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Dynamic music authoring

US9640158B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by

9References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Robert W. Baker · Marianna, US
Gerhard Lengeling · Los Altos, US
Alec H. Little · Woodside, US
Patrick C. Beard · Danville, US
Ole Lagemann · Hamburg, DE
Danny Patterson · Cupertino, US
Tobias Hermann · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2016
Grant date	May 2, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG10H2250/641
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to present a graphical user interface that enables the dynamic authoring of music by a user of the computing device. The computing device can present a grid of cells, where each cell represents a music segment. The cells can be configured to playback the music segment once or playback the music segment in a repeating loop. The user can select (e.g., touch) one or more cells in the grid to cause the corresponding music segment to play. While playing selected cells, the user can provide input selecting various musical effects to apply to the playing music. The user can record a dynamically selected sequence of cells and musical effects to create an original musical product.

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