Patent ID: 6683241
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A method for playing back a variable music or audio composition, comprising:providing a variable composition having a plurality of groupings of sound segments, each said grouping comprising one or more sound segments, wherein some sound segments may be included in more than one grouping; providing for some segments in said composition, one or more spawn-definitions for each segment, wherein each spawn-definition identifies one of said groupings and a grouping insertion time; starting playback of said composition with a pre-defined starting grouping; variably selecting at least one segment from the pre-defined starting grouping; during playback, processing the spawn-definitions for each segment selected from the pre-defined starting grouping to initiate one or more additional groupings; selecting at least one segment from each initiated additional grouping; placing each selected segment at the insertion time defined for the grouping it was selected from; and combining all placed segments to form a sound sequence in one or more output channels, whereby each time a composition is played back, a different sound sequence is automatically generated, without requiring listener action.