Audio Signal Processing System

An audio signal processing system comprising:

• a computer that executes application software to realize a function of a recording and editing device that records and edits the audio signals;
• and an audio signal processing device that processes the audio signals, said computer and said audio signal processing device being connected via a communication path through which a control signal and plural audio signals can be transmitted,
• wherein said computer comprises a transmission and reception device that receives the audio signals sent by said audio signal processing device to supply to said recording and editing device and transmits the audio signals supplied from said recording and editing device to said audio signal processing device via the communication path,
• wherein said recording and editing device comprises:
• a plurality of tracks that record and/or reproduce audio signals inputted to the tracks;
• a plurality of selecting devices provided corresponding to the tracks respectively to select an audio signal to input to a corresponding track from the audio signals supplied from said transmission and reception device;
• a plurality of track channels provided corresponding to the tracks respectively to select one of an audio signal inputted to the track and an audio signal reproduced in the track and control a characteristic of the selected audio signal;
• and
• a first mixing bus that mixes the audio signals supplied from the plurality of track channels to supply to said transmission and reception device,
• wherein said audio signal processing device comprises:
• an input device that inputs an audio signal from outside the device;
• one or more input channels that controls a characteristic of the audio signal inputted from the input device;
• a transmission and reception device that transmits the audio signal inputted from each of the input channel by the input device to said computer via the communication path and receives an audio signal from said computer via the communication path;
• a second mixing bus that mixes the audio signals supplied from each of the input channels and the audio signal supplied from said transmission and reception device and outputs the mixed signal output outside the device;
• and
• a selection control that accepts a selecting operation of a user and selects one of “dry” or “wet” for each of the input channels,
• wherein, when said selection control selects “dry” for one of the input channels, said audio signal processing device controls itself to supply an audio signal having a characteristic controlled by said one input channel to said second mixing bus and controls said recording and editing device in said computer such that, as regards a track channel corresponding to a track for which a corresponding selecting device selects an audio signal inputted to said one input channel as an audio signal to input to the track, the track channel selects an audio signal to be reproduced in the track to control the characteristics of the audio signal,
• wherein, when said selection control selects “wet” for one of the input channels, said audio signal processing device controls itself to stop supplying the audio signal having a characteristic controlled by said one input channel to said second mixing bus and controls said recording and editing device in said computer such that, as regards a track channel corresponding to a track for which a corresponding selecting device selects an audio signal inputted to said one input channel as an audio signal to input to the track, the track channel selects an audio signal to be inputted to the corresponding track to control the characteristics of the audio signal.