Yamaha Corporation

Shunichi Kamiya

Kotaro Terada

Arata Imai

Kosuke Saito

Masafumi Ito

Masaya Kano

Masato Suzuki

Noriyuki Ohashi

Tatsutoshi Abe

Yoshinori Kawase

Tomohiro Yamamoto

An operation panel for an audio processing apparatus includes a plurality of components including a user interface that selects at least one output channel among a plurality of output channels and presents a first processing parameter, which indicates a send level from an input channel to the selected at least one output channel, and a second processing parameter different from the first processing parameter. The audio processing apparatus further includes a link receiver that receives, for at least two components, among the plurality of components, for setting a first link mode and a second link mode independently the first link mode for linking the presented first processing parameter, and the second link mode for linking the presented second processing parameter.

Operation panel for audio processing apparatus and operation method of operation panel for audio processing apparatus

An audio mixer includes a user interface, panners, a first adder, a localization device, a second adder, and an output circuit. The user interface supplies a first parameter and a second parameter for each channel based on a user operation. The first parameter indicates a position in a right-left direction. The second parameter specifies internalization or externalization. The panners respectively correspond to channels and, based on the first parameter, pan a sound signal corresponding to the each channel to generate first stereo signals. The first adder generates a second stereo signal by mixing first stereo signals respectively corresponding to externalization channels. The localization device generates two third stereo signals. The second adder generates a fourth stereo signal by mixing the two third stereo signals and first stereo signals respectively corresponding to internalization channels. The output circuit outputs the fourth stereo signal.

Audio mixer and method of processing sound signal

An audio mixer includes an operation panel having a plurality of faders, a display device, and a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface, the second surface extending from the first surface and the third surface extending from the second surface, in a front-back direction. The plurality of faders are disposed along the first surface and arranged in a left-right direction. The display device is disposed along the third surface. A first reference distance from a common reference point to a first point of the first surface is equal to greater than a second reference distance from the common reference point to a second point of the third surface. The first point is disposed at a frontmost portion of the operation panel. The second point is disposed higher than the first point, at an uppermost portion of the third surface. The common reference position is disposed higher than the second point.

Operation panel for audio processing apparatus

Sound device receives a first sound signal from a first sound processor, generates a second sound signal based on the first sound signal, and transmits the second sound signal to a second sound processor. The second sound processor performs signal processing to the second sound signal to generate a third sound signal. The sound device receives the third sound signal from the second sound processor, checks a state of the second sound processor based on a signal received from the second sound processor, transmits a fourth sound signal based on the third sound signal to the first sound processor when determining that the state of the second sound processor is normal, and generates a fifth sound signal based on the first sound signal or the second sound signal to transmit it to the first sound processor when determining that the state of the second sound processor is abnormal.

Sound processing method, and sound processing system

An audio signal processing apparatus includes a first bus, a second bus, and a controller that assigns a first input channel to the first bus, assigns a second input channel to the second bus, receives an amount of feed from the first input channel to the first bus, and receives an amount of feed from the second input channel to the second bus.

Audio signal processing apparatus and audio signal processing method for controlling amount of feed to buses

A parameter setting apparatus includes a first display device, a first operation controller, a mode operation controller configured to receive either designation of a first adjustment mode for adjusting a send level or a second adjustment mode for adjusting a first parameter other than the send level, and a processing controller. The controller includes a processor. The processor controls the first display device to display a bus selection screen on the display device, selects a bus based on an operation on the displayed selection screen, causes the first operation controller to adjust a send level of the selected bus upon the mode operation controller receiving the designation of the first adjustment mode, and causes the first operation controller to adjust the first parameter upon the mode operation controller receiving the designation of the second adjustment mode.

Parameter setting apparatus and parameter setting method

A first adjuster (fader) adjusts volume of an input sound signal and sends the volume-adjusted sound signal to a first output destination. A second adjuster adjusts the volume of the sound signal before being subjected to the volume adjustment by the first adjuster (pre-fader sound signal) or the sound signal after having been subjected to the volume adjustment (post-fader sound signal). The second adjuster sends the volume-adjusted sound signal to a second output destination (such as a monitor output) different from the first output destination (such as a main output). A selector selects one of the pre-fader and post-fader sound signals. The sound signal selected by the selector is input to the second adjuster for volume adjustment. When the selection by the selector is changed, a controller changes the volume adjustment by the second adjuster on the basis of a volume difference between the pre-fader and post-fader sound signals.

Sound processing apparatus and method

A first mode (one-knob off mode) and a second mode (one-knob on mode) are provided as modes for setting parameters. In the first mode, individual elements corresponding to respective parameters of a parameter set are displayed in an operable state, allowing setting of individual parameters. In the second mode, the individual elements are displayed in a non-operable state, and one-element is displayed in an operable state, and a plurality of parameters of the parameter set are controlled by operating the one-element. At the time of switching from the first mode to the second mode, the parameter set is initialized.

Method and apparatus for setting values of parameters

A mixer includes a plurality of channel strips to which are variably allocated respective objects of operation, and a memory of the mixer stores layer data comprising information that, for each of the channel strips, designates a channel or a channel group as an object of operation of the channel strip, or designates the channel strip as a deploying channel strip for individually deploying thereto any one of the channels belonging to a given group. When objects of operation are to be allocated to the individual channel strips, no channel or group is allocated to each deploying channel strip, and a setting is made to the effect that the channel strip is to be used for a channel deploying purpose. In response to a deploying instruction of a given group, individual channels belonging to the given group are deployed to the deploying channel strips.

Allocation to channel strips in audio signal processing apparatus

In each category representing a signal type, a recommended minimum value and a recommended maximum value of a level of a signal are stored. The recommended minimum value and the recommended maximum value are determined based on a dynamic range of the signal of the type, for example. A function configured to set a gain used for adjusting a level of an input signal according to a user operation, and a function configured to set a category are provided. Further, a meter portion configured to display the level of the signal level-adjusted by the set gain is provided, and the recommended minimum value and the recommended maximum value of the set category are exhibited in a manner to correspond to the display by the meter portion.

Signal processing device and storage medium

Reference gain values Ga1, Gb1 and Gc1 are set for respective EQ points A, B and C of a plurality of frequency bands in EQ CURVE 1 currently set in an EQ module. In response to an operation of an operator, an intensity parameter value, which is a multiplier for the reference gain values Ga1, Gb1 and Gc1, is changed, so that the reference gain values Ga1, Gb1 and Gc1 are changed in a collective fashion. In EQ CURVE 2 having been changed from EQ CURVE 1, the intensity parameter value exceeds '1 (100%)' and actual gain values of the EQ points A', B&#x2032; and C&#x2032; of the frequency bands are Ga2, Gb2 and Gc2, so that EQ CURVE 2 assumes emphasized frequency characteristics.

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Shunichi Kamiya