Knob for an electric mixer
AssigneeBrandon Vinyard
InventorBrandon Vinyard
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Abstract
A mixer controller includes a housing for audio processing equipment having a device surface and a front edge, and a plurality of audio processing devices mounted on the device surface. The plurality of audio processing devices include at least a first channel and a second channel. The mixer controller includes a cross-fader that controls an amount of audio output from the first channel and output from the second channel by sliding the cross-fader between a first position and a second position. The cross-fader includes an extension, the extension having an end that extends forward of the front edge of the housing.
Claims20
A mixer controller, comprising:
- a housing for audio processing equipment having a device surface and a front edge;
- a plurality of devices mounted on the device surface, the plurality of devices including at least a first audio channel input and a second audio channel input;
- and
- a cross-fader that controls an amount of audio output from the first audio channel input and output from the second audio channel input by sliding the cross-fader between a first position and a second position, the cross-fader having an extension, the extension having an end that extends forward of the front edge of the housing;
- wherein the end of the cross-fader is engageable between the first position and the second position by a body of a person operating the mixer controller, while the hands of the person move between the plurality of devices on the device surface to adjust an amount of acoustic output from at least the first audio channel input and the second audio channel input.
A method of modifying a mixer controller, comprising:
- providing audio processing equipment having a device surface and a front edge, and devices mounted on the device surface, the devices including a first audio channel input, a second audio channel input, and a cross-fader that controls an amount of acoustic output between the first audio channel input and from the second audio channel input by sliding the cross-fader between a first position and a second position;
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- attaching an extension to the cross-fader, the extension having an end that extends beyond the front edge of the housing;
- wherein the end of the cross-fader is engageable between the first position and the second position by a body of a person operating the mixer controller when both hands of the person move between the plurality of devices on the device surface to adjust an amount of sound from at least the first audio channel input and the second audio channel input.
A method of operating a mixer controller, comprising:
- controlling an acoustic input into a first audio channel input and to a second audio channel input;
- adjusting an amount of acoustic output from the first audio channel input and from the second audio channel input by manually moving an extension of a cross-fader that extends from a device surface of the mixer controller and extends forward of a front edge of the mixer controller;
- moving the first audio channel input and the second audio channel input using both hands of a person operating the mixer controller;
- and
- simultaneously moving an end of the extension of the cross-fader using a body, and not the hands, of the person operating the mixer controller, to adjust an amount of acoustic sound from the first audio channel input and from the second audio channel input.
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