SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOOT-OPERATED EFFECTS

摘要

A foot-operated pedal for programming audio and other effects, including an HMI or Human-Machine Interface that digitally communicates with a CPU, providing the parameters of effects set by the user, where a PC Interface is responsible for the mediation of the communication between the CPU and an external computer used to program the settings and adjustments of the device, with the audio interface having the function of promoting the compatibility between the electrical signal from the musical instrument and the CPU. A graphical user interface to facilitate the creation of an audio effect using icons, a given configuration of icons and interconnections being modeled and employed to generate a given audio effect.

主权项

1. A foot-operated effects device comprising:
a processor; a plurality of switches; and a memory, wherein said memory contains a plurality of audio effects therein, respective effects correlated to respective switches, whereby the toggling of a given switch by foot manipulation of a user initiates a particular audio effect.