An audio signal output system including a first audio signal path, a second audio signal path and control electronics that provide a mixed sound from sound sources to the first and second audio signal paths, and control the mixed sound in accordance with a position at which a sound image associated with at least one of the sound sources is localized relative to an orientation of a user's head. The control electronics provide one or more signals corresponding to the mixed sound to the first and second audio signal paths based on one or more transfer functions associated with one or more values corresponding to at least one of a distance from the user to the at least one sound source, an angle of the user with respect to the at least one sound source, and a size of a space in which the user is located.

A headphone including right and left ear pieces and a connecting portion which connects the right and left ear pieces to each other. The headphone includes a control part which changes a position at which a sound image is localized in accordance with an orientation of a user's head, with respect to at least one of a first musical sound and a second musical sound different from the first musical sound, the first musical sound and the second musical sound being input to the headphone, and a speaker which is included in each of the right and left ear pieces and to which a signal of a mixed sound of the first musical sound and the second musical sound is connected in a case where the position at which at least one sound image is localized is changed by the control part.

A headphone including right and left ear pieces and a connecting portion which connects the right and left ear pieces to each other. The headphone includes a control part which changes a position at which a sound image is localized in accordance with an orientation of a user's head, with respect to at least one of a first musical sound and a second musical sound different from the first musical sound, the first musical sound and the second musical sound being input to the headphone, and a speaker which is included in each of the right and left ear pieces and to which a signal of a mixed sound of the first musical sound and the second musical sound is connected in a case where the position at which at least one sound image is localized is changed by the control part.

A headphone including right and left ear pieces and a connecting portion which connects the right and left ear pieces to each other. The headphone includes a control part which changes a position at which a sound image is localized in accordance with an orientation of a user's head, with respect to at least one of a first musical sound and a second musical sound different from the first musical sound, the first musical sound and the second musical sound being input to the headphone, and a speaker which is included in each of the right and left ear pieces and to which a signal of a mixed sound of the first musical sound and the second musical sound is connected in a case where the position at which at least one sound image is localized is changed by the control part.

The subject matter discloses a system implemented on in a mobile electronic device, the system comprising a processing system of the device; and a memory that contains instructions comprising: detecting ambient sounds in the vicinity of the mobile electronic device; determining at least one property selected from a group consisting of a relative direction and relative distance of the ambient sounds relative to the mobile electronic device; analyzing the detected ambient sounds; outputting audio Interactive Music data based on the analysis of the ambient sounds and based on at least one of a relative direction and relative distance of the ambient sounds relative to the mobile electronic device; wherein said outputting is performed on the mobile electronic device.

The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus and method, and a program that enable more efficient edit.

The information processing apparatus includes a control unit that selects and groups a plurality of objects existing in a predetermined space, and changes the positions of the plurality of the objects while maintaining the relative positional relationship of the plurality of the grouped objects in the space. The present technology can be applied to information processing apparatuses.

A sound signal processor includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to implement the stored instructions to execute a plurality of tasks, the tasks including a sound signal input task configured to obtain a sound signal, a beat detection task configured to detect a beat in the sound signal, and a processing task configured to perform an effect processing on the sound signal in accordance with a timing of the detected beat.

Method for outputting an audio signal reproducing at least part of a piece of music containing part of at least one main voice, in particular a singing voice, into an interior forming part of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle via an audio output device having a left and a right audio output channel. The method includes providing an audio signal reproducing at least part of a piece of music containing at least one main voice, extracting an audio signal component, containing the at least one main voice, of the audio signal from the audio signal, attenuating the audio signal component containing the at least one main voice, and outputting the audio signal via the left and right audio output channels, of the audio output device, wherein the audio signal component containing the at least one main voice is output in attenuated fashion.

A sound signal processor includes a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to implement the stored instructions to execute a plurality of tasks, the tasks including a receiving task configured to receive audio information, a sound source position setting task configured to set position information of a sound source based on the received audio information, and a sound image localization processing task configured to calculate an output level of a sound signal of the sound source for a plurality of speakers to thereby perform sound image localization processing of the sound source to localize a sound image of the sound source in a sound image localization position based on the set position information.

A guitar pedalboard for creating a loop includes a touch screen display for displaying a plurality of tracks of a loop. The touch screen display can be used to adjust a parameter of each track, and the loop. A plurality of footswitches corresponding to the plurality of tracks can be used to independently record and play each track of the loop.