Friday, May 16, 2025
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Apple wants its devices to offer karaoke-type features without requiring specialized recording equipment

This image shows Apple devices offering karaoke-type features with no need for specialized recording equipment.

Apple has filed for a patent for Apple files for patent for systems, devices, and methods for voice over music recording.

About the patent filing

In the patent filing, the tech giant notes that some electronic devices provide the ability to control the amount of an original signer that is included in the music output from the speaker, so that a user of the electronic device can sing along with the music, and potentially without the original singer.

In other words, Apple wants its devices to offer karaoke-type features without requiring specialized recording equipment such as a sound-isolated recording studio and/or wired microphones.

Summary of the patent filing

Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent filing: “Systems, devices, and methods for voice over music recording are provided. A person may sing along with music being output into the physical environment of the person by a loudspeaker. 

“One or more microphones may be used to record both the voice of the person singing, and the music output by the speaker. An electronic device may cancel the portion of the microphone signals containing the music output by the speaker, and remix the voice of the person with digital audio content corresponding to the music.”

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Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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