Wagering game audio ending in key of current state
View Patent ↗In a wagering game machine, operations and systems are disclosed for ending wagering game audio in a key of the current state. In one embodiment, the use of markers to denote the state of a music file enables following the continuous music and ending wagering game bang-up audio in whatever key the continuous music is in at the precise moment the bang-up ends. The continuous music, bang-ups and marker file are all started at the same time and may be the same length. The continuous music is audible, the bang-ups are heard by raising the volume when programmatically called for, and the marker file continuously sends out signals at a set rate which the code then interprets to determine the state of the song to trigger the appropriate musical ending. When the bang-up ends it can then be played in the key corresponding to the current state of the music.
1. A computerized wagering game system comprising:
at least one input device,
one or more audio output devices,
one or more processors,
at least one memory device storing program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wagering game system to perform operations to present audio, the program code including:
program code to receive a wager from a player to initiate a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered; and
program code to simultaneously play, via the one or more audio output devices, a synchronized bonus song and a bang-up audio track such that the bang-up audio track ends in a first key corresponding harmonically to a second key of the bonus song at a particular point in the bonus song.
2. The computerized wagering game system of claim 1 , wherein the wagering game system is operable to simultaneously play a synchronized audio marker file.
3. The computerized wagering game system of claim 2 , wherein the audio marker file contains signal information at particular points in the audio marker file.
4. The computerized wagering game system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the bonus song and the bang-up audio track are prerecorded audio tracks.
5. The computerized wagering game system of claim 1 , wherein both the bonus song and the bang-up audio track are the same length and begin at the same time.
6. The computerized wagering game system of claim 5 , wherein playing the bonus song triggers simultaneous play of the bang-up audio track.
7. The computerized wagering game system of claim 1 , wherein the bang-up audio track is played by selectively varying the volume of the playing bang-up audio track in accordance with the duration of a credit bang-up.
8. A method of operating a wagering game machine having one or more processors, the method comprising:
presenting, using at least one of the processors, by the one or more processors a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered; and
simultaneously playing, using at least one of the processors, a synchronized bonus song and a bang-up audio track, such that the bang-up audio track ends in a first key corresponding harmonically to a second key of the bonus song at a particular point in the bonus song.
9. The method of operating a wagering game machine of claim 8 , further comprising simultaneously playing a synchronized audio marker file.
10. The method of operating a wagering game machine of claim 9 , wherein the audio marker file contains signal information at particular points in the audio marker file.
11. The method of operating a wagering game machine of claim 8 , wherein both the bonus song and the bang-up audio track are the same length and begin at the same time.
12. The method of operating a wagering game machine of claim 11 , wherein playing the bonus song triggers simultaneous play of the bang-up audio track.
13. The method of operating a wagering game machine of claim 8 , wherein the bang-up audio track is played by selectively varying the volume of the playing bang-up audio track in accordance with the duration of a credit bang-up.
14. One or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when execute by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
presenting a wagering game upon which monetary value can be wagered;
presenting a bonus game in association with the wagering game;
simultaneously presenting a bonus song with an audio track that accompanies graphical presentation of credits awarded for the bonus game, wherein the audio track ends in a first musical key corresponding harmonically to a second musical key of the bonus song at a particular point in the bonus song.
15. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein the simultaneously presenting includes simultaneously playing a synchronized audio marker file.
16. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 15 , wherein the audio marker file contains signal information at particular points in the audio marker file.
17. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the bonus song and the audio track are prerecorded audio tracks.
18. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein both the bonus song and the audio track are the same length and begin at the same time.
19. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 18 , wherein presenting the bonus song causes simultaneous presentation of the audio track.
20. The one or more non-transitory machine-readable storage media of claim 14 , wherein presentation of the audio track selectively varies volume of the audio track in accordance with duration of graphical presentation of credits awarded for the bonus game.