Abstract: An audio storage architecture allows an audio management application to manipulate and recombine segments of a musical piece such that the resulting finished composition includes parts (segments) from the decomposed piece, typically a song, adjustable for length by selectively replicating particular parts and combining with other parts such that the finished composition provides a similar audio experience in the predetermined duration. The architecture defines the parts with part variations of independent length, identified as performing a function of starting, middle, (looping) or ending parts. Each of the parts provides a musical segment that is integratable with other parts in a seamless manner that avoids audible artifacts (e.g. “pops” and “crackles”) common with conventional mechanical switching and mixing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2006
Date of Patent:
May 24, 2011
Assignee:
Adobe Systems Incorpoated
Inventors:
Soenke Schnepel, Stefan Wiegand, Sven Duwenhorst, Volker W. Duddeck, Holger Classen