Patent ID: 8060225

Claim:
A method for operating a digital audio device in a DJ mode, thereby facilitating a collaborative audio session with another digital audio device, comprising: (a) at a first digital audio device operated by a first user, obtaining a first digital audio stream; (b) joining a second user having a second digital audio device as a participant in a collaborative audio session with said first digital audio device; (i) said second digital audio device being under independent operational control of said first digital audio device; (c) obtaining a second digital audio stream from said second digital audio device; (d) digitally integrating, at said first digital audio device, at least a portion of said first digital audio stream and said second digital audio stream; and (e) providing said integrated digital audio stream to at least said second digital audio device, wherein prior to performing the digital integration in (d), equalizing at least one of said first and second digital audio streams to produce an equalized digital audio stream, digitally manipulating the equalized digital audio stream to achieve a desired sound effect, and filtering the manipulated digital audio stream to attenuate a predetermined frequency range set by a cutoff frequency.