disk storage medium for being playable to a user on other computers, wherein each element comprises a file main portion having a tag at the beginning and ending thereof, wherein the source audio material comprises commercially recorded music, wherein the encoding data indicates the title/artist/track selection of the source audio material, wherein the computer determines where each element begins and ends such that each element is a preset phrase, and wherein the computer creates a number of elements for each song, the number corresponding to the number of audio phrases the computer determines the song to have, independent of the version of the song.