Smule, Inc.

Prerna Gupta

Perry Raymond Cook

Mark T Godfrey

Parag P Chordia

Alexander Rae

Nicholas Michael Kruge

Randal J Leistikow

Ian S Simon

Alexander M D Rae

Captured vocals may be automatically transformed using advanced digital signal processing techniques that provide captivating applications, and even purpose-built devices, in which mere novice user-musicians may generate, audibly render and share musical performances. In some cases, the automated transformations allow spoken vocals to be segmented, arranged, temporally aligned with a target rhythm, meter or accompanying backing tracks and pitch corrected in accord with a score or note sequence. Speech-to-song music applications are one such example. In some cases, spoken vocals may be transformed in accord with musical genres such as rap using automated segmentation and temporal alignment techniques, often without pitch correction. Such applications, which may employ different signal processing and different automated transformations, may nonetheless be understood as speech-to-rap variations on the theme.

Automatic conversion of speech into song, rap or other audible expression having target meter or rhythm

Coordinated audio and video filter pairs are applied to enhance artistic and emotional content of audiovisual performances. Such filter pairs, when applied in audio and video processing pipelines of an audiovisual application hosted on a portable computing device (such as a mobile phone or media player, a computing pad or tablet, a game controller or a personal digital assistant or book reader) can allow user selection of effects that enhance both audio and video coordinated therewith. Coordinated audio and video are captured, filtered and rendered at the portable computing device using camera and microphone interfaces, using digital signal processing software executable on a processor and using storage, speaker and display devices of, or interoperable with, the device. By providing audiovisual capture and personalization on an intimate handheld device, social interactions and postings of a type made popular by modern social networking platforms can now be extended to audiovisual content.

Audiovisual capture and sharing framework with coordinated, user-selectable audio and video effects filters

Coordinated audio and video capture and sharing framework

Automatic conversion of speech into song, rap, or other audible expression having target meter or rhythm

Audiovisual capture and sharing framework with coordinated user-selectable audio and video effects filters

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Prerna Gupta