Patent ID: 8183454

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: automatically switching a graphical view of one or more file components associated with a file for a first audio and displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) during a playback of the first audio, the switching based at least in part on a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) view-switching track, the file being configured for playback with the first audio and having a plurality of tracks and the one or more file components, the MIDI view-switching track being one of the plurality of tracks; automatically switching an instrument displayed in the GUI during the playback of the first audio based at least in part on a MIDI instrument-switching track belonging to the file which is configured for playback with the first audio; and automatically switching a metronome beat associated with the first audio between on and off during the playback of the first audio based at least in part on a MIDI metronome-switching track belonging to the file.