Patent ID: 8526639
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A digital mixer comprising: a plurality of processing channels each processing an audio signal in accordance with a parameter; a plurality of channel strips each having an operating element for setting or changing the parameter of the processing channel included in the plurality of processing channels and assigned to the channel strip; a channel definition setting portion for setting a channel definition defining whether a processing channel included in the plurality of processing channels is to be used individually or to be used as a group along with another processing channel; a channel strip selecting portion for selecting a channel strip from among the plurality of channel strips; a processing channel selecting portion for selecting a processing channel from among the plurality of processing channels; a determination portion for determining, in accordance with the channel definition provided for the selected processing channel, whether the selected processing channel is a processing channel which is to be used individually or a processing channel which is to be used as a group; an individual channel assigning portion for assigning, when it is determined by the determination portion that the selected processing channel is a processing channel which is to be used individually, the selected processing channel to the selected channel strip, and allowing control of the parameter of the selected processing channel with the operating element of the channel strip to which the selected processing channel is assigned; and a grouped channel assigning portion for assigning, when it is determined by the determination portion that the selected processing channel is a processing channel which is to be used as the group, the processing channels belonging to the group to the selected channel strip or channel strips including the selected channel strip, and allowing control of the respective parameters of the assigned processing channels belonging to the group with the operating element of the channel strip to which the processing channels are assigned or with the respective operating elements of the channel strips to which the processing channels are assigned.