Patent ID: 8653354

Claim:
A method for synthesizing audio to produce a musical sound, comprising the steps of: inputting an audio source; setting parameters to specify the desired frequency slit spacing and the desired noise-to-frequency-band ratio; filtering the audio source through at least one sequence of at least two filters to filter the audio source into a series of frequency-bands-with-noise; during the step of filtering, conforming the series of frequency-bands-with noise to the parameters to produce the desired frequency slit spacing and the desired noise-to-frequency-band ratio; wherein input to the first filter is the audio source, and the input to a subsequent filter is the output of the previous filter, whereby the last filter produces audio output; and outputting audio output to produce the musical sound, wherein the audio source comprises non-pitched, broad-spectrum audio with no discernible pitch and timbre, and the audio output comprises pitched, musical sounds with discernible pitch and timbre.