Patent ID: 8404958

Claim:
A method for activating alternate audio samples recorded for a particular musical note, the method comprising: accessing, by a processor, a first plurality of alternate audio samples for a first musical note having a first pitch, a first articulation, and a first dynamic layer, and a second plurality of alternate audio samples for a second musical note having a second pitch, a second articulation, and a second dynamic layer; cycling, by the processor, through the first plurality of alternate audio samples for playing the first musical note independently from the cycling through the second plurality of alternate audio samples for playing the second musical note; and triggering, by the processor, the playback of one of the first plurality of alternate audio samples and one of the second plurality of alternate audio samples based on respective positions of the corresponding cycles, wherein the cycling comprises storing a first position of a first cycle of the first plurality of alternate audio samples and storing a second position of a second cycle of the second plurality of alternate audio samples, and wherein the triggering comprises updating the first position when the first musical note is played and updating the second position when the second musical note is played, the first position being updated independently of the second position.