Pitch-correction of vocal performance in accord with score-coded harmonies

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9852742
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14517647

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Despite many practical limitations imposed by mobile device platforms and application execution environments, vocal musical performances may be captured and continuously pitch-corrected for mixing and rendering with backing tracks in ways that create compelling user experiences. In some cases, the vocal performances of individual users are captured on mobile devices in the context of a karaoke-style presentation of lyrics in correspondence with audible renderings of a backing track. Such performances can be pitch-corrected in real-time at a portable computing device (such as a mobile phone, personal digital assistant, laptop computer, notebook computer, pad-type computer or netbook) in accord with pitch correction settings. In some cases, pitch correction settings include a score-coded melody and/or harmonies supplied with, or for association with, the lyrics and backing tracks. Harmonies notes or chords may be coded as explicit targets or relative to the score coded melody or even actual pitches sounded by a vocalist, if desired.

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SMULE INC139 TOWNSEND STREET SUITE 300 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cook, Perry R Jacksonville, US 94 1395
Kirk, Turner Evan San Francisco, US 7 89
Lazier, Ari San Francisco, US 13 331
Lieber, Tom San Francisco, US 12 372

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