Patent ID: 8457769

Claim:
A system for interactive audio recording and manipulation, the system comprising: at least one controller, each controller including at least one continuous control and a plurality of control buttons a computing device coupled to the controller, the computing device including a processor a memory coupled to the processor an audio interface coupled to the processor, the audio interface including at least one audio input port to accept an input audio signal and at least one audio output port to provide an output audio signal a storage device having instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause the system to perform actions comprising storing a plurality of recorded tracks recording the audio input signal as a track of the plurality of recorded track in response to activation of one or more of the plurality of control buttons playing one or more of the plurality of recorded tracks to provide the audio output signal in response to activation of one or more of the plurality of control buttons defining a master loop length in response to activation of one or more of the plurality of control buttons, wherein a master loop timer counts cyclically from zero to the master loop length and then resets and repeats counting from zero applying an effect to at least one of a recorded track and the audio input signal in response to activation of the continuous control.