Level adjustment apparatus

• US 20040008852A1
• Filed: 07/09/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Suyama, Akio, Also, Masaru
• Granted Patent: US 7,403,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/119
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/022 Electronic editing of analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

Arrangements are made such that a plurality of operators, such as faders, can be set to opposite operational directions. When any one of the operators has been operated in a particular direction, a control value of each of the other operator, set to the same operational direction as the operated operator, is controlled in the same direction as the particular operated direction, while a control value of each of the other operators, set to the opposite operational direction from the operated operator, is controlled in the opposite direction from the particular operated direction. Where control values of a plurality of channels are to be controlled via a collective control controller, each of the channels is set to a forward or inverse operational direction. Thus, even faders that are to be operated in opposite directions can be appropriately operated collectively as a group.

Claims

1. A level adjustment apparatus including a plurality of operators each operable in both a level increasing direction and a level decreasing direction, said level adjustment apparatus comprising:

a setting section that individually sets each of said plurality of operators to a forward or inverse operational direction; and

a level control section that, when any one of said operators is operated in a particular direction, controls a control value of each of other said operator, set to a same operational direction as the operated operator, in a same direction as the particular direction in which the one operator is operated, and controls a control value of each of other said operator, set to an opposite operational direction from the operated operator, in an opposite direction from the particular direction.

2. A level adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 1 which further comprises a display section that displays respective ones of the operational directions of said plurality of operators set via said setting section.

3. A level adjustment apparatus including a plurality of operators each operable in both a level increasing direction and a level decreasing direction, said level adjustment apparatus comprising:

a grouping section that individually sets each of operators, selected from among said plurality of operators, to a forward or inverse operational direction, and groups the selected operators into one or more groups; and

a level control section that, when any one of said operators in one of the groups is operated in a particular direction, controls a control value of each of other said operator in the one group, set to a same operational direction as the operated operator, in a same direction as the particular direction in which the one operator is operated, and controls a control value of each of other said operator in the one group, set to an opposite operational direction from the operated operator, in an opposite direction from the particular direction.

4. A level adjustment apparatus as claimed in clam 3 which further comprises a grouped-state display section that displays respective grouping states of said operators grouped by said grouping section;

and

an operational direction display section that displays respective ones of the operational directions of said operators set via said grouping section.

5. A level adjustment apparatus for controlling control values of a plurality of channels each controllable in both a level increasing direction and a level decreasing direction, said level adjustment apparatus comprising:

a collective control operator that collectively controls the control values of said plurality of channels;

a setting section that individually sets each of said plurality of channels to a forward or inverse operational direction; and

a level control section that, when said collective control operator is operated in a particular direction, controls the control value of each of the channels, set to the forward operational direction, in a same direction as the particular direction in which said collective control operator is operated, and controls the control value of each of the channels, set to the inverse operational direction, in an opposite direction from the particular direction.

6. A level adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 5 which further comprises a display section that displays respective ones of the operational directions of said plurality of channels set via said setting section.

7. A level adjustment apparatus for controlling control values of a plurality of channels each controllable in both a level increasing direction and a level decreasing direction, said level adjustment apparatus comprising:

a collective control operator that collectively controls the control values of said plurality of channels;

a setting section that assigns channels, selected from among said plurality of channels, to said collective control operator, and individually sets each of said plurality of channels to a forward or inverse operational direction; and

a level control section that, when said collective control operator is operated in a particular direction, controls the control value of each of the channels, assigned to said collective control operator and set to the forward operational direction, in a same direction as the particular direction in which said collective control operator is operated, and controls the control value of each of the channels, assigned to said collective control operator and set to the inverse operational direction, in an opposite direction from the particular direction.

8. A level adjustment apparatus as claimed in claim 7 which further comprises a display section that displays respective ones of the operational directions of said plurality of channels set via said setting section.