Patent ID: 6111755
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: G06F,H04R

Abstract:
In a computer system comprising an enclosure having a front, a back and a plurality of sides, a mother board mounted in said enclosure, one or more disk drive bays in said enclosure each defining a bay opening in said front, a plurality of daughter card slots each having a slot opening in said back, a sound card mounted in one of said daughter card slots including a plurality of sound card connectors in a corresponding one of said slot openings, the improvement comprising:a graphic audio equalizer having an equalizer enclosure including an equalizer front panel sized and configured for mounting in one of said drive bays with said front panel in said bay opening, manually operable controls on said front panel for shaping a desired audio response over an audio bandwidth of said equalizer, first visual indicator means on said front panel for displaying the shaped audio response, a master volume control manually adjustable for varying an overall audio output level of said equalizer, second visual indicator means for displaying an instantaneous audio level of said equalizer, a bracket mounted in another one of said card slots, a plurality of equalizer connectors including equalizer inputs and equalizer outputs on said bracket, a cable operatively interconnecting said equalizer connectors to said audio equalizer such that sound output from said sound card connectors may be connected to said equalizer inputs for deriving a shaped audio output at said equalizer outputs; and,an electric circuit card supported only on said bracket and carrying audio interface circuit means operative for amplifying low level audio input to said equalizer inputs, and wherein said cable is a ribbon cable means between said circuit card and said equalizer housing for supplying power to said card and carrying audio signals between said equalizer housing and said equalizer connectors on said bracket.