MODULAR AUDIO CONTROL SURFACE

摘要

A user-configurable modular audio control surface comprises master modules for controlling global surface properties and channel modules for controlling one or more individual audio channels. The modules are disposed in a two-dimensional spatial arrangement such that any module can occupy a location within the control surface not occupied by another module. The modules are connected to each other and to external platforms hosting media applications and plug-ins via a network. Control surface users can interact with external applications via remote graphical user interfaces displayed on modules within the surface, and can automate multiple external applications using an automation system built into the surface. Automation line graphs and metadata for both internal and external applications are displayed over the corresponding waveform displays that can include audio ahead of a current playback location.

主权项

1. An audio control surface comprising:
a network interface that connects the control surface to a network; an output display for displaying one or more properties of a media processing application hosted on a platform external to the audio control surface and in communication with the audio control surface via the network; a physical control having more than two possible states for controlling a parameter of a software plug-in operating with the media processing application; and wherein a user interface of the software plug-in operating with the media processing application is displayed on the output display of the control surface.