Patent ID: 7242990
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A digital mixing system having a plurality of input signal systems and a plurality of output signal systems, wherein input signals from said plurality of input signal systems are subjected to a mixing process and the mixed signals are output to said plurality of output signal systems, the system comprising: a console section including panel operating elements used to input parameters relating to the mixing process, a panel display device that displays contents of the mixing process, a first connection terminal connectable to a first external device, a first communication interface, and a first control device that updates the contents displayed by said panel display device and generates a mixing control signal in response to any of an operation of said panel operating elements, a first control signal input via said first connection terminal, and a second control signal input via said first communication interface, and outputs the mixing control signal to said first communication interface; an engine section including a second connection terminal connectable to a second external device, a second communication interface, a mixing processing device that executes the mixing process of mixing the input signals from said plurality of input signal systems and outputting the mixed signals to said plurality of output signal systems, and a second control device that controls the mixing process executed by said mixing processing device in response to the mixing control signal input via said second communication interface and outputs the second control signal input via said second connection terminal to said second communication interface; and communication lines connecting between said first communication interface and said second communication interface wherein the second control signal is transferred from said second communication interface of said engine section to said first communication interface of said console section and the mixing control signal is transferred from said first communication interface of said console section to said second communication interface of said engine section.