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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Avid Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Steven H. Milne, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Martin Kloiber, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Paul A. Vercellotti, Albany, CA (US);
David M. Tremblay, Boulder, CO (US);
Edward Jones, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Karl M. Mueller, Piedmont, CA (US);
Robert Boyer, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Avid Technology, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.