Audio Signal Intercepting Device for Custom Monitor Mix
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional audio monitoring systems in live performances require significant setup time and often fail to provide each musician with a desired monitor mix, as they rely on a standard setup that cannot be easily customized to meet individual preferences.
Innovation Solution
An audio signal intercepting device is inserted into the sound system, which includes an input port, a signal combining element, and an impedance controlling element with a switch, allowing for the generation and delivery of a custom monitor mix to performers while maintaining the original impedance of the audio monitoring circuit, thus eliminating the need for multiple wedges.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional audio monitoring systems use a standard setup with multiple wedges, then all performers can receive a combined monitor mix, but each performer cannot receive a customized monitor mix and setup time is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audio monitoring system by providing individual monitoring channels for each performer through IEM devices, rather than using a single shared wedge system. This allows each performer to receive a customized monitor mix independently, resolving the contradiction between customization and setup time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an audio signal intercepting device as an intermediary component that taps into the existing audio monitoring circuit and distributes customized mixes to individual performers. This intermediary solution enables customization without requiring complete system redesign, thus reducing setup time while maintaining adaptability.
2Ease of operation
If conventional audio monitoring systems provide speaker level input to wedges, then performers can hear the monitor mix, but the system complexity increases with multiple cables and amplifiers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential monitoring function from the complex wedge system and delivers it directly to performers through IEM devices. By removing the need for multiple amplifiers and cables, the system maintains audio quality while significantly reducing complexity and improving ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical cable-and-wedge system with a more streamlined signal distribution approach using the audio signal intercepting device. This substitution eliminates the need for physical cable routing to multiple wedges and amplifiers, simplifying the overall system while maintaining functionality.
3Adaptability or versatility
If an audio signal intercepting device is added to provide custom mixes, then performers receive personalized monitor mixes, but the impedance of the audio monitoring circuit may change
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates an impedance controlling element that actively manages the electrical parameters of the audio signal intercepting device. This element ensures that the device's impedance matches the audio monitoring circuit, allowing custom mix delivery while maintaining circuit stability and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a switch configured to selectively couple the input connection point to ground through a resistive element, creating a feedback mechanism that stabilizes impedance. This feedback approach ensures that the audio signal intercepting device does not disrupt the original circuit's electrical characteristics while providing customized monitor mixes.
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AI summary
The present disclosure generally provides an apparatus and method of providing a performer with a desired combined mix of one or more performer's voices, instruments and/or music tracks with minimal or no overall effect on the setup of the sound system in a venue, such as a concert venue, recording studio or other type of musical gathering in which the performer is performing. The disclosure provided herein generally includes the use of an audio signal intercepting device that is inserted within and/or coupled to a portion of a sound system at a venue to provide the performer with a desired custom monitor mix of one or more performer's voices, instruments and/or music tracks.