US 12,412,552 B2
Method and system for energy-based song variant construction with adaptive volume reduction
Dieter Rein, Berlin (DE); and Jurgen Jaron, Berlin (DE)
Assigned to BELLEVUE INVESTMENTS GMBH & CO. KGAA, (DE)
Filed by BELLEVUE INVESTMENTS GMBH & CO. KGAA, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/645,090.
Application 18/645,090 is a division of application No. 17/139,168, filed on Dec. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,996,071.
Application 17/139,168 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/571,395, filed on Sep. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,972,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/731,193, filed on Sep. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0274105 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 1/0025 (2013.01) [G10H 1/46 (2013.01); G10H 2210/056 (2013.01); G10H 2210/105 (2013.01); G10H 2210/145 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of generating a music work variant, comprising the steps of:
(a) requiring a user to select a high energy music work having an overall volume level, said high energy music work comprising a plurality of song parts, each of said plurality of song parts comprising a plurality of instrument channels;
(b) requiring the user to select a low energy output or a medium energy output;
(c) for each of said plurality of song parts, identifying an instrument type associated with each of said song part's plurality of instrument channels, thereby identifying a plurality of different instrument types;
(d) accessing an audio loop database containing a plurality of audio loops, each of said audio loops having a plurality of performance parameters associated therewith, said plurality of audio loops in said database including one or more audio loops of a same instrument type as each of said identified plurality of different instrument types;
(e) using said one or more audio loops in said database associated with each of said plurality of identified different instrument types to determine a normal volume level of each of said plurality of identified different instrument types;
(f) if the user has selected said medium energy output,
(f1) for each of said plurality of identified different instrument types, using said normal volume level of said identified different instrument type to select a medium volume reduction level for that identified instrument type;
(f2) for each of said plurality of song parts and for each of said plurality of instrument channels associated with said song part,
applying to each of said instrument channels of said song part said medium volume reduction level associated with said instrument type associated with said instrument channel, thereby reducing said instrument channel volume and generating a medium energy variant of said high energy work;
(g) if the user has selected said low energy output,
(g1) for each of said plurality of identified instrument types, using said normal volume level of said identified instrument type to select a low volume reduction level for that instrument type;
(g2) for each of said plurality of individual song parts and for each of said plurality of instrument channels associated with said individual song part,
applying to each of said instrument channels of said song part said low volume reduction level associated with said instrument type associated with said instrument channel, thereby reducing said instrument channel volume and generating a low energy variant of said high energy work;
(h) if the user has selected said low energy output, performing at least a portion of said low energy variant of said high energy music work for the user,
or
if the user has selected said medium energy output, performing at least a portion of said medium energy variant of said high energy music for the user.