WO2016026755A1 - Systèmes, procédés et dispositifs pour la génération de sons de notification - Google Patents

Systèmes, procédés et dispositifs pour la génération de sons de notification Download PDF

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WO2016026755A1
WO2016026755A1 PCT/EP2015/068589 EP2015068589W WO2016026755A1 WO 2016026755 A1 WO2016026755 A1 WO 2016026755A1 EP 2015068589 W EP2015068589 W EP 2015068589W WO 2016026755 A1 WO2016026755 A1 WO 2016026755A1
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
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    • G10H7/002—Instruments in which the tones are synthesised from a data store, e.g. computer organs using a common processing for different operations or calculations, and a set of microinstructions (programme) to control the sequence thereof
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    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
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    • G10H2210/00—Aspects or methods of musical processing having intrinsic musical character, i.e. involving musical theory or musical parameters or relying on musical knowledge, as applied in electrophonic musical tools or instruments
    • G10H2210/101—Music Composition or musical creation; Tools or processes therefor
    • G10H2210/125—Medley, i.e. linking parts of different musical pieces in one single piece, e.g. sound collage, DJ mix
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    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
    • G10H2220/00—Input/output interfacing specifically adapted for electrophonic musical tools or instruments
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    • G10H2220/351—Environmental parameters, e.g. temperature, ambient light, atmospheric pressure, humidity, used as input for musical purposes
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    • G10H—ELECTROPHONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS IN WHICH THE TONES ARE GENERATED BY ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS OR ELECTRONIC GENERATORS, OR IN WHICH THE TONES ARE SYNTHESISED FROM A DATA STORE
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    • G10H2230/021—Mobile ringtone, i.e. generation, transmission, conversion or downloading of ringing tones or other sounds for mobile telephony; Special musical data formats or protocols therefor
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    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations

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  • This invention relates to sound generation, and, more
  • FIG. 1(a) depicts an overview of a device according to exemplary embodiments hereof;
  • FIG. 1(b) shows aspects of a data structure used by the device of
  • FIGS. 2(a)-2(b) show exemplary processing in the system of
  • FIG. 3 shows an example according to exemplary embodiments hereof
  • FIG. 4 depicts an overview of a device according to exemplary embodiments hereof.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a computer system.
  • MIDI means Musical Instrument Digital Interface
  • PCM means pulse coded modulation
  • a “mechanism” refers to any device(s), process(es), routine(s), service(s), or combination thereof.
  • a mechanism may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, using a special-purpose device, or any combination thereof.
  • a mechanism may be integrated into a single device or it may be distributed over multiple devices. The various components of a mechanism may be co-located or distributed. The mechanism may be formed from other mechanisms.
  • the term “mechanism” may thus be considered to be shorthand for the term device(s) and/or process(es) and/or service(s).
  • an "audio notification” refers to any sound or combination of sounds that is/are used to try to notify a user of the occurrence or non-occurrence of some event.
  • the event may be any event, including, e.g. , an incoming phone call, arrival of an email, a warning, a confirmation, or the like.
  • An audio notification may be used alone or in conjunction with other notifications to the user.
  • an audio notification may be combined with a visual notification and/or a vibration notification.
  • An audio notification may be rendered by one or more devices using general or special hardware on the device(s).
  • An audio notification may be stored on one or more devices and/or generated, in whole or in part, on the fly, in substantially real time.
  • Systems, methods and devices are described herein that play a unique sound (e.g., ringtone), every time a notification needed (e.g., when an incoming call is received).
  • a unique sound e.g., ringtone
  • These audio streams may then change at a given rate along different axes (e.g., timbre, rhythm, amplitude, frequency, pitch, etc.) according to rulesets (e.g., play only certain notes, chords, chord-changes, always start with a certain configuration, etc.) that can be modulated by still other forms of device sensor data, local data or data accessed via an internet connection.
  • axes e.g., timbre, rhythm, amplitude, frequency, pitch, etc.
  • rulesets e.g., play only certain notes, chords, chord-changes, always start with a certain configuration, etc.
  • a device 100 includes one or more loop rendering devices 102 that can render sounds based on information in one or more loops 104 stored on the device.
  • the term "play" is also used herein to refer to the process of rendering a sound.
  • the device may be (or may be incorporated into) any kind of device, including, e.g., a computer device, a mobile phone such as a smart phone or the like, etc.
  • the loops 104 comprise one or more loop groups, each loop group comprising one or more loop elements.
  • the loops 104 includes k loop groups denoted Loop Group 1, Loop Group 2, Loop Group k.
  • Each loop group has one or more loop elements associated therewith.
  • Loop Group 1 has X loop elements
  • Loop Group 2 has Y loop elements
  • Loop Group K has Z loop elements associated therewith. It should be appreciated that there is no limit to the number of loop groups or to the number of loop elements within a loop group.
  • the loop elements in a loop group may, but need not, have different lengths or durations.
  • Each loop group has a length associated therewith, where the length of a given loop group is defined to be greater than or equal to the length of time (e.g., expressed in milliseconds) of the shortest loop within that group. In some cases the length associated with a loop group may be expressed in bars or beats with a tempo or as frames.
  • each loop element may have a different length, in some presently preferred exemplary implementations all of the loop elements in each particular loop group have the same length as the other loop elements in that same loop group.
  • Each loop element corresponds to a particular sound or tone that can be rendered by the loop rendering device(s) 102.
  • the sound in or corresponding to a loop element may be a pre-recorded sound (e.g., a digital file corresponding to a recording of a sound) or it may be or comprise a set of parameters that control a synthesis engine that outputs PCM data, e.g., MIDI data parametrically controlling a software synthesizer.
  • a loop may be considered to be a sound file of length M (or, set of parameters that control a synthesis engine that outputs PCM data in real-time of length M).
  • a preferred implementation is sound file that can be repeated ad infinitum with a seamless transition from the end of a loop to the beginning of the loop.
  • Another implementation may comprise MIDI data parametrically controlling a software synthesizer whose output displays a similar result as the aforementioned sound file implementation. It should be appreciated, however, that these are merely examples.
  • a loop is a sound file or parametric control data of a given length, regardless of whether or not the beginning and end have a seamless transition.
  • Loop elements may be generated on the fly or made beforehand, e.g., with commercially available software (such as Ableton Live, Avid Pro- Tools, Apple Logic, etc.)
  • Device 100 includes a loop controller 106 that is constructed and adapted and operates to control selection of loop group elements and the manner in which loop groups are rendered by loop rendering device(s) 102.
  • the loop controller 106 may be invoked when the device needs to render or provide a sound (e.g., a ringtone, an alert, or the like). Exemplary operation of the loop controller 106 is described in greater detail below with reference to the flowcharts in FIGS. 3(a)-3(b).
  • loop controller 106 when the device 100 needs to play or render a sound, the loop controller 106 first selects one or more loop groups (at 202) from which that sound is to be generated. Loop groups may be selected at random or they may be pre-assigned to certain events or
  • sets of one or more loop groups may be associated with various events (such as, e.g. , incoming telephone calls, incoming text messages, and so on) on the device.
  • sets of one or more loop groups may be associated with combinations and people and events, thereby providing for customized ring tones for particular people.
  • each of the selected loop groups (at 204).
  • multiple loop groups may be played simultaneously.
  • each of j selected loop groups (j ⁇ l) are played at the same (or substantially the same) time (at 206).
  • FIG. 2(b) An exemplary process of playing a particular loop group (e.g. , loop group k) is shown in the flowchart in FIG. 2(b), where first the next loop element from the group is selected (at 208) and then the selected loop element is played (at 210). This process is repeated while the loop group is to be played and may stop when signaled by the device (e.g., when the device no longer needs to play the sound associated with the loop group).
  • Selection of the next loop element may be random and/or rule based.
  • the first loop element in the loop group (Loopj- ) is always played first, after which the elements may be selected at random.
  • the first loop element is played first and repeated every j selections for some number j, while the other loop elements may be randomly selected between selections of loop element 1.
  • FIG. 3 shows example playback of loop elements according to exemplary embodiments hereof.
  • the loop controller 106 on device 100 selects loop groups 1, 2, and 7 (at 202) and then invokes the mechanism Play Selected Loop Group(s) (at 204) for each of these selected loop groups.
  • Play Selected Loop Group for loop group 1 plays Loopj , Loopi 5 , Loopi 5 , Loopi 2 , Loopi , Loopi 2 .
  • Play Selected Loop Group for loop group 2 plays Loop 2 1 , Loop 2 7 , Loop 2 3 ; and Play Selected Loop Group for loop group 7 plays Loop 71 followed by Loop 74 . It should be appreciated that the loop elements of the loop groups are each played at the same time.
  • the number of loops and bars in a loop can vary and the number of bars needs to be consistent between loop groups.
  • the initial randomized playback of loops within a loop group may be limited in its variation until certain parameters have been met (for example, within each loop group at least one loop with limited variation must complete playback before wider variation can take place).
  • a system requires at least one loop group to function and two or more loop groups to develop more complex and evolved output.
  • a loop within a loop group can also play silence
  • loop elements e.g., a random function
  • selection of loop groups and/or loop elements may be affected or modulated by other factors (e.g., static or dynamic factors).
  • the loop controller mechanism 106' and/or the loop rendering 102' may be affected or influenced by one or more modulators 108.
  • the selection of a loop (or a loop group) by loop selector 106' may be affected by one or more factors (e.g. , values) provided by modulator(s) 108.
  • the rendering of a selected loop by loop rendering device(s) 102' may be affected by one or more factors (e.g., values) provided by modulator(s) 108.
  • Modulator(s) 108 may be used to select loop(s) based on static and/or dynamic information, and the information may be determined or derived from information external to the device, information from another device, or any other source.
  • a modulator 108 may provide a value based on one or more of: the time of day, day or week, date, current temperature, current weather, identity of device user, identity of incoming caller, identity of incoming message sender.
  • the concept of modulation uses a so-called “source” and a so-called “target,” where a source may be or comprise any kind of information at any resolution of a static variable (e.g. , a given day of the week) or a time varying function (e.g., the temperature between two different times of the day).
  • a source may also comprise a pseudorandom number generator.
  • a source may be mapped to a target using any kind of function, including a linear mapping and an exponential mapping.
  • a source may map to a target in a manner such that any change in the source is associated with a change in the target, where the change may be linear, exponential or any other function.
  • a source may be, an evenly weighted random function applied to some parameter within a given loop group (e.g. , volume) or individual loop (e.g., which loop within a loop group shall play first or after a previous loop has played).
  • a target may be any parameter of a system, loop group or loop, including, without limitation: volume, loop group number, loop number, cutoff frequency of a lowpass filter applied to individual loop group output or summed out output, etc., where the summed output refers the summed mix of each loop group displayed as (physical or software) system audio output.
  • Some random function determines which loop within a loop group (target) plays.
  • Some random function may refer to a pseudorandom number generator that outputs random values over time.
  • the function's distribution may be simple (e.g. Gaussian) or more complex (e.g. a discrete-time Markov chain), and the system is not limited by the function's distribution.
  • Some random function with persistence determines the amplitude of the next loop (target) to play.
  • target determines the amplitude of the next loop (target) to play.
  • persistence generally refers to a value or values sampled from the previous system, loop group, or loop's, parametric state e.g. the last value assigned to the amplitude of a given loop.
  • Some random function with external modulation affects some aspect of (target), where, as used herein "External modulation source” refers to variable or time varying function, besides a pseudorandom number generator that, supplies data that can be applied.
  • some or all of the parametric values at a given time from a system, loop group or loop may be applied to the parametric control of values (same or different) of targets of the consecutive (or parallel, thus providing cross-modulation) system, loop group, or loop.
  • loop controller 108 and sound selector 110 may be implemented as specialized devices and/or as programs operating on a computer system, as described herein.
  • Programs that implement such methods may be stored and transmitted using a variety of media (e.g. , computer readable media) in a number of manners.
  • Hard- wired circuitry or custom hardware may be used in place of, or in combination with, some or all of the software instructions that can implement the processes of various embodiments. Thus, various combinations of hardware and software may be used instead of software only.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a computer system 500 upon which embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented and carried out.
  • the computer system 500 includes a bus 502 (i.e. , interconnect), one or more processors 504, one or more communications ports 514, a main memory 506, removable storage media 510, read-only memory 508, and a mass storage 512.
  • Communication port(s) 514 may be connected to one or more networks by way of which the computer system 500 may receive and/or transmit data.
  • a "processor” means one or more
  • An apparatus that performs a process can include, e.g. , a processor and those devices such as input devices and output devices that are appropriate to perform the process.
  • Processor(s) 504 can be (or include) any known processor, such as, but not limited to, an Intel® Itanium® or Itanium 2® processor(s), AMD® Opteron® or Athlon MP® processor(s), or Motorola® lines of processors, and the like.
  • Processor(s) may include one or more graphical processing units (GPUs) which may be on graphic cards or stand-alone graphic processors.
  • Communications port(s) 514 can be any of an RS-232 port for use with a modem based dial-up connection, a 10/100 Ethernet port, a Gigabit port using copper or fiber, or a USB port, and the like.
  • Communications port(s) 514 may be chosen depending on a network such as a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a CDN, or any network to which the computer system 500 connects.
  • the computer system 500 may be in communication with peripheral devices (e.g. , display screen 516, input device(s) 518) via Input / Output (I/O) port 520. Some or all of the peripheral devices may be integrated into the computer system 500, and the input device(s) 518 may be integrated into the display screen 516 (e.g. , in the case of a touch screen).
  • Main memory 506 can be Random Access Memory (RAM), or any other dynamic storage device(s) commonly known in the art.
  • Read-only memory 508 can be any static storage device(s) such as Programmable
  • Mass storage 512 can be used to store information and instructions.
  • hard disks such as the Adaptec® family of Small Computer Serial Interface (SCSI) drives, an optical disc, an array of disks such as Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID), such as the Adaptec® family of RAID drives, or any other mass storage devices may be used.
  • SCSI Small Computer Serial Interface
  • RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
  • Bus 502 communicatively couples processor(s) 504 with the other memory, storage and communications blocks.
  • Bus 502 can be a PCI / PCI-X, SCSI, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) based system bus (or other) depending on the storage devices used, and the like.
  • Removable storage media 510 can be any kind of external hard-drives, floppy drives, IOMEGA® Zip Drives, Compact Disc - Read Only Memory (CD-ROM), Compact Disc - Re- Writable (CD-RW), Digital Versatile Disk - Read Only Memory
  • Embodiments herein may be provided as one or more computer program products, which may include a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process.
  • a computer or other electronic devices
  • machine-readable medium refers to any medium, a plurality of the same, or a combination of different media, which participate in providing data (e.g., instructions, data structures) which may be read by a computer, a processor or a like device. Such a medium may take many forms, including but not limited to, non- volatile media, volatile media, and transmission media.
  • Non-volatile media include, for example, optical or magnetic disks and other persistent memory.
  • Volatile media include dynamic random access memory, which typically constitutes the main memory of the computer.
  • Transmission media include coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including the wires that comprise a system bus coupled to the processor. Transmission media may include or convey acoustic waves, light waves and electromagnetic emissions, such as those generated during radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) data
  • the machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical discs, CD-ROMs, magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or other type of media/machine -readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions.
  • embodiments herein may also be downloaded as a computer program product, wherein the program may be transferred from a remote computer to a requesting computer by way of data signals embodied in a carrier wave or other propagation medium via a communication link (e.g. , modem or network connection).
  • Various forms of computer readable media may be involved in carrying data (e.g. sequences of instructions) to a processor.
  • data may be (i) delivered from RAM to a processor; (ii) carried over a wireless transmission medium; (iii) formatted and/or transmitted according to numerous formats, standards or protocols; and/or (iv) encrypted in any of a variety of ways well known in the art.
  • a computer-readable medium can store (in any appropriate format) those program elements that are appropriate to perform the methods.
  • main memory 506 is encoded with application(s) 522 that support(s) the functionality as discussed herein (an application 522 may be an application that provides some or all of the functionality of one or more of the mechanisms described herein).
  • Application(s) 522 (and/or other resources as described herein) can be embodied as software code such as data and/or logic instructions (e.g., code stored in the memory or on another computer readable medium such as a disk) that supports processing functionality according to different embodiments described herein.
  • processor(s) 504 accesses main memory 506 via the use of bus 502 in order to launch, run, execute, interpret or otherwise perform the logic instructions of the application(s) 522.
  • Execution of application(s) 522 produces processing functionality of the service(s) or mechanism(s) related to the application(s).
  • the process(es) 524 represents one or more portions of the application(s) 522 performing within or upon the processor(s) 504 in the computer system 500.
  • the application 522 itself (i.e. , the un-executed or non-performing logic instructions and/or data).
  • the application 522 may be stored on a computer readable medium (e.g., a repository) such as a disk or in an optical medium.
  • the application 522 can also be stored in a memory type system such as in firmware, read only memory (ROM), or, as in this example, as executable code within the main memory 506 (e.g. , within Random Access Memory or RAM).
  • ROM read only memory
  • executable code within the main memory 506 e.g. , within Random Access Memory or RAM
  • application 522 may also be stored in removable storage media 510, read-only memory 508, and/or mass storage device 512.
  • 500 can include other processes and/or software and hardware components, such as an operating system that controls allocation and use of hardware resources.
  • Embodiments herein may be provided as a computer program product, which may include a machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which may be used to program a computer (or other electronic devices) to perform a process.
  • machine-readable medium refers to any medium, a plurality of the same, or a combination of different media, which participate in providing data (e.g. , instructions, data structures) which may be read by a computer, a processor or a like device.
  • Such a medium may take many forms, including but not limited to,
  • Non-volatile media include, for example, optical or magnetic disks and other persistent memory.
  • Volatile media include dynamic random access memory, which typically constitutes the main memory of the computer.
  • Transmission media include coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including the wires that comprise a system bus coupled to the processor. Transmission media may include or convey acoustic waves, light waves and electromagnetic emissions, such as those generated during radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) data
  • RF radio frequency
  • IR infrared
  • the machine-readable medium may include, but is not limited to, floppy diskettes, optical discs, CD-ROMs, magneto-optical disks, ROMs, RAMs, erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs), magnetic or optical cards, flash memory, or other type of media/machine -readable medium suitable for storing electronic instructions.
  • embodiments herein may also be downloaded as a computer program product, wherein the program may be transferred from a remote computer to a requesting computer by way of data signals embodied in a carrier wave or other propagation medium via a communication link (e.g. , modem or network connection).
  • data may be (i) delivered from RAM to a processor; (ii) carried over a wireless transmission medium; (iii) formatted and/or transmitted according to numerous formats, standards or protocols; and/or (iv) encrypted in any of a variety of ways well known in the art.
  • a computer-readable medium can store (in any appropriate format) those program elements that are appropriate to perform the methods.
  • 700 can include other processes and/or software and hardware components, such as an operating system that controls allocation and use of hardware resources.
  • embodiments of the present invention include various steps or operations. A variety of these steps may be performed by hardware components or may be embodied in machine-executable instructions, which may be used to cause a general-purpose or special-purpose processor programmed with the instructions to perform the operations.
  • module refers to a self-contained functional component, which can include hardware, software, firmware or any combination thereof.
  • an apparatus may include a computer/computing device operable to perform some (but not necessarily all) of the described process.
  • Embodiments of a computer-readable medium storing a program or data structure include a computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed, can cause a processor to perform some (but not necessarily all) of the described process.
  • the process may operate without any user intervention.
  • the process includes some human intervention (e.g. , a step is performed by or with the assistance of a human).
  • real time means near real time or sufficiently real time substantially real time. It should be appreciated that there are inherent delays in network-based and computer communication (e.g. , based on network traffic and distances), and these delays may cause delays in data reaching various components. Inherent delays in the system do not change the real-time nature of the data. In some cases, the term “real-time data” may refer to data obtained in sufficient time to make the data useful for its intended purpose. Although the term “real time” may be used here, it should be appreciated that the system is not limited by this term or by how much time is actually taken to perform any particular process.
  • real time computation may refer to an online computation, i.e. , a computation that produces its answer(s) as data arrive, and generally keeps up with continuously arriving data.
  • online computation is compared to an "offline” or "batch” computation.
  • portion means some or all.
  • a portion of X may include some of "X” or all of "X”.
  • portion means some or all of the conversation.
  • the phrase “at least some” means “one or more,” and includes the case of only one.
  • the phrase “at least some ABCs” means “one or more ABCs”, and includes the case of only one ABC.
  • the phrase “based on” means “based in part on” or “based, at least in part, on,” and is not exclusive.
  • the phrase “based on factor X” means “based in part on factor X” or “based, at least in part, on factor X.”
  • the phrase “based on X” does not mean “based only on X.”
  • the phrase “distinct” means “at least partially distinct.” Unless specifically stated, distinct does not mean fully distinct. Thus, e.g., the phrase, "X is distinct from Y” means that "X is at least partially distinct from Y,” and does not mean that "X is fully distinct from Y.” Thus, as used herein, including in the claims, the phrase “X is distinct from Y” means that X differs from Y in at least some way.
  • a list may include only one item, and, unless otherwise stated, a list of multiple items need not be ordered in any particular manner. A list may include duplicate items. For example, as used herein, the phrase "a list of XYZs" may include one or more "XYZs”.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de génération de musique mis en œuvre par ordinateur, qui consiste à : sélectionner un ou plusieurs groupes de boucles, chaque groupe de boucles comprenant un ou plusieurs éléments de boucle de musique, chaque élément de boucle correspondant à un son qui peut être rendu par un dispositif de rendu en boucle ; lire simultanément les deux ou plus de deux groupes de boucles sélectionnés, chaque groupe de boucles particulier étant lu en réalisant de façon répétée : la sélection d'un élément de boucle dans le groupe de boucles particulier ; et la lecture de l'élément de boucle sélectionné particulier. Le procédé peut être conçu pour produire des sonneries ou des alertes sur des dispositifs informatiques, des téléphones mobiles et des téléphones intelligents.
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