Patent ID: 7414634

Claim:
An audio signal processing system comprising an audio signal processing device having a plurality of signal processors wherein processing contents can be programmed, and an editing device that edits a configuration of signal processing including a plurality of components each having one or more input terminals or one or more output terminals, and wires connecting the output terminals and input terminals of the components in the audio signal processing device, wherein said editing device is comprised of: a display controller that graphically displays, on a screen of a display, a graphical user interface that illustrates the edited configuration of signal processing using the components and the wires; a transferring device that transfers the edited configuration of signal processing to the audio signal processing device; an accepting device that accepts, in response to a user selection using the graphical user interface displayed on the screen, designation of one of said plurality of terminals or wires of which a signal is desired to be monitored, while said audio signal processing device is performing signal processing in accordance with the configuration of signal processing transferred from the transferring device; and a directing device that directs the audio signal processing device to output the signal from the designated terminal or wire to a predetermined output portion in accordance with the designation accepted by the accepting device, wherein said audio signal processing device is comprised of: a waveform bus via which signals of a plurality of signal transmission channels are transmitted between devices connected thereto, and an outputting device, connected to said waveform bus, that receives a signal via said waveform bus and outputs the received signal to the predetermined output portion, wherein said plurality of processors are connected to said waveform bus and share said signal processing in accordance with the configuration of signal processing transferred from the editing device, and wherein at least one of the plurality of signal transmission channels and processing capability of the processors are reserved for monitoring and, wherein said signal at the designated terminal or wire in said signal processing is transmitted from the processors to said outputting device using the reserved signal transmission channel and the reserved processing capability of the processors in accordance with the direction from the directing device.