Multiple distant musician audio loop recording apparatus and listening method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10769202-B2
Application number	US-201715852649-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Oct 10, 2014
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprising a first audio looping device is provided. The first audio looping device is electrically coupled to a computing device. The first audio looping device is programmed to receive a first audio signal from a musical instrument and to store the first audio signal. The first audio looping device is further programmed to playback the stored first audio signal as a first audio loop a number of times and to transmit the first audio loop to a second audio looping device via the first computing device. The first audio looping device is further programmed to receive a second audio loop from the second audio looping device via the computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first audio looping device being implemented as a foot pedal for switching by a first user and being electrically coupled to a computing device, the first audio looping device being programmed to:
receive a first audio signal from a musical instrument of the first user;
generate a first audio loop with the first audio signal for the first user prior to generating a second audio loop with a second audio looping device for a second user;
transmit via a transceiver position within the foot pedal, an electronic identification to the computing device to indicate that the first user is granted administrative privileges to revise a combined audio loop including the first audio loop and the second audio loop at the first audio looping device after generating the first audio loop and the second audio loop;
transmit the first audio loop to the second audio looping device with the computing device, the second audio looping device combining the first audio loop with the second audio loop to provide the combined audio loop; and
receive the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device via the computing device,

wherein the electronic identification enables the first user to remove the second audio loop from the combined audio loop at one of the computing device and the first audio looping device,
wherein the first audio looping device is further programmed to:
determine first loop information including a first loop length for the first audio loop after generating the first audio loop; and
transmit the first loop information to the second audio looping device along with the first audio loop such that the second audio looping device generates the combined audio loop at a loop length that is equal to the first loop length of the first audio loop since the first audio loop as been generated prior to the second audio loop and to the combined audio loop,

wherein the first audio looping device receives the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device at the loop length that is equal to the first loop length.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first audio looping device is further programmed to receive a command from the computing device to store the combined audio loop.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the computing device enables the first user to listen to the combined audio loop prior to storing the combined audio loop on the first audio looping device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the computing device includes a user interface to enable the first user to remove the first audio loop from the combined audio loop based on the electronic identification.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first audio looping device is further programmed to receive a command from the first user of the first audio looping device after the computing device plays back the combined audio loop for the first user.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first audio looping device is further programmed to transmit a first loop type for the first audio loop to the second audio loop, and
wherein the first loop type includes an instantaneous stop type that corresponds to a command from the first user for the first audio loop to stop playback of the first audio loop before a start point of a next reoccurring first audio loop that is played back.

7. A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that is programmed to enable communication between a first audio looping device, a second audio loop and a computing device, the computer-program product comprising instructions to:
receive, at a first audio looping device that is implemented as a foot pedal for switching by a first user, a first audio signal from a musical instrument of the first user;
generate a first audio loop with the first audio signal for the first user prior to generating a second audio loop with a second audio looping device for a second user,
wirelessly transmit via a transceiver positioned within the foot pedal, an electronic identification to the computing device to indicate that the first user is granted administrative privileges to revise a combined audio loop including the first audio loop at the computing device after generating the first audio loop;
transmit the first audio loop to the second audio looping device with the computing device, the second audio looping device combining the first audio loop with the second audio loop to provide the combined audio loop;
receive, at the first audio looping device, the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device via the computing device; and
wherein the electronic identification enables the first user to remove the second audio loop from the combined audio loop at one of the computing device and the first audio looping device
determine first loop information at the first audio looping device, the first loop information including a first loop length for the first audio loop; and
transmit the first loop information to the second audio looping device along with the first audio loop such that the second audio looping device generates the combined audio loop at a loop length that is equal to the first loop length of the first audio loop since the first audio loop has been generated prior to the second audio loop and to the combined audio loop,
wherein the first audio looping device receives the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device at the loop length that is equal to the first loop length.

8. The computer-program product of claim 7 further comprising instructions to receive a command at the first audio looping device from the computing device.

9. The computer-program product of claim 7 further comprising instructions to receive a command from a user of the first audio looping device after the computing device plays back the combined audio loop for the user.

10. The computer-program product of claim 7 further comprising instructions to generate a first loop type and a first tempo for the first audio loop.

11. An apparatus comprising:
a computing device being electrically coupled to a first audio looping device that is implemented as a foot pedal for switching for a first user, the first audio looping device is configured to (i) receive a first audio signal from a musical instrument of a first user, (ii) generate a first audio loop with the first audio signal prior to generating a second audio loop with a second audio looping device for a second user, and (iii) determine first loop information including a first loop length for the first audio loop after generating the first audio loop, the computing device being programmed to:
receive an electronic identification from a transceiver of the foot pedal the to indicate the first user to the computing device, the electronic identification being indicative of the first user having administrative privileges to revise a combined audio loop;
transmit the first audio loop to a second audio looping device that generates a second audio loop for a second user and combines the first audio loop with the second audio loop to provide a combined audio loop;
receive the combined audio loop from the second audio looping device; and
playback the combined audio loop; and
enable the first user to revise the combined audio loop based on the electronic identification,

wherein the electronic identification enables the first user to remove the second audio loop from the combined audio loop at the computing device, and
wherein the computing device is further configured to:
enable the first loop information to be transmitted to the second audio looping device along with the first audio loop such that the second audio looping

Assignees

• Harman Int Ind

Inventors

• Belcher Christopher M
• Pennock James D

Classifications

• G06F16/60 Primary

  of audio data · CPC title

• G10H1/361 Primary

  Recording/reproducing of accompaniment for use with an external source, e.g. karaoke systems · CPC title

• G10H2250/035

  Crossfade, i.e. time domain amplitude envelope control of the transition between musical sounds or melodies, obtained for musical purposes, e.g. for ADSR tone generation, articulations, medley, remix · CPC title

• G10H2250/641

  Waveform sampler, i.e. music samplers; Sampled music loop processing, wherein a loop is a sample of a performance that has been edited to repeat seamlessly without clicks or artifacts · CPC title

• G10H1/36

  Accompaniment arrangements · CPC title