Parameter setting apparatus and method for audio mixer

A parameter setting method for an audio mixer, the audio mixer including a plurality of operators each operable to set a value of a parameter allocated thereto, and a display, said parameter setting method comprising:

• a step of causing said display to display an array of parameter setting images, provided in corresponding relation to a plurality of parameters, to indicate respective settings of the parameters and also display a plurality of tab images for selecting any one of a plurality of groups formed by grouping the plurality of parameters, the plurality of tab images corresponding to the plurality of groups and being displayed in an arrangement associated with the array of the parameter setting images corresponding to the parameters belonging to corresponding ones of the groups, wherein the grouping of the parameters is made in such a manner that a portion of the parameters included in a given one of the groups is shared with another of the groups, and a portion of the tab image corresponding to the portion of the parameters shared with the other group are displayed in a style capable of indicating that the portion of the parameters is shared;
• a step of selecting any one of the tab images;
• and
• a step of allocating, to individual ones of the plurality of operators, the parameters included in the group corresponding to the tab image selected via said step of selecting.

A computer program containing a group of instructions for causing a computer to execute a parameter setting procedure for an audio mixer, the audio mixer including a plurality of operators each operable to set a value of a parameter allocated thereto, and a display, said parameter setting procedure comprising:

• a step of causing said display to display an array of parameter setting images, provided in corresponding relation to a plurality of parameters, to indicate respective settings of the parameters and also display a plurality of tab images for selecting any one of a plurality of groups formed by grouping the plurality of parameters, the plurality of tab images corresponding to the plurality of groups and being displayed in an arrangement associated with the array of the parameter setting images corresponding to the parameters belonging to corresponding ones of the groups, wherein the grouping of the parameters is made in such a manner that a portion of the parameters included in a given one of the groups is shared with another of the groups, and a portion of the tab image corresponding to the portion of the parameters shared with the other group are displayed in a style capable of indicating that the portion of the parameters is shared;
• a step of selecting any one of the tab images;
• and
• a step of allocating, to individual ones of the plurality of operators, the parameters included in the group corresponding to the tab image selected via said step of selecting.