Audio mixing console

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The audio mixing console achieving the above described object of the invention comprises, operators which can be driven both manually and by a motor, function selection means for selecting one of a fader function and other functions in respective channels as a function to be designated by each of said operators, function display means for displaying contents of operation assigned to said operators in accordance with selection by said function selection means, memory means for storing operation positions of said operators for each of said functions, control means for reading out operation position information stored in said memory means with respect to the function selected by said function selection means and positioning said operators to said position by motor driving, and signal processing means for applying signal processing to an input signal corresponding to the position of said operators with respect to the function selected by said function selection means.
According to the present invention, when a function has been selected by the function selection means, the operation position information stored in the memory means is read out, operators are initially positioned in the positions by the motor driving, and thereafter positions of the operators can be changed freely by manual operation.
Signal processing is conducted by the signal processing means in correspondence to the positions of the operators with respect to the function selected.
According to the present invention, since the operators can be used also for functions other than the fader function, the construction of the mixing console can be simplified, and accordingly, the size of the mixing console can be minimized and operation can be facilitated.