Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090028359 | Digital Mixer - A digital mixer is capable of assigning a desired parameter to an encoder provided in a channel strip on a panel of the digital mixer. The digital mixer assigns a parameter, which corresponds to one of knob controls having switches operable to be turned on, to each encoder provided in a channel strip section on the panel in response to the operation of the switch of the one knob control provided in a selected channel section. The knob controls with the switches are not graphic symbols displayed on a display screen, but are physically disposed on the panel. Accordingly, it is possible to assign a desired parameter to an encoder with no mistake by operating a desired knob control with a switch to be turned on without a mistake. | 01-29-2009 |
20100239107 | MIXING CONTROL APPARATUS - A sub-console | 09-23-2010 |
20100246833 | AUDIO MIXER - Six input channels, to which are allocated 5.1-channel surround signals from a plurality of input sources, are grouped into a surround channel group, and these six input channels are connected to corresponding ones of six surround buses in a one-to-one relationship. Thus, merely grouping the input channels into a surround channel group allows the signals of the individual input channels (5.1-channel surround signals) to be taken out via a plurality of output destinations (5.1-channel speakers) corresponding to the surround buses. Once an instruction is given for changing a value of a parameter, the parameter is controlled in a ganged fashion in all of the input channels of the surround channel group except for an LFE input channel of the surround channel group. | 09-30-2010 |
20100251168 | MIXER DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WINDOWS OF MIXER DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING WINDOWS OF MIXER DEVICE - A method is designed for controlling windows of a mixer device including a processing unit, an operating panel, and a touch panel provided on the operating panel, the touch panel functioning as both a display part for displaying windows and an input part for inputting instructions. The method is performed by the processing unit as follows. First, a determining step determines whether or not any window has already been displayed on the touch panel when an instruction to display a new window is made. Then, a first displaying step displays the new window when no window has already been displayed, and otherwise displays, when a window has already been displayed, the new window at foreground while displaying at least a title bar of a window that has already been displayed. Further, a second displaying step displays a close button only on a foreground window among windows displayed on the touch panel and deactivates display of a close button for each window behind the foreground window. | 09-30-2010 |
20110009989 | DIGITAL MIXER - On a digital mixer, each channel is given a channel definition defining whether the channel is to be used individually or to be used as a group along with a certain channel. When a channel strip to which a user desires to assign and a channel which the user desires to assign are selected, it is determined whether the selected channel is a channel to be used individually or to be used as a group. When it is determined that the selected channel is to be used as a group, channels belonging to the group are assigned to the selected channel strip so that the user can concurrently control respective channels' values of a parameter by use of an operating element provided on the selected channel strip. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009990 | DIGITAL MIXER - A digital mixer is provided with a plurality of signal processing channels each processing an audio signal in accordance with various kinds of parameters, and a plurality of channel strips each having a switch operating element and a control operating element to have one of the signal processing channels as a target channel which is to be controlled on the channel strip. The digital mixer is allowed to assign two or more channels to a channel strip at one time. When the switch operating element of the channel strip is manipulated, the channel strip switches the currently targeted channel to another channel different from the currently targeted channel among the channels assigned to the channel strip. When the control operating element of the channel strip is manipulated, a parameter value of the targeted channel of the channel strip is changed in accordance with the manipulation of the control operating element. | 01-13-2011 |
20110019841 | MIXING CONTROL DEVICE - A mixing control device has a plurality of input channels for processing and mixing audio signals according to parameters specified in the respective input channels. In the mixing control device, a plurality of channel strips are grouped into a first portion and a second portion, each channel strip having a fader operable for controlling a parameter. An allocating part allocates the plurality of the input channels to the plurality of the channel strips so that the fader of the channel strip is operable to control the parameter of the input channel allocated to the channel strip. An instructing part provides an instruction to switch the parameter to be controlled by the fader. In response to the instruction, a switching part switches a parameter controlled by the faders of channel strips belonging to the second portion to another parameter of channels allocated to channel strips belonging to the first portion, so that both of the faders of the channel strips belonging to the first portion and the second portion are operable to control the parameters of the channels allocated to the channel strips belonging to the first portion. | 01-27-2011 |
20110069011 | MIXING CONSOLE - On a sub-display | 03-24-2011 |
20110069025 | MIXING CONSOLE - Once a parameter is focused and defined as a target parameter on a main display, a utility area S- | 03-24-2011 |
20110130200 | PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND AUDIO MIXING CONSOLE - Once a user performs touch operation on any one of knob images displayed on a display device, a CPU identifies the touch operation as first-type touch operation and starts a state where selection of a parameter represented by the touched or selected knob image is kept effective. Once termination of the first-type touch operation is detected, the CPU terminates the selection of the parameter. Further, once new touch operation is detected while the parameter is selected via the first-type touch operation, the CPU identifies the new touch operation as second-type touch operation and changes the value of the currently selected parameter on the basis of a distance and direction of movement of the second-type touch operation (rotating operation). At that time, touch operation on any other parameter image than the currently selected parameter image is made invalid. | 06-02-2011 |
20110228955 | MIXING APPARATUS - Once a human operator selects one output channel using a port setting key and SEL key, output port parameters of a plurality of output ports connected with the selected output channel are displayed in a given arrangement on an output channel-port setting popup screen, and the thus-displayed output port parameters are allocated to controls of corresponding channel strips. Such arrangements allow parameter setting operation to be readily performed for each of the output ports. | 09-22-2011 |
20110274294 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An audio signal processing apparatus performs audio signal process composed of a plurality of channels each having parameters used in the audio signal process. The audio signal processing apparatus has a plurality of channel strips, each channel strip being assigned with a channel and being provided with manipulators for adjusting values of the parameters of the assigned channel. There are provided a plurality of storing sections having different priorities relative to each other, each storing section being capable of storing a setting indicative of a channel set to a channel strip for assignment thereto. A changing section changes the settings stored in the storing sections. An assigning section is activated when the setting stored in one of the plurality of the storing sections is changed by the changing section, then refers to all of the storing sections that currently store the settings for a channel strip, and assigns a channel to the channel strip according to the setting stored in a storing section having the highest priority among the storing sections referred to by the assigning section. | 11-10-2011 |
20120020498 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - An audio signal processing apparatus performs audio signal process composed of a plurality of channels each having parameters used in the audio signal process. The audio signal processing apparatus has a plurality of channel strips, each being assigned with a channel and being provided with controls for adjusting values of the parameters of the assigned channel, and has a plurality of storing sections having different priorities relative to each other, each storing section being capable of storing a setting indicative of a channel set to a channel strip for assignment thereto. A changing section changes a setting stored in a storing section. A clearing section clears a setting stored in a storing section. An assigning section is activated when a setting stored in one of the plurality of the storing sections is changed by the changing section or cleared by the clearing section, then refers to all of the storing sections that currently store the settings for a channel strip, and assigns a channel to the channel strip according to the setting stored in a storing section having the highest priority among the storing sections referred to by the assigning section. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023406 | AUDIO MIXING CONSOLE - Mixer includes first and second displays each capable of displaying a pop-up screen that simultaneously displays pieces of information of eight channels. Once a display instruction for displaying a pop-up screen is received, it is ascertained whether or not the pop-up screen currently instructed to be displayed can be displayed on both of the first and second displays. If the pop-up screen can be displayed on only one of the displays, the currently instructed pop-up screen and one-screen channel selection switch are displayed on the one display together with. If, on the other hand, the pop-up screen can be displayed on both of the displays, the instructed pop-up screen are displayed on in a two-screen format on individual ones of the displays, and a two-screen channel selection switch is displayed on each one of the pop-up screens. | 01-26-2012 |
20120237038 | AUDIO MIXER - Six input channels, to which are allocated 5.1-channel surround signals from a plurality of input sources, are grouped into a surround channel group, and these six input channels are connected to corresponding ones of six surround buses in a one-to-one relationship. Thus, merely grouping the input channels into a surround channel group allows the signals of the individual input channels (5.1-channel surround signals) to be taken out via a plurality of output destinations (5.1-channel speakers) corresponding to the surround buses. Once an instruction is given for changing a value of a parameter, the parameter is controlled in a ganged fashion in all of the input channels of the surround channel group except for an LFE input channel of the surround channel group. | 09-20-2012 |
20120243711 | MIXING APPARATUS - In an automatic correction process, automatic correction processing portions | 09-27-2012 |
20130202133 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - An audio signal processing system for recording a sound inputted into a channel of a mixer which receives a plurality of audio signals, processes the audio signals in a plurality of channels and outputs the processed signals, and reproducing the recorded audio signal for adjusting parameters of the mixer is provided. The audio signal processing system records, when record is instructed a channel is selected, an audio signal inputted to the selected channel with relation information indicating the selected channel, and reproduces, when reproduction is instructed and a channel is selected, an audio signal which has been stored with relation information indicating the selected channel. | 08-08-2013 |
20130230194 | AUDIO MIXING SYSTEM - An audio mixing system comprises a plurality of input ports and output ports, and a plurality of input channels and output channels for controlling characteristic of input sound signals. Two or more input ports included in the plurality of input ports or two or more output ports included in the plurality of output ports are registered as a plurality of patch ports. By an instruction to collectively patch a port group, the input ports or the output ports registered as the plurality of patch ports are patched to input channels or output channels respectively by an input or an output patch. | 09-05-2013 |