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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2022
Avid Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Sylvain Girard, Montréal, CA;
Joseph Plazak, Verdun, CA;
Avid Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Music creation applications enable users to enter new objects into a musical project using gestures mediated by input maps that are adapted to the musical context of the object entry location. The musical context may be defined by an explicit aspect of the musical project or implicitly by notes or intervals already entered into the project. The adaptation of the input maps may include spatial scaling to provide greater space to objects favored by the context. The context-adapted input maps may be displayed and used to guide user input, such as with gestures on a touch screen. In some implementations, input-sensitive regions of input maps are scaled in accordance with the musical context without being displayed. The methods apply to musical object entry via pop-up input maps and virtual instrument displays.