Patent ID: 6490359
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G10H,H04H,H04S

Abstract:
A system for mixing a plurality of audio signals each of which having a plurality of audio characteristics associated therewith, the system comprising:an audio mixer having a plurality of channels each of which for receiving one of a plurality of audio signals, and for varying audio characteristics of the received audio signal, and for outputing the varied audio signal; and a microcomputer system including: a signal processing unit for transforming each audio signal into an audio signal visual image for display on a video display monitor, each of the audio signal visual images has visual characteristics that correspond to the audio characteristics of the corresponding audio signal, and the signal processing unit also for performing frequency analysis on each of the audio signals to detect even and odd harmonic components thereof, and for placing a first type of texturing image on the corresponding audio signal visual images for detected even harmonic components and a second type of texturing image on corresponding audio signal visual images for detected odd harmonic components.