An audio signal processing apparatus has a plurality of nodes which
include a node in operation and a node on standby for redundancy. Both
the node in operation and the node on standby execute the same signal
processing on input same audio signals in accordance with supplied same
control signals, respectively. Only the node in operation is permitted to
output the frame in which the processed audio signals are contained, and
the node on standby is prohibited from outputting the frame to the audio
bus. In response to a switch instruction, in a sampling cycle, the node
in operation turns to be on standby and the node on standby turns to be
in operation.