Abstract: It is inter alia disclosed to select, by a first apparatus, one or more recording devices to obtain a set of selected recording devices, or to receive, at the first apparatus, information on a set of one or more selected recording devices. The selected recording devices in the set of selected recording devices are selected from a set of recording devices at least based on relevance levels determined for the recording devices of the set of recording devices. A combination of audio signals recorded by the selected recording devices of the set of selected recording devices in an audio scene to obtain one or more combined audio signals for rendering is performed or caused by the first apparatus.

Abstract: It is inter alia disclosed to select, by a first apparatus, one or more recording devices to obtain a set of selected recording devices, or to receive, at the first apparatus, information on a set of one or more selected recording devices. The selected recording devices in the set of selected recording devices are selected from a set of recording devices at least based on relevance levels determined for the recording devices of the set of recording devices. A combination of audio signals recorded by the selected recording devices of the set of selected recording devices in an audio scene to obtain one or more combined audio signals for rendering is performed or caused by the first apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least perform: receiving at least two signals comprising at least two audio signals from at least two recording apparatus recording within an audio scene an audio source, wherein the first of the at least two audio signals is configured to represent a first frequency range and the second of the at least two audio signals is configured to represent a second frequency range; scaling the at least two audio signals; and combining the at least two audio signals to generate a combined audio signal representation of the audio source.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input configured to select at least two audio signals; a classifier configured to segment the at least two audio signals based on at least two defined class definitions; a class segment analyser configured to determine a difference measure between at least a pair of common class segments from the at least two audio signals using a class based analyser; and a difference analyser configured to determine the at least two audio signal common class segments are within a common event space based on the difference measure.

Abstract: It is inter alia disclosed to select, by a first apparatus (21), one or more recording devices (20) to obtain a set of selected recording devices, or to receive, at the first apparatus (21), information on a set of one or more selected recording devices. The selected recording devices in the set of selected recording devices are selected from a set of recording devices at least based on relevance levels determined for the recording devices of the set of recording devices. A combination of audio signals recorded by the selected recording devices of the set of selected recording devices in an audio scene to obtain one or more combined audio signals for rendering is performed or caused by the first apparatus (21).

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive at least one audio signal from a recording apparatus; the receiver further configured to receive at least one orientation indicator from the recording apparatus, each orientation indicator associated with one at least audio signal; a recording direction determiner configured to determine a recording orientation of the recording apparatus dependent on the at least one audio signal; a relative distance determiner configured to determining a relative distance of the recording apparatus from a sound source dependent on the at least one audio signal; and a relative position determiner configured to determining a relative position of the recording apparatus dependent on the orientation indicator and relative distance.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least perform: transforming an audio signal into a sparse domain signal, the sparse domain signal representing the audio signal; transforming the sparse domain signal into a measurement domain signal; determining a sampling pattern dependent on the measurement domain signal; and measuring the measurement domain signal dependent on the sampling pattern.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input selector configured to select at least two audio signals; a segmenter configured to segment the at least two audio signals according to at least two classifications; a segment selector configured to select, for the at least two audio signals, audio signal segments based on at least one classification from the at least two classifications; and an aligner configured to align the selected audio signal segments, and further configured to align the at least two audio signals based on the alignment of the selected audio signal segments.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive an audio signal; a pairwise selector configured to pairwise select the audio signal and a further audio signal, the further audio signal being a verified audio signal; an offset determiner configured to determine an audio signal time offset between the audio signal and the further audio signal; a similarity predictor configured to generate a similarity index based on the time offset applied to one of the audio signal and the further audio signal when compared against the other of the audio signal and the further audio signal; a verifier configured to verify the audio signal time offset based on the similarity index; and a common time line controller configured to generate a common time line incorporating the audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising an input configured to receive an audio signal comprising at least two audio shots separated by an audio shot boundary, and a comparator configured to compare the audio signal against a reference audio signal and to determine a location of the audio shot boundary within the audio signal based on the comparison of the audio signal against the reference audio signal.

Abstract: An approach for determining an audio composition signal is provided, the approach comprising obtaining a plurality of reduced audio signals, each representing a first predetermined frequency band of a respective audio signal, determining, for each of the plurality of audio signals for a signal segment corresponding to a given period of time, a ranking value indicative of the quality of the respective audio signal on basis of the respective reduced audio signal, selecting an audio signal of the plurality of audio signals for determination of a segment of an audio composition signal on basis of the determined ranking values and determining the segment of the audio composition signal on basis of the selected audio signal.

Abstract: An embodiment of the invention relates to a method comprising receiving media content from at least one recording device, wherein at least one media content received from said at least one recording device is complemented with personating data and creating remixed media content of the media content being received with said at least one personating data. In addition an embodiment of the invention relates to a method comprising capturing media content by a recording device; monitoring the capture of the media content by logging personating data to the recording device and transmitting at least part of the captured media content to a server, which at least part of the captured media is complemented with the personating data. Embodiments of the present invention also relates to a technical equipment for executing the methods.

Abstract: Apparatus has at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored therein which when executed controls the at least one processor to perform a method. The method comprises processing first and second (5) sets of substantially live audio data originating from first and second devices respectively to determine whether the first and second devices are observing a common audio scene, processing orientation information originating from the first and second devices to determine whether the devices are similarly oriented, and triggering a first action in response to determining both that the first and second (10) devices are observing a common audio scene and that the first and second devices are similarly oriented.

Abstract: Apparatus is configured to: for each of multiple segments of a timeline for which at least two time-overlapping audio recordings exist, calculate an ambience factor for each of the overlapping audio recordings for the segment; for each of the multiple segments of the timeline, use the ambience factors calculated for the overlapping audio recordings to select an audio type for the segment; and create a composition signal for the timeline, the composition signal having for each segment the audio type that is selected for the segment.

Abstract: A method comprises storing primary time-stamped media and secondary time-stamped media provided by a first device; storing primary time-stamped media and secondary time-stamped media provided by a second device; and using the secondary time-5 stamped media from the first and second devices to determine a time offset between the primary media from the first and second devices.

Abstract: A mobile recording device comprises means for detecting an audio signal emitted by the first device and means for measuring a strength of the audio signal. A server or the mobile comprises means for using the measured signal strength to estimate a distance between the first and second devices. A server comprises means for storing first and second collections of data sets, each of the data sets of the first collection comprising an emission time stamp, each of the data sets of the second collection comprising a reception time stamp and data indicative of a received signal strength; means for using emission time stamps and reception time stamps of the data sets to identify a data set of the first collection that corresponds to a data set of the second collection; and means for using the data indicative of the signal strength from the identified data set of the second collection to estimate the distance between devices that are sources of the identified data sets.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least perform: receiving at least two signals comprising at least two audio signals from at least two recording apparatus recording within an audio scene an audio source, wherein the first of the at least two audio signals is configured to represent a first frequency range and the second of the at least two audio signals is configured to represent a second frequency range; scaling the at least two audio signals; and combining the at least two audio signals to generate a combined audio signal representation of the audio source.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive at least one audio signal from a recording apparatus; the receiver further configured to receive at least one orientation indicator from the recording apparatus, each orientation indicator associated with one at least audio signal; a recording direction determiner configured to determine a recording orientation of the recording apparatus dependent on the at least one audio signal; a relative distance determiner configured to determining a relative distance of the recording apparatus from a sound source dependent on the at least one audio signal; and a relative position determiner configured to determining a relative position of the recording apparatus dependent on the orientation indicator and relative distance.

Abstract: An encoder for encoding an audio signal comprising at least two channels, the encoder configured to generate an encoded signal comprising at least a first part, a second part and a third part, wherein the encoder is further configured to: generate the first part of the encoded signal dependent on at least one combination of first and second channels of the at least two channels; generate the second part of the encoded signal dependent on at least one difference between the first and second channels of the at least two channels; and generate the third part of the encoded signal dependent on at least one energy ratio of the first and second channels of the at least two channels.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code, the at least one memory and the computer code configured to with the at least one processor cause the apparatus to at least perform: determining whether a further apparatus is capturing an audio signal neighbouring the apparatus; determining a capture characteristic based on whether the further apparatus is capturing an audio signal neighbouring the apparatus; and capturing the audio signal based on the capture characteristic.