Patent ID: 7751573

Claim:
A clip state display method for a clip state display apparatus having a plurality of input channels on which at least one of signal processing and mixing processing is performed, each of the input channels including two or more function sections of at least one of signal processing and mixing processing, at least two function sections having two corresponding level meters, said clip state display method comprising: a clip detecting step of detecting, by the level meters at clip metering points for an input section and an output section of each of the at least two function sections, whether a clip occurs in any of signals of a plurality of input channels on which at least one of signal processing and mixing processing is performed; a block diagram display step of displaying a block diagram showing function sections of at least one of the signal processing and the mixing processing; a clip display step of displaying function sections of at least one of the signal processing and the mixing processing in which the clip has occurred, on the block diagram; and a highlighting step of highlighting, on the block diagram, a signal line relating to the function sections for which the clip has occurred, wherein said block diagram display step comprises displaying at least one block diagram showing function sections of at least one of the signal processing and the mixing processing performed on at least one signal of part of the plurality of input channels in which the clip is detected when the clip is detected in said clip detecting step.