Digital mixer and program

• US 20070061729A1
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Terada, Kotaro
• Granted Patent: US 7,694,230 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

Once bookmark registration is instructed by user operation while any detailed setting window is being displayed on a background screen on a display of a digital mixer, only the currently-displayed detailed setting window is bookmark-registered. Thus, once bookmark call operation is performed while a desired background screen is being displayed, the currently-displayed background screen is maintained as-is, and the called detailed setting window is displayed on the background screen. Further, bookmark registration can be made in association with a mixer channel, and, in response to bookmark call operation, parameters of the associated channel can be called and displayed.

Claims

1. A digital mixer comprising:

a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters for controlling signal processing;

a signal processing section that performs mixing processing on the basis of the operational data;

a display;

a background screen selection section that, in response to selection of a desired background screen, causes a selected background screen to be displayed on said display;

a detailed setting window display section that, in accordance with an instruction for displaying a given detailed setting window on the background screen, displays the given detailed setting on the background screen currently displayed on said display;

a parameter control section that, in response to value change operation for changing a value of any one of the parameters, changes a value of the parameter included in the operational data and displayed on the background screen or on the detailed setting window currently displayed on said display;

a bookmark registration section that, when any detailed setting window is being displayed at a time of bookmark-registration operation, stores, into said storage section, designation data indicative of at least the detailed setting window in response to the bookmark-registration operation, wherein, when no detailed setting window is being displayed at a time of bookmark-registration operation, said bookmark registration section stores, into said storage section, designation data indicative of at least a currently-displayed background screen in response to the bookmark-registration operation; and

a bookmark call section that causes a screen, indicated by the designation data stored in said storage section, to be displayed on said display, wherein, when the designation data includes data indicative of the detailed setting window, said bookmark call section causes the detailed setting window to be displayed on a currently-displayed background screen, but, when the designation data includes no data indicative of any detailed setting window but includes data indicative of a given background screen, said bookmark call section causes the given background screen to be displayed.

2. A digital mixer as claimed in claim 1 which further comprises a detailed setting window erasure section that, in response to detailed setting window erasure operation, erases a detailed setting window currently displayed on said display.

3. A digital mixer as claimed in claim 1 wherein the background screen displayed on said display via said background screen selection section visually displays a plurality of parameter display frames for displaying parameters currently set for said signal processing section, and

wherein, in response to operation for selecting any one of the plurality of parameter display frames on the background screen, said detailed setting window display section displays a detailed setting window corresponding to the selected parameter display frame, and the detailed setting window corresponding to the selected parameter display frame visually displays an image of an operator operable to set a parameter.

4. A program containing a group of instructions for causing a processor of a digital mixer to perform display control, said digital mixer including a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters for controlling signal processing, a signal processing section that performs mixing processing on the basis of the operational data, and a display, said program comprising:

a step of, in response to selection of a desired background screen, causing a selected background screen to be displayed on the display;

a step of, in accordance with an instruction for displaying a given detailed setting window on the background screen, causing the given detailed setting to be displayed on the background screen currently displayed on the display;

a step of, in response to value change operation for changing a value of any one of the parameters, changing a value of the parameter included in the operational data and displayed on the background screen or on the detailed setting window currently displayed on the display;

a bookmark-registration responsive step of, when any detailed setting window is being displayed at a time of bookmark-registration operation, storing, into the storage section, designation data indicative of at least the detailed setting window in response to the bookmark-registration operation, wherein, when no detailed setting window is being displayed at a time of bookmark-registration operation, said bookmark-registration responsive step stores, into the storage section, designation data indicative of at least a currently-displayed background screen in response to the bookmark-registration operation; and

a screen display step of causing the screen, indicated by the designation data stored in the storage section, to be displayed on the display, wherein, when the designation data includes data indicative of the detailed setting window, said screen display step causes the detailed setting window to be displayed on a currently-displayed background screen, but, when the designation data includes no data indicative of any detailed setting window but includes data indicative of a given background screen, said screen display step causes the given background screen to be displayed.

5. A digital mixer comprising:

a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters for controlling signal processing;

a signal processing section that performs mixing processing of a plurality of channels on the basis of the operational data;

a display;

a channel selection section that, in response to channel selection operation, selects any one of the plurality of channels as a to-be-displayed channel;

a screen selection section that, in response to screen selection operation, selects a to-be-displayed screen from among a plurality of types of screens including a screen for displaying a plurality of parameters of a given channel and causes the selected to-be-displayed screen to be displayed, but also causes parameters of the to-be-displayed channel to be displayed with respect to the to-be-displayed screen;

a parameter control section that, in response to value change operation, changes a value of a parameter included in the operational data and displayed on the to-be-displayed screen;

a determination section that, upon predetermined bookmark registration operation, makes a determination, on the basis of an operational state of the bookmark registration operation, as to whether the to-be-displayed channel is to be stored or not;

a first storage control section that causes the to-be-displayed channel and the to-be-displayed screen to be stored into said storage section on condition that a result of the determination by said determination section is affirmative;

a second storage control section that causes designation data, designating the to-be-displayed screen, to be stored into said storage section without information designating the to-be-displayed channel being included on condition that a result of the determination by said determination section is negative; and

a call section that, in response to bookmark call operation, causes the to-be-displayed screen, indicated by the designation data stored in said storage section, to be displayed on said display, wherein, when the designation data includes data designating the to-be-displayed channel, said call section causes the parameters of the to-be-displayed channel, designated by the designation data, to be displayed.

6. A program containing a group of instructions for causing a processor of a digital mixer to perform display control, said digital mixer including a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters for controlling signal processing, a signal processing section that performs mixing processing on the basis of the operational data, and a display, said program comprising:

a step of, in response to channel selection operation, selecting any one of a plurality of channels as a to-be-displayed channel;

a step of, in response to screen selection operation, selecting a to-be-displayed screen from among a plurality of types of screens including a screen for displaying a plurality of parameters of a given channel and causing the selected screen to be displayed, but also causing parameters of the to-be-displayed channel to be displayed with respect to the to-be-displayed screen;

a step of, in response to value change operation, changing a value of a parameter included in the operational data and displayed on the to-be-displayed screen;

a determination step of, upon predetermined bookmark registration operation, making a determination, on the basis of an operational state of the bookmark registration operation, as to whether the to-be-displayed channel is to be stored or not;

a step of causing the to-be-displayed channel and the to-be-displayed screen to be stored into the storage section on condition that a result of the determination by said determination step is affirmative;

a step of causing designation data, designating the to-be-displayed screen, to be stored into the storage section without information designating the to-be-displayed channel being included on condition that a result of the determination by said determination step is negative; and

a call step of, in response to bookmark call operation, causing the to-be-displayed screen, indicated by the designation data stored in the storage section, to be displayed on the display, wherein, when the designation data includes data designating the to-be-displayed channel, said bookmark call step causes the parameters of the to-be-displayed channel, designated by the designation data, to be displayed.