Mixing console with solo output
AssigneeDigico (UK) Ltd
InventorsJohn Stadius, Roger Wood
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Abstract
In live music performances it is desirable for a mixing console operator to be able to hear the result of all the processing of a single input signal provided by the various processing steps without the other input signals being present. This is achievable by providing a console (10) which processes an input signal independently of other input signals to produce an operator output signal (210), wherein the processing is arranged to be identical to that applied in combination to the same signal as it is processed, in combination with other signals, for the creation of an output mix (180).
Claims16
A mixing console comprising first and second input channels, the first input channel comprising a receiver arranged to receive a first input signal, and a first primary processor arranged to initially process the first input signal and provide at least two first identical output signals;
- the second input channel comprising a receiver arranged to receive a second input signal, and a second primary processor arranged to initially process the second input signal and provide at least two second identical output signals;
- the console further comprising at least one output channel comprising at least a first and second secondary processor, the first secondary processor arranged to process the first output signal from the first input channel and produce a first tertiary output signal;
- the second secondary processor arranged to process the first output signal from the second input channel and produce a second tertiary output signal;
- the at least one output channel further comprising a tertiary processor arranged to combine and process the first and second tertiary output signals to produce a first output mix;
- wherein the mixing console further comprises a quaternary processor arranged to receive the second output signal from the first input channel and process it in an identical way to a combination of the processing provided by the first secondary processor and the tertiary processor to provide an operator output signal.
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