User interface techniques provide user vocalists with mechanisms for seeding subsequent performances by other users (e.g., joiners). A seed may be a full-length seed spanning much or all of a pre-existing audio (or audiovisual) work and mixing, to seed further contributions of one or more joiners, a user's captured media content for at least some portions of the audio (or audiovisual) work. A short seed may span less than all (and in some cases, much less than all) of the audio (or audiovisual) work. For example, a verse, chorus, refrain, hook or other limited “chunk” of an audio (or audiovisual) work may constitute a seed. A seeding user's call invites other users to join the full-length or short-form seed by singing along, singing a particular vocal part or musical section, singing harmony or other duet part, rapping, talking, clapping, recording video, adding a video clip from camera roll, etc. The resulting group performance, whether full-length or just a chunk, may be posted, livestreamed, or otherwise disseminated in a social network.

A DJ booth for use at events or functions including: a housing; the housing contains sound processing equipment and at least one loudspeaker; and the housing includes wheels at its base for moving the DJ booth across a ground surface. In some embodiments the housing has the outer appearance of a large tape cassette player and further includes a retractable gantry portion which has the appearance of a handle of the tape cassette player.

A reproduction control method, which is executed by a computer, includes detecting a first state in which an object is separated from an operation surface by a prescribed distance and a second state in which the object is in contact with the operation surface, initiating sound reproduction at a first time point at which the first state is detected, continuing the sound reproduction from the first time point to a third time point which is subsequent to a second time point at which the second state is detected, and controlling a change in a feature amount of a sound during a first time period from the first time point to the second time point.

A performance agent training method realized by at least one computer includes observing a first performance of a musical piece by a performer, generating, by a performance agent, performance data of a second performance to be performed in parallel with the first performance, outputting the performance data such that the second performance is performed in parallel with the first performance of the performer, acquiring a degree of satisfaction of the performer with respect to the second performance performed based on the output performance data, and training the performance agent by reinforcement learning, using the degree of satisfaction as a reward.

An intelligent system for matching audio with video of the present invention provides a video analysis module targeting color tone, storyboard pace, video dialogue, length and category and director's special requirement, actors expression, movement, weather, scene, buildings, spacial and temporal, things and a music analysis module targeting recorded music form, sectional turn, style, melody and emotional tension, and then uses an AI matching module to adequately match video of the video analysis module with musical characteristics of the music analysis module, so as to quickly complete a creative composition selection function with respect to matching audio with a video.

A method for editing an audio special effect includes that an audio input control, an audio playing control and an audio output control and at least one of an audio special effect control or an audio detection control are created based on a first creation operation triggered by a user; an audio output port of the audio input control is connected to an audio input port of the audio playing control, an audio output port of the audio playing control is connected to an audio input port of a second audio control, and an audio output port of the second audio control is connected to an input port of the audio output control; and an audio stream of to-be-processed audio is controlled to flow from the audio input control sequentially through the audio playing control, the second audio control and the audio output control to obtain target special effect audio.

A recommendation information provision device includes at least one processor that is configured to acquire a result of scoring relating to a user's singing of a musical piece for each section in time; acquire pitch information representing pitches of notes configuring the musical piece in the section; build a learning model predicting a result of scoring relating to the user's singing of a musical piece from the pitch information using the result of scoring and the pitch information as training data; acquire a result of scoring relating to a user's singing of a target musical piece by inputting the pitch information to the learning model while changing pitches of notes into a plurality of types; and output a setting detail of the pitches of the notes as the recommendation information on the basis of results of scoring for the pitch information of the plurality of types.

Techniques have been developed to facilitate (1) the capture and pitch correction of vocal performances on handheld or other portable computing devices and (2) the mixing of such pitch-corrected vocal performances with backing tracks for audible rendering on targets that include such portable computing devices and as well as desktops, workstations, gaming stations, even telephony targets. Implementations of the described techniques employ signal processing techniques and allocations of system functionality that are suitable given the generally limited capabilities of such handheld or portable computing devices and that facilitate efficient encoding and communication of the pitch-corrected vocal performances (or precursors or derivatives thereof) via wireless and/or wired bandwidth-limited networks for rendering on portable computing devices or other targets.

A tool is needed for music instrument learners to get feedbacks on the correctness of their performances of a particular piece of music. The invention disclosed here is such a tool that can provide music instrument players instant feedback on note pitch and rhythms accuracy based on sheet music. This is accomplished through audio signal processing, sheet music image processing, and conversion of both analogue images and audio signals into standard digital music representation so a comparison can be done and hence a feedback can be presented to the player. An advanced feature will allow users to save the data to the cloud and retrieve later for comparison of progress. It also will allow user to participate an online competition with other players of the same piece of music.

A tool is needed for music instrument learners to get feedbacks on the correctness of their performances of a particular piece of music. The invention disclosed here is such a tool that can provide music instrument players instant feedback on note pitch and rhythms accuracy based on sheet music. This is accomplished through audio signal processing, sheet music image processing, and conversion of both analogue images and audio signals into standard digital music representation so a comparison can be done and hence a feedback can be presented to the player. An advanced feature will allow users to save the data to the cloud and retrieve later for comparison of progress. It also will allow user to participate an online competition with other players of the same piece of music.