Patent
Audio signal processing system
| العنوان: | Audio signal processing system |
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| Patent Number: | 7,414,634 |
| تاريخ النشر: | August 19, 2008 |
| Appl. No: | 11/058487 |
| Application Filed: | February 14, 2005 |
| مستخلص: | In a mixer system including a mixer engine wherein contents of signal processing can be programmed and a PC that edits the configuration of signal processing, the PC is provided with a display controller that graphically displays the edited configuration of signal processing using components for the signal processing and wires connecting nodes of the components; an accepting device that accepts designation of a node or wire whose signal is desired to be monitored, in a screen thereof; and a directing device that directs the mixer engine to output the signal from the designated node or wire to a monitoring analog signal output in accordance with the designation, and the mixer engine is provided with an outputting device that outputs a signal to the monitoring analog signal output in accordance with the direction separately from the signal processing relating to the edited signal processing configuration. |
| Inventors: | Takemura, Satoshi (Hamamatsu, JP); Miwa, Akihiro (Hamamatsu, JP); Hiroi, Makoto (Hamamatsu, JP) |
| Assignees: | Yamaha Corporation (Hamamatsu-Shi, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. 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. |
| Claim: | 2. The audio signal processing system according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined output portion is an output portion for outputting a signal from the audio signal processing device to the editing device, and wherein said editing device is provided with a second outputting device that outputs the signal inputted from the audio signal processing device to a sound out device. |
| Claim: | 3. The audio signal processing system according to claim 1 , wherein said signal processing in accordance with the configuration of signal processing transferred from the editing device is performed using signal transmission channels and processing capability of the processors which are not reserved for the monitoring in said audio processing device. |
| Claim: | 4. An audio signal processing system comprising an audio signal processing device that is connected to a network and has a plurality of signal processors wherein processing contents can be programmed, and an editing device that is connected to the network and 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 via the network; 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; a directing device that directs via the network the audio signal processing device to transmit the signal at the designated terminal or wire to said editing device via the network in accordance with the designation accepted by the accepting device; and an outputting device that outputs to a sound out device the signal received from the audio signal processing device via the network, 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; a transmitting device, connected to said waveform bus, that receives a signal via said waveform bus and transmits the received signal to the editing device via the network, 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 transmitting device using the reserved signal transmission channel and the reserved processing capability of the processors in accordance with the direction from the directing device. |
| Claim: | 5. The audio signal processing system according to claim 4 , wherein said signal processing in accordance with the configuration of signal processing transferred from the editing device is performed using signal transmission channels and processing capability of the processors which are not reserved for the monitoring in said audio processing device. |
| Claim: | 6. A machine-readable medium containing program instructions executable by a computer and causing said computer to execute: a process of editing a configuration of signal processing in an audio signal processing device having a plurality of signal processors wherein processing contents can be programmed, 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; a process of graphically displaying, 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 process of transferring the edited configuration of signal processing to the audio signal processing device; an acceptance process of accepting, 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 computer; and a direction process of directing 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 in the acceptance process, 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; 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 p 1 wherein at least one 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 computer executing the direction process. |
| Claim: | 7. The machine-readable medium according to claim 6 , wherein said signal processing in accordance with the configuration of signal processing transferred from the computer is performed using signal transmission channels and processing capability of the processors which are not reserved for the monitoring in said audio processing device. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 345/619 |
| Patent References Cited: | 5386568 January 1995 Wold et al. 5911030 June 1999 Kikuchi et al. 5940573 August 1999 Beckwith 6738964 May 2004 Zink et al. |
| Other References: | “Yamaha Digital Mixing Engine DME32, Owner's Manual”, by Yamaha Corporation, Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Japan. cited by other |
| Primary Examiner: | Good-Johnson, Motilewa |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Morrison & Foerster LLP |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.07414634 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |