that is just so wrong; funny, but wrongCoil wrote:Squids wrote:Okay, one last one. There may be a physical component. Also a quantum physical component.
The Big IK Multimedia Announcement
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- Banned
- 3299 posts since 20 Dec, 2008
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- KVRist
- 267 posts since 15 Apr, 2002 from Wiltshire, UK
PDF explaining the full patent is available here:Title:
Method for producing soundtracks and background music tracks, for recreational purposes in places such as discotheques and the like
United States Patent 6404893
Abstract:
A method for producing soundtracks and background music tracks, for recreational purposes, in places such as discotheques and the like, comprising the steps of:
combining together a plurality of sounds taken from a plurality of groups of sounds, each group grouping mutually compatible sounds, so as to obtain combinations of sounds; and
arranging in a given sequence the combinations of sounds, so as to obtain a composition of sounds in which duration and volume can be adjusted by the user.
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/pdfs/ ... 04893.html
(you have to register to view PDF)
It looks like it's some form of music-production beatbox machine crossed with auto-arrangement (band-in-a-box) algorithms. Like a 21st century attempt of the yamaha/casio one chord arragement keyboards - though the business-speak in the patent PDF is really hard going and makes the most blindingly obvious features sound shiny and new fangled (though I guess every possible avenue has to be stressed in order to uniquely define the patent).
I think the nearest practical thing I can compare based on reading the PDF, is Koan, the brian eno software suite - though hopefully, with more advanced architecture and the ability to use it beyond elevator music/musak genres.
Apologies to Squids/IK if I managed to let the cat out of bag, but patents are easily obtainable - happens all the time in the games industry. One final thing - I noticed it dates back to 2002 - so how many irons do IK have in the fire?
Last edited by pricer on Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:00 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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- KVRist
- 267 posts since 15 Apr, 2002 from Wiltshire, UK
Though i think IK missed out, on an idea which Nintendo is really forging ahead with...whoopie cushions!
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=24800
Where is my IK whoopie cushion controller?
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_i ... tory=24800
Where is my IK whoopie cushion controller?
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Oh, I guessed that. Sounds like fun!pricer wrote: It looks like it's some form of music-production beatbox machine crossed with auto-arrangement (band-in-a-box/) algorithms.
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- KVRAF
- 3476 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from NE Ohio, USA
Logic is a pretty flower that smells bad - Spock, in "I, Mudd"
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- KVRAF
- 5112 posts since 5 May, 2005 from Stockholm, Sweden
That's weird, I don't get it any more...hibidy wrote:Nah, I got the teaser screenlotus2035 wrote:The IK site teaser screen is gone boys and girls...Maybe they'll put it up soon..
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
but of course NOW I don't get that anymore......lotus2035 wrote:That's weird, I don't get it any more...hibidy wrote:Nah, I got the teaser screenlotus2035 wrote:The IK site teaser screen is gone boys and girls...Maybe they'll put it up soon..
excited
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- KVRist
- 346 posts since 22 Mar, 2008 from Fort Wayne, IN
So will this be immediately available tomorrow or only announced?
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- KVRAF
- 11318 posts since 18 Aug, 2007 from NYC
The teaser is still up here...