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Modular audio control surface

  • US 10,191,607 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An audio control surface comprising:

  • a plurality of modules, wherein each module comprises at least one of;

    a physical user control comprising one of a switch, knob, and fader;

    a touch user control; and

    an output display for displaying one or more properties of a media application;

    wherein the plurality of modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement of discrete locations, and wherein each of the modules is adapted to occupy one of a set of discrete locations within the control surface not occupied by another module, and wherein each module includes a CPU, random access memory, and a network interface that connects the module to a network; and

    wherein a user is able to specify a discrete spatial location for a given module of the plurality of modules within the two-dimensional spatial arrangement of discrete locations by;

    on a display of a designated module of the audio control surface, positioning an icon representing the given module on a two-dimensional graphical representation of the audio control surface in accordance with the spatial location of the given module within the two dimensional spatial arrangement of discrete locations; and

    in response to a request output by the designated module, adjusting on the given module a physical control comprising one of a switch, a fader, and a knob, thereby causing the given module to output a signal over the network, and wherein the designated module receives the signal from the given module over the network and uses the received signal to tie a network address of the given module to the discrete spatial location of the given module within the two-dimensional spatial arrangement of modules.

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