Player input and player funding can now be factored into the process before the game is made.

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It could soon be too late (for player input).

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Users connect their audio source to the player via analog audio input, and the player compares 15 seconds of waveform data with its internal "FingerPrints" database, matching the song up with its corresponding information from MusicID.

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