Audio Mixer User-Defined Scene Memory Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional audio mixers lack flexibility in recall settings, as they store all parameter values as current data and do not allow for selective recall of input-side or output-side settings, limiting user-defined recall ranges.
Innovation Solution
The audio mixer incorporates a user-definition-scene-memory system that allows users to specify and store parameter settings for specific recall ranges, enabling flexible recall options by separating storage and recall areas for input and output parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If all parameter setting values are stored as current data in the scene memory, then complete scene recall is achieved, but flexibility in recall range is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The scene memory is divided into multiple storage areas, each dedicated to storing setting values of specific parameters. This segmentation allows selective recall of different parameter groups (e.g., input parameters, output parameters) independently, enabling flexible recall ranges without requiring complete scene recall.
Solution Approach 2:
Different storage areas within the scene memory are assigned different functions or properties. Each storage area is optimized for specific parameter types, allowing users to recall only the necessary parameter settings for their current needs, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity.
2Reliability
If recall safe function excludes specific parameters from recall, then safety is improved, but recall range flexibility is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The scene memory is segmented into multiple storage areas with different recall safety characteristics. Users can configure which storage areas are included in recall operations, allowing both safe recall (by excluding critical parameters) and flexible recall (by including only necessary parameters) without compromising reliability.
3Ease of operation
If conventional scene memory stores all parameters uniformly, then simplicity is maintained, but selective recall capability is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The uniform scene memory structure is replaced with segmented storage areas organized by parameter type or function. This segmentation enables selective recall operations while maintaining ease of operation through intuitive area selection, balancing operational simplicity with enhanced functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A mixer includes a storage portion, a reception portion, a user-definition-scene-memory setting portion, a setting changing portion, a storage processing portion, and a recall processing portion. The reception portion receives specification of several parameters among a plurality of parameters. The storage portion stores setting values of the plurality of parameters. The user-definition-scene-memory setting portion stores the several parameters, received by the reception portion, in the storage portion for every scene as a user-definition-scene-memory. The setting changing portion receives an operation of changing current setting of the plurality of parameters. The storage processing portion stores setting values of the several parameters, changed in the setting changing portion, in the current data storage portion. The recall processing portion calls setting values of the several parameters corresponding to the user-definition-scene-memory from the storage portion, when a recall of the user-definition-scene memory is received in the reception portion.