Patent ID: 8508572

Claim:
A method to record and transmit a performance, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a studio booth, the booth, including: (i) an interior with a front wall, a rear wall, side walls extending between said front wall and rear wall, a floor, a ceiling, and a speaker system; (ii) a high definition digital camera mounted at said front wall to generate video signals comprising at least one live in-booth performance; (iii) an audio system including a booth microphone to detect and generate audio signals comprising an audio recording of said live in-booth performance; (iv) a chroma key screen extending over at least a portion of said rear wall to produce background light that is, along with said live in-booth performance conducted in the booth, detected by said digital camera, digital camera; (v) a computer system to generate backdrop signals representing a scenic backdrop; (vi) a transmitter-receiver to send signals to a computer server at a location remote from said booth; (vii) a flash encoder to receive said video signals, said audio signals, and said backdrop signals to generate performance signals comprising a recorded performance of said live in-booth performance, said recorded performance incorporating said video signals, said audio signals, and said backdrop signals, and transmit said performance signals to said transmitter-receiver; and (viii) a system to minimize leakage by reducing pickup of sound produced by speakers in the studio booth by the booth microphone; (b) providing a computer server remote from said booth; (c) conducting said live in-booth performance; (d) generating with said flash encoder said performance signals of said in-booth performance and transmitting said performance signals to said transmitter-receiver; (e) transmitting with said transmitter-receiver said performance signals to said computer server for storage in said computer server; and (f) substantially reducing or removing a subwoofer portion of the picked-up sound.