Sound control system

• US 20040179704A1
• Filed: 03/11/2004
• Published: 09/16/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Takahashi, Kengo, Yamashita, Shinjiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,840,016 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/119
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

A sound control system includes a digital mixing system, a control system, and a private control system. The professional operator who is experienced in handling of the digital mixing system executes detailed settings of respective parameters associated with the mixing process of the digital mixing system by using the control system. The amateur operator who is inexperienced in the handling of the digital mixing system executes settings of a part of parameters out of the parameters that are authorized by the professional operator, etc. by using the private control system.

Claims

1. A sound control system comprising:

a mixing unit which applies a mixing process to a plurality of sound signals input from a plurality of input systems, and outputs resultant signals to a plurality of output systems;

a storing device which stores plural sets of detailed setting information to indicate setting states of respective parameters associated with the mixing process; and

a simple control unit which sets of a part of parameters out of respective parameters;

wherein the simple control unit includes

a plurality of operating pieces, and

an instruction transmitting unit which transmits an input calling instruction to the mixing unit when a calling instruction of a certain detailed setting information is input via any operating piece out of the plurality of operating pieces, and

the mixing unit includes

a receiving unit which receives the calling instruction of the certain detailed setting information from the simple control unit, and

a deciding unit which decides an authorization parameter that the simple control unit is authorized to set among a plurality of parameters indicated in the certain detailed setting information and associated with the mixing process.

2. The sound control system according to claim 1, wherein an authorization parameter identifying information to identify a parameter that the simple control unit is authorized to set is contained in the detailed setting information.

3. The sound control system according to claim 2 further comprising:

an information generating device which generates the detailed setting information in response to an input operation, and stores a generated detailed information in the storing device.

4. A sound control system comprising:

a mixing unit which applies a mixing process to a plurality of sound signals input from a plurality of input systems, and outputs resultant signals to a plurality of output systems;

a storing device which stores plural sets of detailed setting information to indicate setting states of respective parameters associated with the mixing process; and

a simple control unit which sets a part of parameters out of respective parameters;

wherein the simple control unit includes

a plurality of operating pieces,

an instruction transmitting unit which transmits an input calling instruction to the mixing unit when a calling instruction of a certain detailed setting information is input via any operating piece out of the plurality of operating pieces, and

an assigning unit which receives an authorization parameter information corresponding to the calling instruction from the mixing unit, and assigning an authorization parameter to the operating pieces based on the received authorization parameter information, and

the mixing unit includes

a receiving unit which receives the calling instruction from the simple control unit, and

a transmitting unit which decides an authorization parameter that the simple control unit is authorized to set among a plurality of parameters indicated in the certain detailed setting information and associated with the mixing process, and transmits the authorization parameter to the simple control unit as the authorization parameter information.

5. The sound control system according to claim 4, wherein an operating piece assigning information to identify an operating piece to which the authorization parameter is assigned is contained in the authorization parameter information.

6. The sound control system according to claim 4, wherein an authorization parameter identifying information to identify a parameter that the simple control unit is authorized to set is contained in the detailed setting information.

7. The sound control system according to claim 4, wherein, when a plurality of simple control units are equipped, the transmitting unit decides the authorization parameter for respective simple control units in such a manner that the authorization parameter is decided differently among respective simple control units.

8. The sound control system according to claim 4, further comprising:

an information generating device which generates the detailed setting information in response to an input operation, and then storing a generated detailed information in the storing device.