Score and Screenplay-Based Editing for Faster Take Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audio and video editing processes are time-consuming, inefficient, and challenging for non-professionals due to high learning curves and lack of intuitive interfaces, particularly when dealing with multiple takes of a musical composition or video footage.
Innovation Solution
A system that utilizes a score-based user interface for audio and video editing, allowing users to select and splice audio or video recordings based on musical notation or screenplay, with features like optical music recognition and graphical user interfaces for efficient take selection and combination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional audio and video editing software is used, then professional editing capabilities are achieved, but the learning curve becomes steep and the interface becomes complex for non-professionals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the user and the complex editing software. This intermediary is the score-based interface that translates musical notation into editing commands, allowing users to interact with professional editing tools through a familiar, intuitive medium (music scores) rather than directly with complex software interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the musical score that can be manipulated directly in the interface. By displaying and allowing editing of scores, waveforms, and takes in a visual format similar to traditional music notation, the system enables non-professionals to work with audio data using intuitive visual cues rather than abstract software commands.
2Productivity
If manual take selection and splicing is performed, then precise editing control is achieved, but the editing process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by automatically analyzing audio recordings, identifying measures, detecting take boundaries, and matching takes to score sections before the user begins editing. This pre-processing of audio data into structured information (measures, takes, timecodes) eliminates the need for users to manually search through and analyze raw audio files, significantly reducing the time required for take selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by displaying visual indicators that show which takes correspond to which score sections, allowing users to quickly assess available options. The interface provides immediate visual feedback about take quality, timing, and correspondence to the score, enabling rapid decision-making without time-consuming manual analysis.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer program products for audio- and video-editing are provided. A reference file comprising a visual representation of a final audio/video project may be displayed. The visual representation can be musical notation rather than a wave form or a printed movie script rather than video content. A user may determine a first selection and the program may display a list of recordings in which at least a portion of this first selected section occurs. A user may click each line on the list to play each recording cued to the first selected section. The user may choose the best recording. The user may determine a second selection and similarly may choose the best recording of second section. Finally, the program may allow the user to splice both chosen recordings together.