Sound system
First Claim
1. A sound system, which can reproduce a plurality of channel signals including at least left and right front channels and a center channel for forward-placed speakers, comprising:
- an attenuating means to attenuate either left or right channel signal; and
a controlling means to control the attenuation of the center channel signal depending on the attenuation of the left or right channel signal.
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Abstract
The present invention was developed in order to realize a multi-channel sound system wherein appropriate output (balance and fader) control can be conducted without adversely affecting the program contents, and a sound system, which can reproduce a plurality of channel signals including at least left and right front channels and a center channel for forward-placed speakers, comprises a gain controller to control the gain of either left or right channel signal and a gain controller to control the gain of the center channel signal depending on the gain control of the left or right channel signal.
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11 Claims
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1. A sound system, which can reproduce a plurality of channel signals including at least left and right front channels and a center channel for forward-placed speakers, comprising:
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an attenuating means to attenuate either left or right channel signal; and
a controlling means to control the attenuation of the center channel signal depending on the attenuation of the left or right channel signal. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A sound system, which can reproduce a plurality of channel signals including at least left and right front channels and a center channel for forward-placed speakers, comprising:
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an attenuating means to attenuate either left or right channel signal;
an adding means to add the attenuated left or right channel signal to the center channel; and
an adding means to add the center channel signal to the right or left channel not being attenuated. - View Dependent Claims (4, 9, 10, 11)
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5. A sound system, which can reproduce a plurality of channel signals including at least left and right front channels for forward-placed speakers and left and right rear channels for rear-placed speakers, comprising:
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an attenuating means to attenuate either front side or rear side channel signals; and
an adding means to add the signals on the attenuated channel side to the channel side not being attenuated. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A sound system, which can reproduce a plurality of channel signals including at least left and right front channels for forward-placed speakers and left and right rear channels for rear-placed speakers, comprising:
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an attenuating means to attenuate either left side or right side channel signals; and
an adding means to add the signals on the attenuated channel side to the channel side not being attenuated. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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