Patent ID: 7697703
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A digital mixer apparatus for performing mixing processing on sound signals to output mixed sound signals, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of input channels each arranged to receive a sound signal; a first bus and a plurality of second buses each arranged to perform mixing processing on the sound signals input thereto from one or more of said plurality of input channels and thereby outputting mixed sound signals; a plurality of bus selecting controls provided in one-to-one corresponding relation to said plurality of second buses, each of said bus selecting controls selecting a corresponding one of said second buses in response to operation thereof; a plurality of channel-specific send controls provided in corresponding relation to said plurality of input channels, each of said channel-specific send controls controlling a send level of the sound signal to be delivered from a corresponding one of said input channels to the selected bus; a plurality of channel-ON controls provided in corresponding relation to said plurality of input channels, each of said channel-ON controls setting a signal ON/OFF state whether or not the sound signal is passed through each of said input channels corresponding to each of said channel-ON controls and inputs to the first bus, each of said channel-ON controls having a display that displays the signal ON/OFF state of the corresponding input channel; a send ON/OFF section that sets send ON/OFF states whether or not to permit delivery of the sound signals from said input channels to said second buses for each of combinations of said input channels and said second buses; and a control section that, while any one of said plurality of bus selecting controls is being operated beyond a predetermined time period, causes the displays of said channel-ON controls to display the send ON/OFF states, in said send ON/OFF section, of the delivery of the sound signals from the input channels, corresponding to said channel-ON controls, to the second bus corresponding to the one bus selecting control, instead of displaying the signal ON/OFF states of the input channels.