Audio Mixer Mix Minus Setup via Channel Overview Screen
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing audio mixer settings for the mix minus function are cumbersome, requiring users to start a bus setup screen and specify a target bus and channel sequentially, which is time-consuming and troublesome.
Innovation Solution
An audio mixer with a reception portion and controller that displays a screen showing channel-bus correlations, allowing users to quickly associate specified channels with buses and output signals from other channels to the bus by performing a specific operation, such as pressing the SHIFT key, to enable the mix minus function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the traditional bus setup screen method is used to set the mix minus function, then the function can be configured, but the operation becomes cumbersome and time-consuming due to multiple sequential steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the bus selection and channel specification operations into a single integrated screen. The channel overview screen displays both the bus correspondence and allows direct specification of minus-target channels, eliminating the need to switch between separate bus setup and channel specification screens. This merging of operations directly reduces the number of steps and improves ease of operation while maintaining reliable mix minus function configuration.
2Reliability
If the traditional multi-step process is used, then proper channel-bus association can be established, but the setup time increases due to sequential operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent displays the channel overview screen that shows the correspondence between channels and buses in advance, allowing users to identify and specify minus-target channels directly from this preliminary view. This preliminary display of channel-bus relationships eliminates the need for separate sequential operations, enabling users to quickly configure the mix minus function while ensuring proper channel-bus association is established.
3Adaptability or versatility
If separate screens are used for bus setup and channel specification, then each function can be configured independently, but the overall process becomes more troublesome
Solution Approach 1:
The channel overview screen serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays the correspondence between channels and buses, allows specification of minus-target channels, and enables direct association of channels with buses. This multi-functional design consolidates what would traditionally require separate screens into a single universal interface, maintaining independent configuration capability while dramatically improving operational simplicity.
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AI summary
An audio mixer includes a reception portion and a controller. The reception portion receives a user's operation. The controller performs: display processing that displays a screen indicating a correspondence between a plurality of channels and a bus on a display; and setting processing that, when a specific operation is received through the reception portion and the channel is specified, associates the specified channel with a specific bus and outputs signals other than a signal of the associated channel from the specific bus.