Conference room audio setup
A method for establishing the routing of audio signals between a plurality of audio inputs and a plurality of audio outputs in a conferencing system. The method includes establishing a matrix comprising at least one available cross-point, where each cross-point defines a particular mapping of an audio input to an audio output, receiving user input that results in the selection of one or more available cross-points, and based on the selection of one or more available cross-points, automatically establishing in a programmable processor the mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs defined by the selected cross-points.
1. A method for establishing the routing of audio signals between a plurality of audio inputs and a plurality of audio outputs in a conferencing system, comprising:
establishing a matrix of a plurality of cross-points comprising at least one available cross-point, where each available cross-point defines a particular mapping of an audio input to an audio output that, if used, would not negatively impact the audio quality of the conferencing system;
providing a user interface (UI) comprising a control panel that presents the at least one available cross-point as available for selection by a user;
receiving, via the UI, user input that results in the selection of the at least one available cross-point; and
based on the selection of the at least one available cross-point, automatically establishing in a programmable processor the mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs defined by the selected at least one available cross-point.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising establishing a programming object that comprises audio inputs and audio outputs, where the programming object implements the matrix.
3. The method of claim 1 , where the conferencing system comprises audio inputs that comprise: at least one codec and at least a microphone mix, and where the outputs comprise: at least one codec and at least one output zone, where each output zone comprises at least one loudspeaker.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the matrix comprises a plurality of available cross-points.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving user input that results in the routing of at least one of microphone and non-microphone audio inputs to at least one loudspeaker.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the matrix comprising at least one available cross-point.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the available cross-points represent only a portion of all possible mappings of each of the conferencing system audio inputs to each of the possible conferencing system audio outputs.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising providing a user interface (UI) that comprises a control panel that presents the available cross-points, and a plurality of audio faders.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the UI does not present any possible mappings that do not comprise available cross-points.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conferencing system comprises local microphones and local loudspeakers, and wherein available cross-points define only mappings of local microphone audio inputs to local loudspeaker audio outputs.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UI is further configured to allow a user to group two or more previously-established conferencing setups into a combined conferencing setup.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the UI comprises a room combine inputs and outputs object, and an audio route object for each previously-established conferencing setup that is in the combined conferencing setup.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the UI that further comprises a second control panel that allows the user to select the previously-established conferencing setups to be combined.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the control panel further comprises a plurality of audio faders.
15. A method for establishing the routing of audio signals between a plurality of audio inputs and a plurality of audio outputs in a conferencing system, comprising:
establishing a programming object that comprises audio inputs and audio outputs, where the programming object implements a matrix that comprises a plurality of available cross-points, where each available cross-point defines a particular mapping of an audio input to an audio output, and wherein the available cross-points represent only a portion of all possible mappings of each of the conferencing system audio inputs to each of the possible conferencing system audio outputs;
providing a user interface (UI) that comprises a control panel that presents the matrix and a plurality of audio faders, wherein the UI does not present any possible mappings that do not comprise available cross-points;
receiving via the UI input that results in the selection of one or more of the plurality of available cross-points; and
based on the selection of the one or more of the plurality of available cross-points, automatically establishing in a programmable processor the mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs defined by the selected cross-points.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the conferencing system comprises a combination of at least two previously-established conferencing setups, where each such conferencing setup comprises a mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs, and further comprising providing a UI that comprises a control panel that comprises an interface that allows the user to select the previously-established conferencing setups to be combined.
17. A method for establishing the routing of audio signals between a plurality of audio inputs and a plurality of audio outputs in a conferencing system, comprising:
providing a user interface (UI) that presents representations of audio routing schemes for a plurality of separate audio conferencing setups;
receiving, via the UI, input indicative of two or more of the separate audio conferencing setups that are selected to be combined into a single new separate audio conferencing setup; and
establishing, in a programmable processor and based on the selected separate audio conferencing setups, a mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs for the single new separate audio conferencing setup.
18. A method for establishing the routing of audio signals between a plurality of audio inputs and a plurality of audio outputs in a conferencing system, comprising:
establishing a matrix comprising at least one available cross-point, where each available cross-point defines a particular mapping of an audio input to an audio output;
providing a user interface (UI) comprising a control panel that presents the at least one available cross-point as available for selection by a user;
receiving, via the UI, user input that results in the selection of the at least one available cross-point; and
based on the selection of the at least one available cross-point, automatically establishing in a programmable processor the mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs defined by the selected at least one available cross-point.