AUDIO EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. AUDIO EQUIPMENT, characterized by the fact of include many functionalities that covers a) intuitive user interface for easy equipment handle;
- b) features Link, P.A. Control, Instrument Input Selector;
c) Sound treatment functionalities and integrated effects;
d) Integration capability with conventional pro-audio equipments to increase the flexibility, which the user interface includes the front and back panels;
the equipment in question includes regarding the input channels, three inputs for microphones with non-balanced J-10 connection and balanced XLR each that allow both kinds to be connected at the same channel;
the equipment also includes six instrument input channels with non-balanced J-IO connection, compatible with Active, Passive and Microphone instrument Pick-ups, plus the Bass-Instrument input channel, where the selection is given through a 3-position switch on the back panel with indicative leds for each option chosen;
the input channels of the present equipment also includes an Auxiliary Stereo input channel with volume control, to connect any kind of equipments;
other feature expected in the equipment is an Audio CD-Player, which is integrated and reproduces any Audio CD that can be executed manually or though a established pre-program mode;
the Audio CD Player works together with Audio Link, P.A. Control and have independent volume control;
the present equipment have the Audio Link that makes the user interface between two samples of the equipment with microcontroller management;
the Audio Link doubles all the features of the equipment, making it work like one integrated equipment since the moment that the samples are connected.
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“AUDIO EQUIPMENT”, which includes a) Intuitive user interface for easy equipment operation; b) “Audio Link”, “P. A. Control”, “Programmable Stage Monitors”, “Output Terminal” and “Instrument Input Selector” features; c) Integrated sound effects and sound treatment functionalities; d) Conventional Equipments integration capability, which the user interface includes the front and back panel; the equipment in question includes regarding the Input Channels, the Microphone input channels with JlO non balanced and XLR balanced connection each, allowing both kinds of microphones to be connected simultaneously at in the same channel; the equipment includes et six Instrument input channels, with non balanced JlO connection, compatible with Active, Passive and Microphone instrument pick-ups, which the selection is made through a 3-position selector switch (9) at the back panel, with indication leds (2) for each chosen option; a programmable stage monitors system developed to allow the user to listen one or more desired instruments or microphones at the stage monitor loudspeaker, having yet an output terminal that uses a “DB-37” connector and a digital output interface; a vintage tone simulator; a selector for different instrument pickups, and yet, includes an Mp3 Player/Recorder.
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20 Claims
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1. AUDIO EQUIPMENT, characterized by the fact of include many functionalities that covers a) intuitive user interface for easy equipment handle;
- b) features Link, P.A. Control, Instrument Input Selector;
c) Sound treatment functionalities and integrated effects;
d) Integration capability with conventional pro-audio equipments to increase the flexibility, which the user interface includes the front and back panels;
the equipment in question includes regarding the input channels, three inputs for microphones with non-balanced J-10 connection and balanced XLR each that allow both kinds to be connected at the same channel;
the equipment also includes six instrument input channels with non-balanced J-IO connection, compatible with Active, Passive and Microphone instrument Pick-ups, plus the Bass-Instrument input channel, where the selection is given through a 3-position switch on the back panel with indicative leds for each option chosen;
the input channels of the present equipment also includes an Auxiliary Stereo input channel with volume control, to connect any kind of equipments;
other feature expected in the equipment is an Audio CD-Player, which is integrated and reproduces any Audio CD that can be executed manually or though a established pre-program mode;
the Audio CD Player works together with Audio Link, P.A. Control and have independent volume control;
the present equipment have the Audio Link that makes the user interface between two samples of the equipment with microcontroller management;
the Audio Link doubles all the features of the equipment, making it work like one integrated equipment since the moment that the samples are connected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 19, 20)
- b) features Link, P.A. Control, Instrument Input Selector;
- 9. AUDIO EQUIPMENT, characterized by the fact that the equipment in question allows total flexibility regarding the instruments connection, as it is compatible with any kind of pick-ups, being possible to connect it to any of the available instrument input channels.
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11. AUDIO EQUIPMENT, characterized by the fact that the present equipment expects yet a P.A. Control system, which through the use of 3-pin J-10 connectors, each output can be connected to equipments with balanced or non balanced input;
- the system in question have;
Master P.A. Volume, which controls the amplitude of all outputs;
Bass—
Equalizer, bass equalizer for the P.A.;
Treble—
Equalizer, treble equalizer for the P. A.;
Stereo P.A. Output, through two JlO connectors, with independent volume control for each Stereo channel side Left-L and Right-R;
Mono P.A. Output, through a JlO connector, with volume control;
Stereo Stage Monitor Output, through two JlO connectors with independent volume control for each side Left-L and Right-R, with a two positions selector switch for Mono/Stereo Modes;
the whole audio sum of the present equipment (Stereo, L-R) passes through a two-band equalizer with Bass and Treble controls, where the equalizer uses dual potentiometers, in order to equalize both channels (L and R) at the same time;
after the equalizer, the audio signal passes through the potentiometer Master P.A. Volume (1), that will control the audio amplitude of every block ahead;
after this potentiometer, the signal passes again through audio buffers to match the impedance and correct the phase;
after this step, the audio passes through three different ways, being;
a) P.A. Mono output;
b) P.A. Stereo output; and
c) output for Stereo/Mono Stage Monitor;
as for the first way the stereo signal becomes mono by joining both channel sides with 5k6 resistors;
after that it passes through an audio buffer (3), to match the impedance with the next potentiometer P.A. Mono VoI ahead, which will control the signal amplitude in the mono output, then the audio goes to the output-conditioning block;
for the second way, each side of the Stereo channel goes to an independent potentiometer, P.A. —
R VoI and P.A. —
L VoI, items indicated by the numerical references 8 and 9, offering the user, the ability to control the Left and Right P.A. volume sides separately, then the audio goes to the output-conditioning block;
for the third way, we have a manual two-position double switch (4), which for the two contacts of one side, the Stereo channels arrive;
for the two contacts of the other side, the mono channel arrives, making it possible to select between Stereo and Mono channels, both as low impedance source to drive the potentiometer correctly;
after this selector switch MO/ST (4), there are two potentiometers Stage Monitor VoI-L and Stage Monitor VoI-R indicated by the images 6 and 7, to control the audio amplitude for each channel side, then the audio goes to the output-conditioning block;
the output conditioning block receives the audio signal through a non-inverted buffer (10) (phase +), that goes to the tip pin of the J-IO connector (12) through the decoupling resistor 220R, yet in this buffer'"'"'s output, there'"'"'s another inverted buffer (11) (phase −
), that goes to the middle pin of the J-IO connector, through another 220R resistor, this way, we have a completely balanced output, if we use 3-pins P-IO connector, as the positive (+) and negative (−
) signal phases are present, plus the ground, if we use 2-pins P-IO connector, the negative (−
) phase is grounded through the 220R resistor and only the positive (+). phase goes to the pin together with the ground, generating this way, an usual non-balanced output.
- the system in question have;
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12. AUDIO EQUIPMENT, developed to give the user the ability to listen to one or more desired instruments/microphones in the stage monitor in dynamic way, according with the claimed in 1, characterized by showing eight options for programmable stage monitor usage, which:
- 1) 1°
Microphones (all, with or without MicVerb);
2) 2°
Instrument Channel 1;
3) 3°
Instrument Channel 2;
4) 4°
Instrument Channel 3;
5) 5°
Instrument Channel 4;
6) 6°
Instrument Channel 5;
7) 7°
Instrument Channel 6;
8) 8°
Bass Instrument Channel;
the selection works through the microcontroller, using tact push buttons and Display for interactive user interface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
- 1) 1°
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13. AUDIO EQUIPMENT, as claimed in 12, characterized by showing a programmable stage monitors switching, working through microcontroller, display and tact push buttons;
- the microcontroller have two Wizards in its internal software, the wizard of programmable stage monitors and the pre program mode wizard;
both Wizards share the Mp3—
Player buttons, which change the function when activated in the described way;
STOP=Button PGM;
PLAY/PAUSE=Button OK;
Previous Track=Back;
Next Track=Next;
REPEAT=Change button;
EJECT=Delete button;
the wizard activation is given by holding the PGM button about two seconds, then the Wizard Selector is opened, which the user can choose between programmable stage monitors and pre program mode wizards through a cursor on the display;
As the programmable stage monitors wizard is selected, the user chooses between monitor 1 and 2 using the Back and Next buttons and then pushing OK;
after this step, the selected monitor appears on the second display line, and bars are accumulated on the first display line according to the chosen options to be reproduced in the selected monitor, which the maximum options allowed are eight, being;
MICS;
INST 1;
INST 2;
INST 3;
INST 4;
INST 5;
INST 6 and BASS;
after programming the selected monitor, pushing PGM will end the wizard with the settings saved;
to program the monitor two or open the pre program mode wizard, the user must hold back about 2 seconds and the wizard will go back to the screen shown before—
monitor selector, wizard selector.
- the microcontroller have two Wizards in its internal software, the wizard of programmable stage monitors and the pre program mode wizard;
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