Digital mixer and program

• US 7,694,230 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Issued: 04/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Terada, Kotaro
• Primary Examiner(s): Pesin; Boris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kumar; Anil N
• Application Number:
  US11/517,532
• Publication Number:
  US 20070061729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,308 Days
• Field of Search: 715/771
• US Class Current: 715/771
• 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;

a signal processing section that performs mixing processing of an algorism on the basis of the operational data, the algorism comprising input channels for inputting and controlling audio signals and mixing buses for mixing the controlled audio signals selectively supplied from the input channels;

a display;

a background screen selection section that, in response to a first selection operation performed by a user, selects one of background screens and displays the selected background screen on said display, each of the background screen showing general parameters of a group of input channels among the input channels stored in said storage section;

a detailed setting window display section that, in response to a second selection operation performed by the user, selects one of detailed setting windows and displays the selected detailed setting window in front of the background screen currently displayed on said display, each of the detailed setting windows showing detailed parameters of one or more of the input channels stored in said storage section;

a parameter control section that, in response to a value change operation performed by the user on a given parameter shown on the detailed setting window or the background screen currently displayed at a frontmost layer on the display, changes a value of the parameter in said storage section;

a bookmark registration section that, in response to a registration operation performed by the user when any one of the detailed setting windows is currently displayed on said display, stores, into said storage section, designation data indicative of the one detailed setting window, wherein, in response to registration operation performed by the user when no detailed setting window is currently displayed on said display, said bookmark registration section stores, into said storage section, designation data indicative of the background screen currently displayed on said display and not indicative of any detailed setting window; and

a bookmark call section that, in response to a call operation performed by the user, determines whether or not the designation data stored in said storage section is indicative of any detailed setting window, and when the determination is affirmative, displays the detailed setting window indicated by the designation data in a frontmost layer of the background screen currently displayed on said display, and when the determination is negative, displays the background screen indicated by the designation data on said display.

2. A digital mixer as claimed in claim 1 which further comprises a detailed setting window erasure section that, in response to an erasure operation performed by the user, 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 includes a plurality of frames, each containing a part of parameters shown on the background screen, and

wherein said second selection operation is a user'"'"'s operation of selecting one of the frames on the background screen currently displayed on said display, said detailed setting window display section displays a detailed setting window corresponding to the selected frame, showing detailed parameters relating to the part of the parameters contained in the selected frame.

4. A computer-readable storage medium storing a group of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a digital mixer, cause the processor to perform a display control method, said digital mixer including a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters, a signal processing section that performs mixing processing of an algorism on the basis of the operational data, and a display, the algorism comprising input channels for inputting and controlling audio signals and mixing bases for mixing the controlled audio signals selectively supplied from the input channels, said display control method comprising:

a step of, in response to a first selection operation performed by a user, selecting one of background screens and displaying the selected background screen on the display, each of the background screen showing general parameters of a group of input channels among the input channels stored in said storage section;

a step of, in response to a second selection operation performed by the user, selecting one of detailed setting windows and displaying the selected detailed setting window in front of the background screen currently displayed on the display, each of the detailed setting windows showing detailed parameters of one or more of the input channels stored in said storage section;

a step of, in response to a value change operation performed by the user on a given parameter shown on the detailed setting window or the background screen currently displayed at a frontmost layer on the display, changing a value of the parameter in said storage section;

a bookmark-registration step of, in response to a registration operation performed by the user when any one of the detailed setting windows is currently displayed on said display, storing, into the storage section, designation data indicative of the one detailed setting window, wherein, in response to registration operation performed by the user when no detailed setting window is currently displayed on said display, said bookmark-registration step stores, into the storage section, designation data indicative of the background screen currently displayed on said display and not indicative of any detailed setting window; and

a bookmark call step of, in response to a call operation performed by the user, determining whether or not the designation data stored in said storage section is indicative of any detailed setting window, and when the determination is affirmative, displaying the detailed setting window indicated by the designation data in a frontmost layer of the background screen currently displayed on said display, and when the determination is negative, displaying the background screen indicated by the designation data on said display.

5. A digital mixer comprising:

a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters;

a signal processing section that performs mixing processing of an algorism on the basis of the operational data, the algorism comprising input channels for inputting and controlling audio signals and mixing buses for mixing the controlled audio signals selectively supplied from the input channels;

a display;

a channel selection section that, in response to a channel selection operation performed by a user, selects any one of the input channels as a selected channel;

a screen selection section that, in response to a screen selection operation performed by the user, selects a screen from among a plurality of screens including one or more first screens each for showing a part of parameters of a given selected channel and displays the selected screen on said display, and when the selected screen is one of the first screens, also causes parameters of the selected channel in said storage section to be shown on the selected screen on said display;

a parameter control section that, in response to a value change operation performed by the user on any one of the parameters shown on the selected screen on said display, changes a value of the parameter in said storage section;

a determination section that, in response to registration operation performed by the user, determines, on the basis of an instruction given from the user, as to whether or not the selected channel is to be stored;

a first registration section that is operative when the determination is affirmative and that stores, into said storage section, designation data indicative of the selected channel and the selected screen;

a second registration section that is operative when the determination is negative and that stores, into said storage section, designation data indicative of the selected screen and not indicative of the selected channel; and

a bookmark call section that, in response to a call operation performed by the user, selects a screen indicated by the designation data stored in said storage section as the selected screen, selects an input channel indicated by the designation data as the selected channel if the designation data is indicative of the selective channel, and displays the selected screen on said display, and when the selected screen is one of the first screens, also causes parameters of the selected channel in said storage section to be shown on the selected screen on said display.

6. A computer-readable storage medium storing a group of computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a digital mixer, cause the processor to perform a display control method, said digital mixer including a storage section that stores therein operational data including a plurality of parameters, a signal processing section that performs mixing processing of an algorism on the basis of the operational data, and a display, the algorism comprising input channels for inputting and controlling audio signals and mixing buses for mixing the controlled audio signals selectively supplied from the input channels, said display control method comprising:

a step of, in response to a channel selection operation performed by a user, selecting any one of the input channels as a selected channel;

a step of, in response to a screen selection operation performed by the user, selecting a screen from among a plurality of screens including one or more first screens each for showing a part of parameters of a given selected channel and displaying the selected screen on said display, and when the selected screen is one of the first screens, also causing parameters of the selected channel in said storage section to be shown on the selected screen on said display;

a step of, in response to a value change operation performed by the user on any one of the parameters shown on the selected screen on said display, changing a value of the parameter in said storage section;

a determination step of, in response to registration operation performed by the user, determining, on the basis of an instruction given from the user, as to whether or not the selected channel is to be stored;

a first registration step of, when the determination made by said determination step is affirmative, storing, into said storage section, designation data indicative of the selected channel and the selected screen;

a second registration step of, when the determination made by said determination step is negative, storing, into said storage section, designation data indicative of the selected screen and not indicative of the selected channel; and

a bookmark call step of, in response to a call operation performed by the user, selecting a screen indicated by the designation data stored in the storage section as the selected screen, selecting an input channel indicated by the designation data as the selected channel if the designation data is indicative of the selected channel, and displaying the selected screen on said display, and when the selected screen is one of the first screens, also causing parameters of the selected channel in said storage section to be shown on the selected screen on said display.