Patent ID: 8452432
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A realtime system for performance of a remixed version of audio data representing multiple parts of an original composition and organized as a plurality of individual original tracks each representing a different part and having shared beats and measures defining a common tempo to be used to synchronize the individual tracks to thereby re-create the original composition, the system comprising: a respective plurality of stored alternative audio tracks for each of several related parts of the original composition, each alternative track being synchronized in tempo with a corresponding track of the original composition; a respective plurality of stored parameters for each of several defined effects; track selection means for independently selecting a particular alternative track to be swapped out for a corresponding original track at a designated transition point during a performance of the original composition; and effects selection means for independently selecting a particular defined effect to be applied at a designated insertion point during the performance of the original composition, wherein the defined effects include at least three different stutter gestures, each gesture being selectable by movement of a user input device in a respective different cardinal direction.