Patent ID: 8680388

Claim:
A method for playback of digital content data, the method comprising: providing in a first data region a control file (MIX_DATA) with digital control data for controlling a digital content data player, the digital control data representing information for controlling at least one of a mixing procedure of one or more individual pieces of content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn) and an interactive intervention into the one or more individual pieces of content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn) via signal processing means and being recorded during at least one of a previous mixing procedure or a previous interactive intervention, wherein the control data (MIX_DATA) in the first data region refer to the content data (CONTENT_DATA) in a second data region, the second data region comprising the content data (CONTENT_DATA) subdivided in the one or more individual pieces of content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn), determining by means of the control data with reference to the one or more individual pieces of content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn), in which manner the digital content data player plays back a defined part of the one or more individual pieces of content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn), and playing back the content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn) with at least one of a tempo and a phase which is different from the tempo and the phase with which the content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn) has been recorded by modifying according to the control data (MIX_DATA)during play back the properties with which the content data (TR 1 , . . . , TRn) has been recorded.