Patent ID: 7657040

Claim:
A parameter setting apparatus for an audio mixer comprising: a storage section that stores a plurality of parameter setting data sets each including, as a set of data, data indicative of respective settings of a plurality of types of parameters, wherein part of the data included in at least one of set of said plurality of parameter setting data sets is a type of parameter, wherein said type of parameter is predefined as object-of-caution data; a selection section that selects a desired one of the plurality of parameter setting data sets stored in said storage section; a control section that determines whether said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the parameter setting data set selected via said selection section, and performs a predetermined cautioning operation if it has been determined that said part of the data predefined as the object-of-caution data is included in the selected parameter setting data set; and a setting section that reads out the selected parameter setting data set from said storage section in response to an instruction given by a human operator, and sets respective states of the plurality of types of parameters in said audio mixer in accordance with the read-out parameter setting data set.