Distributed Metronome For Interactive Music Systems

摘要

Distributed metronomes and related systems and methods are disclosed for interactive music systems. In certain embodiments, an interactive music client system captures audio data for one or more audio inputs, processes the captured data to generate audio output data, receives audio input packets from one or more peer interactive music client systems within an interactive music session, and communicates with the one or more peer interactive music client systems to generate a distributed metronome for the interactive music session synchronized with a common reference clock. Audio input data from the received audio input packets can also be combined with the captured audio data, and combined audio data can be output to an audio output subsystem. Audio for a local metronome can also be generated and played along with the combined audio data through the audio output system. Other variations can also be implemented.

主权项

1. An interactive music client system, comprising:
an audio capture subsystem coupled to one or more audio inputs and configured to generate captured audio data; a network interface; one or more processing devices configured to process the captured audio data to generate audio output packets, to send the audio output packets through the network interface to one or more peer interactive music client systems within an interactive music session, and to receive audio input packets through the network interface from the one or more peer interactive music client systems; wherein the one or more processing devices are configured to communicate with the one or more peer interactive music client systems to generate a distributed metronome for the interactive music session synchronized with a common reference clock.