Abstract: A method and system for enhancing dialog determined by an audio input signal. In some embodiments the input signal is a stereo signal, and the system includes an analysis subsystem configured to analyze the stereo signal to generate filter control values, and a filtering subsystem including upmixing circuitry configured to upmix the input signal to generate a speech channel and non-speech channels and a peaking filter configured to filter the speech channel to enhance dialog while being steered by at least one of the control values. The filtering subsystem also includes ducking circuitry for attenuating the non-speech channels while being steered by at least some of the control values, and downmixing circuitry configured to combine outputs of the peaking filter and ducking circuitry to generate a filtered stereo output.

Abstract: A method for enhancing speech components of an audio signal composed of speech and noise components processes subbands of the audio signal, the processing including controlling the gain of the audio signal in ones of the subbands, wherein the gain in a subband is controlled at least by processes that convey either additive/subtractive differences in gain or multiplicative ratios of gain so as to reduce gain in a subband as the level of noise components increases with respect to the level of speech components in the subband and increase gain in a subband when speech components are present in subbands of the audio signal, the processes each responding to subbands of the audio signal and controlling gain independently of each other to provide a processed subband audio signal.

Abstract: A method and system for enhancing dialog determined by an audio input signal. In some embodiments the input signal is a stereo signal, and the system includes an analysis subsystem configured to analyze the stereo signal to generate filter control values, and a filtering subsystem including upmixing circuitry configured to upmix the input signal to generate a speech channel and non-speech channels and a peaking filter configured to filter the speech channel to enhance dialog while being steered by at least one of the control values. The filtering subsystem also includes ducking circuitry for attenuating the non-speech channels while being steered by at least some of the control values, and downmixing circuitry configured to combine outputs of the peaking filter and ducking circuitry to generate a filtered stereo output.

Abstract: A method for enhancing speech components of an audio signal composed of speech and noise components processes subbands of the audio signal, the processing including controlling the gain of the audio signal in ones of the subbands, wherein the gain in a subband is controlled at least by processes that convey either additive/subtractive differences in gain or multiplicative ratios of gain so as to reduce gain in a subband as the level of noise components increases with respect to the level of speech components in the subband and increase gain in a subband when speech components are present in subbands of the audio signal, the processes each responding to subbands of the audio signal and controlling gain independently of each other to provide a processed subband audio signal.