Patent ID: 7343210

Claim:
A method for distributing audio content having a plurality of audio tracks, the method comprising: mixing the audio tracks in the audio content to provide a commercial predefined mix, wherein the audio content is readied for commercial distribution as a function of the commercial predefined mix; providing the audio content in the commercial predefined mix on consumer playable media; providing a user interface on the consumer playable media, wherein the interface includes graphical screen controls for a user to manipulate at least one of the plurality of audio tracks; automatically adjusting the graphical screen controls to represent the commercial predefined mix; providing instructions on the consumer playable media enabling the commercial predefined mix to be altered in response to the user operating the graphical screen controls; and providing the audio content in a first format and in a second format, wherein the user cannot alter the commercial predefined mix in the first format and the user can alter the commercial predefined mix in the second format.