Patent ID: 7994409

Claim:
An audio mixing and editing system, comprising: (1) a processing device; (2) a user control device operatively connected to said processing device; and (3) a display operatively connected to said processing device; wherein: said processing device executes computer readable code to create a visual representation of a first measured amplitude of a first audio track in a multi-track input for output on said display as visual feedback to a user performing audio mixing and editing functions related to the multi-track input; wherein: said visual representation is generated according to a method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first plurality of labels in a pattern of a circular arc, wherein: (1) the first plurality of labels corresponds to a first plurality of respective amplitudes; (2) moving clockwise or counter-clockwise on the arc between any one of said labels represents a first amplitude increment; (b) identifying a reference amplitude for the first audio track; (c) receiving the first measured amplitude of the first audio track; (d) identifying a first one of said first plurality of labels corresponding to the reference amplitude; (e) identifying a second one of said first plurality of said labels corresponding to the first measured amplitude; and (f) creating a first line connecting the first one of said first plurality of said labels and the second one of said first plurality of said labels, wherein: (1) the first line is a first color if the reference amplitude and the first measured amplitude are separated by the first amplitude increment; (2) the first line is a second color if the reference amplitude and the first measured amplitude are separated by a first multiple of the first amplitude increment; (3) the first line is a third color if the reference amplitude and the first measured amplitude are separated by a second multiple of the first amplitude increment; (4) the first line is a fourth color if the reference amplitude and the first measured amplitude are separated by a third multiple of the first amplitude increment; (5) the first line is a fifth color if the reference amplitude and the first measured amplitude are separated by a fourth multiple of the first amplitude increment; and (6) the first line is a sixth color if the reference amplitude and the first measured amplitude are separated by a fifth multiple of the first amplitude increment.