Patent ID: 7330769

Claim:
A method of creating a sound model for use in dynamically generating sound effects during execution of a computerized multimedia application in which a user provides input that affects both video and sound produced by the multimedia application, said method comprising: defining a plurality of waveforms representing various different sounds that may be generated simultaneously by a single sound generating object during execution of the interactive multimedia application; defining a parameter that relates to the sound generating object and is variable during execution of the multimedia application; defining an adjustment function, for each of the plurality of waveforms, between the parameter and at least one characteristic of each of the plurality of waveforms, wherein each adjustment function provides a functional relationship between a value of the parameter and a value of the characteristic of the respective waveform, and further wherein the plurality of waveforms, the parameter and the adjustment functions define the sound model; displaying a graph showing the adjustment function for each of the plurality of waveforms, the graph visually depicting during game development by a game designer one or more relationships existing between each of the adjustment functions; storing the sound model for use in dynamically generating sound effects during execution of the multimedia application; and using the stored sound model to dynamically generate sound effects during execution of the multimedia application.