Patent ID: 7774707

Claim:
A method for enabling a user to amend an audio file, via a user interface for controlling a driver for re-authoring the audio file, the method comprising the steps of: a) associating an icon on said user interface with one or more instruments or sets of instruments in said audio file; b) providing a selection of possible predefined trajectories for each said icon, each trajectory defining the virtual audio movement path, relative to said user, of the associated instrument or set of instruments; c) providing a display on said user interface for showing the position of each said icon, each position defining the virtual position, relative to said user, of the associated instrument or set of instruments; d) the user selecting an icon; e) the user assigning a position and/or a trajectory from the selection, to the selected icon; and f) indicating, on said display, the position of the selected icon and whether a trajectory has been assigned to the selected icon, so as to provide the user with a visual overview of the audio file's amended soundscape, wherein the virtual audio movement of each possible predefined trajectories for selection moves in a rhythm which matches the rhythm of music of the audio file.