Patent ID: 7391874
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An audio mixing console, comprising: a plurality of connectors for receiving a plurality of video signals for broadcast; a plurality of input connectors for receiving a plurality of audio signals for broadcast; a control panel that includes a plurality of user operable audio channel controls, wherein each of said user operable audio channel controls is operable to select a predetermined audio processing function for a respective one of said audio signals for broadcast; a plurality of discrete display monitors that are integral to the audio mixing console, each monitor for displaying a discrete one of said plurality of video signals for broadcast, a signal processing unit operably connected to said control panel for generating an audio output signal, and three tallies associated with each display monitor and integral to the audio mixing console, wherein a first tally functions as an indicator that the associated monitor is currently a program preview display, a second tally functions as an indicator that the associated monitor is currently a program out display, and a third tally functions as an indicator that an audio channel linked to the associated display is the audio output signal.