Re: [linux-audio-dev] beat slicer under linux

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] beat slicer under linux
From: Erik de Castro Lopo (erikd-lad_AT_mega-nerd.com)
Date: Sat Oct 06 2001 - 11:46:58 EEST

It really blew my mind when Paul Davis <pbd_AT_Op.Net> said:

> >signal. The patented Beat Munging algorithm looks at the energy in
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Danger Will Robinson!

There's always more than one way to skin a cat and there is always more than
one single algorithm for achieving a given task.

It would also be interesting to see if this patent post-dates Eric Schneirer's
paper titled "Using bandpass and comb filters to beat-track digital audio".

This is dated Dec 1996:

        http://sound.media.mit.edu/~eds/beat.pdf

Erik 

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