Apparatus and method for reestablishing previously established settings on the controls of an audio mixer

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for reestablishing previously established settings on the controls of an audio mixer that is both inexpensive wand does not require any installation on an already existing mixing console or audio mixer.
In one embodiment, the invention is used with an audio mixer comprising at least one input channel and at least one output channel associated with the at least one input channel.
The controls control the value of at least one parameter of signals transmitted from at least one input channel to at least one output channel.
The method comprises the steps of: (a) transmitting a first test signal defined by at least one parameter through the at least one input channel during the first period of time; (b) and recording this first test signal at the at least one output channel during this first period of time.
In addition the method further comprises the step of: (c) transmitting a second test signal through the at least one input channel during a second period of time later than the first period of time.
This second test signal is defined by at least one parameter which is substantially identical to the at least one parameter of the first signal.
In addition, the method further comprises the step of: (d) comparing this second test signal at the at least one output channel during the second period of time with the recorded first test signal; and (e) altering the settings of the controls during the second period of time in the event that the value of the at least one parameter of the second test signal at the at least one output channel during the second period of time is different than the value of the at least one parameter of the recorded first test signal so that the value of the at least one parameter of the second test signal at the at least one output channel is substantially identical to the value of the at least one parameter of the recorded first test signal.
In addition, at least one parameter of the first test signal is measured and recorded before step (a) and the at least one parameter of the second test signal is measured before step (c) and after step (b)