Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one location and/or orientation associated with a user; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, one or more audio element, wherein the one or more audio element at least partially forms an audio scene; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, at least one auxiliary audio element, the at least one auxiliary audio element being at least one audio element or a combination of audio elements, wherein the at least one auxiliary audio element is associated with at least a part of the audio scene and is located at an outside zone of the audio scene; render the obtained audio element and/or at least one auxiliary audio element.

Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a technique for spatial audio processing including: determining at least one spatial parameter based, at least partially, on at least one input audio signal captured with at least one first device, configured to represent at least a portion of an audio scene; identifying a portion of interest of the audio scene based, at least partially, on the at least one spatial parameter; generating at least one first audio signal based, at least partially, on the at least one input audio signal; generating at least one second audio signal based, at least partially, on at least one audio signal captured with at least one second device; and combining, at least partially, the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal into at least one combined audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for rendering an audio scene in a physical space including circuitry configured to: determine a listening position within the physical space during rendering; obtain at least one information of a virtual scene to render the virtual scene according to the at least one information; obtain at least one acoustic characteristic of the physical space; prepare the audio scene using the at least one information of the virtual scene and the at least one acoustic characteristic of the physical space, such that the virtual scene acoustics and the physical space acoustics are merged; and render the prepared audio scene according to the listening position.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: providing an incoming audio indication in response to incoming audio (41), the incoming audio indication comprising visual representations of a plurality of audio modes (55-58); receiving at least one input from a user (59) for selecting one of the plurality of audio modes (42); and rendering audio (43) based, at least partially, on the selected audio mode, wherein one or more parameters of the rendered audio are determined based on the selected audio mode.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed comprising means for providing first positional data indicative of a first user position in a virtual space which comprises a plurality of audio objects. The means may also be for receiving, based at least partially on the first positional data, data indicative of a first allocation of the audio objects into a prioritized order or into one of a plurality of prioritized groups in which each group has a respective priority order, and receiving audio data associated with at least some of the audio objects. The means may also be for rendering the received audio data for at least some of the audio objects associated with the received audio data, based on the first allocation data, in which audio objects with a higher priority or in a higher priority group are rendered with priority over audio objects allocated with a lower priority or in a lower priority group.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least one location and/or orientation associated with a user; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, one or more audio element, wherein the one or more audio element at least partially forms an audio scene; obtain, based on the at least one location and/or orientation, at least one auxiliary audio element, the at least one auxiliary audio element being at least one audio element or a combination of audio elements, wherein the at least one auxiliary audio element is associated with at least a part of the audio scene and is located at an outside zone of the audio scene; render the obtained audio element and/or at least one auxiliary audio element.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program product for receiving captured spatial audio information comprising at least one audio signal and at least one audio parameter for controlling the at least one audio signal, receiving an instruction to set an audio parameter to a first parameter value, setting, in response to determining that the first parameter value fulfils at least one criterion, the audio parameter to a second parameter value and changing the audio parameter from the second parameter value to the first parameter value.

Abstract: A method including obtaining a first clean signal and a first processed signal dependent upon audio input at a first microphone; obtaining a second clean signal and a second processed signal dependent upon audio input at a second microphone; using the first clean signal and the second clean signal to enable further processing of at least the first processed signal and the second processed signal.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive at least two audio signals; determine at least one parameter associated with at least two audio signals, wherein the at least one parameter is configured to represent an ambiance energy distribution of the at least two audio signals, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with, at least, a respective energy of ambient sound of the at least two audio signals in a plurality of directions; determine at least one directional parameter; and provide, using at least one of the at least two audio signals, at least one output audio signal based on, at least, the at least one directional parameter and the at least one parameter, wherein the at least one parameter controls ambiance energy distribution of the at least one output signal according to the ambience energy distribution of the at least two audio signals in the plurality of directions.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: receive comment information from a first device associated with audio-visual content for presentation at a second device and a comment time indicative of a time during the audio-visual content; receive timing information from the second device indicative of a time during the audio-visual content that is currently being presented; determine a relevant-comment time; and wherein if the time during the audio-visual content that is currently being presented at the second device is greater than the relevant-comment time, display the comment with the audio-visual content presented at the second device at a delayed time comprising: a) a time during the audio-visual content at which there is a reoccurrence of a first event that occurred in the audio-visual content at the comment time; or b) a time during the audio-visual content at which there is a second event, different to but similar to the first event.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: obtain at least one spatial audio signal, the at least one spatial audio signal comprising at least one audio signal and at least one spatial parameter; determine at least one first audio signal based, at least partially, on the at least one spatial audio signal and the at least one of the user position or orientation; obtain at least one augmentation audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal has a different audio format than an audio format of the at least one spatial audio signal, wherein the at least one augmentation audio signal provides a different type of media content; determine at least one second audio signal based, at least partially, on at least a part of the at least one augmentation audio signal; and mix the at least one first audio signal and the at least one second audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus including a processor configured to determine a position for at least one sound source relative to a reference position, and a position for a sound source tracker relative to the reference position. The processor further configured to determine a direction associated with the sound source tracker, select the at least one sound source based on an analysis of the direction associated with the sound source tracker, the position for the at least one sound source and the position of the sound source tracker. The processor is further configured to receive at least one control interaction associated with the selected at least one sound source from at least one controller, process at least one audio signal associated with the selected sound source based on the control interaction and output the processed at least one audio signal to be rendered.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured for: obtaining at least one spatial audio signal which can be rendered consistent with a content consumer user movement, the at least one spatial audio signal including at least one audio signal and at least one spatial parameter associated with the at least one audio signal, wherein the at least one audio signal defines an audio scene; rendering the at least one spatial audio signal to be at least partially consistent with a content consumer user movement and obtain at least one first rendered audio signal; obtaining at least one augmentation audio signal; rendering at least a part of the at least one augmentation audio signal to obtain at least one augmentation rendered audio signal; mixing the at least one first rendered audio signal and the at least one augmentation rendered audio signal to generate at least one output audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating at least one distance estimate to at least one sound source within a sound scene comprising the least one sound source, the apparatus configured to: receive at least two audio signals from a microphone array located within the sound scene; receive at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source; determine at least one portion of the at least two audio signals from a microphone array corresponding to the at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source; determine a distance estimate to the at least one sound source based on the at least one portion of the at least two audio signals from a microphone array corresponding to the at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus comprising: means for enabling three dimensional content to be rendered; means for determining movement of the apparatus; means for controlling scrolling of the three dimensional content, wherein if the movement of the apparatus is within a first category the three dimensional content is scrolled to correspond to the movement of the apparatus and if the movement of the apparatus is within a second category the three dimensional content is not scrolled.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program, the apparatus including means for determining that perspective mediated content is available within content provided to a rendering device; and means for adding a notification to the content indicative that perspective mediated content is available; wherein the notification includes spatial audio effects added to the content.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for simulating reverberation in rendering systems. A decoder/renderer may determine how to simulate reverberation with reference to audio scene description format file information or other bitstream information regarding the virtual scene geometry, and/or a lookup table. Late reverberation may be generated based on reverberator parameters derived from the virtual scene geometry, including the lengths of delay lines, attenuation filter coefficients, and diffuse-to-direct ratio characteristics, using a feedback delay network. Early reverberation may be generated based on determining what potential reflecting elements in a virtual scene geometry are reflecting planes; this may involve the simulation of ray reflection, potentially through beam tracing.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating at least one distance estimate to at least one sound source within a sound scene comprising the least one sound source, the apparatus configured to: receive at least two audio signals from a microphone array located within the sound scene; receive at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source; determine at least one portion of the at least two audio signals from a microphone array corresponding to the at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source; determine a distance estimate to the at least one sound source based on the at least one portion of the at least two audio signals from a microphone array corresponding to the at least one further audio signal associated with the at least one sound source.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed, configured to receive, from first and second spatial audio capture apparatuses, respective first and second composite audio signals comprising components derived from one or more sound sources in a capture space. The apparatus is further configured to identify a position of a user device corresponding to one of first and second areas respectively associated with the positions of the first and second spatial audio capture apparatuses, and to render audio representing the one or more sound sources to the user device, the rendering being performed differently dependent on, for the spatial audio capture apparatus associated with the identified first or second area, whether or not individual audio signals from each of the one or more sound sources can be successfully separated from its composite signal.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising: means for causing selection of spatial audio content in dependence upon a position of a user in a virtual space; • means for causing rendering, for consumption by the user, of the selected spatial audio content including a first spatial audio content; • means for causing, after user consumption of the first spatial audio content, recording of data relating to the first spatial audio content; • means for using, at a later time, the recorded data to detect a new event relating to the first spatial audio content, the new event comprises that the first spatial audio content has been adapted for which a new spatial content is created, for example in the form of a limited preview; and • means for providing a user-selectable option to enable rendering, for consumption by the user, of the first spatial audio content by rendering a simplified sound object representative, which can be a downmix or clustered audio objects.