Patent ID: 8369974

Claim:
A processor-implemented method to control a playback of recorded sound, comprising the steps of: displaying on a pressure-sensitive display screen a processor-generated image of a sound recording medium including an image of a vinyl record, wherein the pressure-sensitive display screen is configured to interface with a plurality of processors including a first processor and a second processor; playing, by use of a processor in communication with a processor storage, a sound encoded in the processor storage, to produce a playback of the encoded sound; animating the processor-generated image of the sound recording medium, to produce an animation of the vinyl record rotating in synchronicity with the playback; detecting a touch on the animation; and controlling the playback and the animation, responsive to the detected touch, to produce a control of the playback and the animation, wherein the controlling of the playback and the animation includes adjusting a speed of the playback and a speed of the corresponding vinyl record rotation in correlation with an amount of pressure exerted against the pressure-sensitive screen by the touch; and wherein the displaying on the pressure-sensitive display screen the processor-generated image includes generating a split-screen display, displaying a first set of images including a first vinyl record and at least one first control generated by the first processor in a first display portion of the split-screen and displaying a second set of images including a second vinyl record and at least one second control generated by the second processor in a second display portion of the split-screen.