US 12,230,237 B2
Touch screen interface for audio signal processing in an electronic musical-effects unit
John Alex Souppa, Ashland, MA (US); Walter P. Skorupski, Cranston, RI (US); John E. O'Donnell, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); and Grant R. Meacham, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to inMusic Brands, Inc., Cumberland, RI (US)
Appl. No. 16/963,351
Filed by John Alex Souppa, Ashland, MA (US); Walter P. Skorupski, Cranston, RI (US); and John E. O'Donnell, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/014583
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/143364, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0365127 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); G10H 1/34 (2006.01); G10H 3/18 (2006.01)
CPC G10H 1/0091 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G10H 1/342 (2013.01); G10H 3/186 (2013.01); G10H 2210/155 (2013.01); G10H 2220/096 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-effects apparatus, comprising:
one or more switches;
an electronic display:
a memory storing one or more effect presets for processing an inputted audio signal by changing a status of at least one of the switches, wherein each effect preset defines one or more signal processing chains and is initiated by a switch of the one or more switches;
one or more processors coupled to the electronic display and the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
process the inputted audio signal when the processing is initiated by at least one of the one or more switches by:
processing a first portion of the inputted audio signal based on parameters of a first preset of the one or more effect presets, when a switch associated with the first preset is selected;
simultaneously processing a second portion of the inputted audio signal based on parameters of a second preset of the one or more effect presets, when a switch associated with the second preset is selected; and
outputting both the processed first portion and the processed second portion simultaneously;
display, when the processing is initiated, on the electronic display:
an image of at least one of the signal processing chains, wherein the image of the at least one of the signal processing chains comprises visual representations of one or more audio effects in the at least one of the signal processing chains and any connections therebetween.