Audio foot pedal
AssigneeMUSIC Group IP Ltd.
InventorThomas Sirius Andersen
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Abstract
An audio foot pedal having an activation arrangement comprising a control button and a stationary part, the control button being secured to the stationary part for relative movement along a travel range, the activation arrangement providing a control signal in response to movement of said control button, the audio foot pedal further comprising at least one signal processing arrangement arranged to execute at least two different functional modes, wherein at least one of said functional modes, in response to said control signal, variably controls a signal processing of audio signals communicated to said at least one signal processing arrangement thereby producing an audio output signal to an audio output, and wherein said control signal also controls switching between said at least two functional modes.
Claims20
An audio foot pedal comprising an activation arrangement comprising a control button and a stationary part,
- the control button being secured to the stationary part for relative movement along a travel range,
- the activation arrangement providing a control signal in response to movement of said control button,
- the audio foot pedal further comprising at least one signal processing arrangement arranged to execute at least two different functional modes,
- wherein at least one of said functional modes, in response to said control signal, variably controls a signal processing of audio signals communicated to said at least one signal processing arrangement thereby producing an audio output signal and transmits the audio output signal to an audio output,
- wherein said travel range comprises a modulation range and a switching range,
- wherein said control signal in response to said control button moving in said switching range controls switching between said at least two functional modes, and
- wherein the control signal in response to said control button moving in said modulation range forms variable input parameters to a signal processing algorithm related to said at least one of said functional modes when the control signal has invoked a switching to said at least one of said functional modes.
A method for controlling a signal processing arrangement of an audio foot pedal, said method comprising the steps of
- establishing a control signal in response to movement along a travel range of a control button of an activation arrangement of the audio foot pedal,
- receiving an audio signal and providing it to the signal processing arrangement,
- selecting a functional mode of said signal processing arrangement among at least two selectable functional modes, the selecting being based on said control signal, and
- processing said audio signal by said signal processing arrangement in accordance with said selected functional mode and under variable control by said control signal, thereby establishing an audio output signal.
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