Touchscreen interface having pop-up variable adjustment displays for controllers and audio processing systems

A user interface on an audio system for adjusting variable parameters associated with sounds, comprising:

• a front panel including a graphical display;
• a touch sensitive panel over the graphical display on the front panel, which indicates position of a touch over the graphical display;
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• interface processing resources coupled to the front panel and the touch sensitive panel which
• supply an interface display to the graphical display having a plurality of icons representative of respective variable parameters used by the audio system, said icons having respective sizes and positions on the touch sensitive panel;
• supply a variable adjustment display to the graphical display in response to a touch near the position of a particular icon in the plurality of icons, the variable adjustment display overlying a portion of the interface display;
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• adjust the variable parameter represented by the particular icon and remove the variable adjustment display from the graphical display, in response to a touch sequence on the touch sensitive panel over the variable adjustment display, the variable adjustment display having a size on the touch sensitive panel larger than the size of said particular icon to facilitate using a finger for the touch sequence, the particular icon appearing similar to a reduced copy of the variable adjustment display.

A method for setting a variable used by a controller having a touchscreen, comprising:

• supplying an interface display to the touchscreen having an icon representative of a variable parameter used by the controller, said icon having a size and a position on the touchscreen;
• supplying a variable adjustment display to the touchscreen in response to a touch near the position of said icon, the variable adjustment display overlying said interface display and having a size on the touchscreen larger than the size of said icon;
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• adjusting the variable parameter and removing the variable adjustment display from the touchscreen, in response to a touch sequence on the touchscreen over the variable adjustment display.

A method for adjusting parameters associated with sound generated by an audio processing system having a touchscreen, comprising:

• supplying an interface display to the touchscreen having a plurality of variable icons representative of respective adjustable parameters used by the audio processing system in producing the synthesized performance, said icons having respective sizes and positions on the touchscreen;
• supplying a variable adjustment display to the touchscreen in response to a touch near the position of a particular icon in the plurality of icons, the variable adjustment display overlying said interface display and having a size on the touchscreen larger than the size of said particular icon, the variable adjustment display resembling an enlarged copy of the particular icon;
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• adjusting the adjustable parameter represented by the particular icon and removing the variable adjustment display from the touchscreen, in response to a touch sequence on the touchscreen over the variable adjustment display.