A method for graphically generating a customized graphical user interface control panel view on a display of an audio system , the customized graphical user interface control panel view useable to monitor and control an audio-related device related to an audio sound system and/or audio performance, the audio system including a control panel library , the audio-related device storing an audio node structure that comprises a plurality of components , each indicative of a portion of all the functionality of the audio-related device, the method comprising the following steps performed by the audio system: a) retrieving information on the plurality of components from the audio node structure of the audio-related device; b) retrieving from the control panel library a stored predefined graphical user interface control panel view that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of components in the audio node structure of the audio-related device; c) determining whether all functionality of the plurality of components of the audio node structure of the audio-related device is supported by the retrieved predefined graphical user interface control panel view; d) when determining that at least one portion of the audio node structure is not supported by the retrieved predefined graphical user interface control panel view, retrieving (a) graphical user interface aspect(s) representative of the unsupported portion(s) of the audio node structure; e) integrating the graphical user interface aspect(s) into the predefined graphical user interface control panel view; f) storing in the control panel library the graphical user interface control panel view which now includes the integrated graphical user interface aspect(s) as a customized predefined graphical user interface control panel view associated with the audio-related device; and g) graphically generating the customized graphical user interface control panel view as the customized predefined graphical user interface control panel view including the integrated graphical user interface aspect(s). a) retrieving information on the plurality of components from the audio node structure of the audio-related device; b) retrieving from the control panel library a stored predefined graphical user interface control panel view that corresponds to at least one of the plurality of components in the audio node structure of the audio-related device; c) determining whether all functionality of the plurality of components of the audio node structure of the audio-related device is supported by the retrieved predefined graphical user interface control panel view; d) when determining that at least one portion of the audio node structure is not supported by the retrieved predefined graphical user interface control panel view, retrieving (a) graphical user interface aspect(s) representative of the unsupported portion(s) of the audio node structure; e) integrating the graphical user interface aspect(s) into the predefined graphical user interface control panel view; f) storing in the control panel library the graphical user interface control panel view which now includes the integrated graphical user interface aspect(s) as a customized predefined graphical user interface control panel view associated with the audio-related device; and g) graphically generating the customized graphical user interface control panel view as the customized predefined graphical user interface control panel view including the integrated graphical user interface aspect(s). <EOS>