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 an audio mixer 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, so that each one of the parameters allocated to the individual ones of said plurality of operators is adjustable in response to operation of a corresponding one of the operators;
• wherein said step of causing indicates that the portion of the parameters is shared between the groups corresponding to two adjoining tab images, by displaying respective portions of the two adjoining tab images, corresponding to the shared portion of the parameters, in at least partly overlapping relation to each other;
• wherein the plurality of the parameters correspond to a plurality of frequency bands of an equalizer;
• wherein the parameters are grouped in such a manner that, between every two of the groups whose frequency bands adjoin each other, portions of the frequency bands belonging to the adjoining groups overlap each other and within each group, all of the parameters within each group, including parameters that overlap between adjoining groups, are adjustable to set values of the audio mixer;
• and
• wherein the plurality of operators and adjustable parameters included in each one of the groups are identical in number to each other.

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 an audio mixer parameter allocated thereto, and a display, said parameter setting procedure comprising:

• a step of causing 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, so that each one of the parameters allocated to the individual ones of said plurality of operators is adjustable in response to operation of a corresponding one of the operators;
• wherein said step of causing indicates that the portion of the parameters is shared between the groups corresponding to two adjoining tab images, by displaying respective portions of the two adjoining tab images, corresponding to the shared portion of the parameters, in at least partly overlapping relation to each other and within each group, all of the parameters within each group, including parameters that overlap between adjoining groups, are adjustable to set values of the audio mixer;
• wherein the plurality of the parameters correspond to a plurality of frequency bands of an equalizer;
• wherein the parameters are grouped in such a manner that, between every two of the groups whose frequency bands adjoin each other, portions of the frequency bands belonging to the adjoining groups overlap each other and
• wherein the plurality of operators and adjustable parameters included in each one of the groups are identical in number to each other.