Visual Module Interface for Digital Synthesizer Sound Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital synthesizers lack usability in controlling sound production due to complex parameter management and module interactions, making it difficult to assess and operate relationships between modules for sound generation.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a display section and processor that displays module images and sound information, allowing users to visually set and control sound processing parameters by interacting with icons representing envelopes and modules, enabling easier parameter setting and application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If digital synthesizers control envelope state through parameter lists and data transmission between modules, then automation and digital control are improved, but usability and ease of operation deteriorate due to complex parameter management and difficulty in assessing module relationships
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy of the module connection relationships on the display device, showing how modules are connected and how sound information flows between them. This visual representation allows users to understand module relationships without dealing with complex parameter lists, thereby maintaining digital automation while improving usability
Solution Approach 2:
The display device acts as an intermediary between the complex digital parameter system and the user. It translates abstract parameter relationships into visual representations, serving as a mediator that makes the automated digital control system accessible and easy to operate
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional digital synthesizers use parameter lists for envelope control, then digital signal processing capability is improved, but ease of manufacture and system complexity worsen due to difficult parameter management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex parameter management functionality from the user interaction layer and relocates it to the background digital processing layer. The display shows visual representations of module relationships, separating the complexity of parameter management from the user interface while maintaining digital signal processing versatility
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AI summary
An electronic device having a display section, comprising: a processor, wherein the processor executes the processing of: displaying a module image corresponding to a module used for sound processing and a sound information image corresponding to sound information relating to generation of a sound which can be set in the module on the display section; receiving an operation on at least one of the sound information image displayed on the display section and the module image displayed on the display section; and controlling the sound processing performed by setting the sound information corresponding to the sound information image to the module according to the operation.