Abstract: An apparatus including means configured to: obtain at least one audio stream, wherein the at least one audio stream includes one or more transport audio signals, wherein the one or more transport audio signals is a defined type of transport audio signal; and convert the one or more transport audio signals to at least one or more further transport audio signals, the one or more further transport audio signals being a further defined type of transport audio signal.

Abstract: A device may be configured to: obtain at least a first audio signal and a second audio signal, wherein the first audio signal and the second audio signal are captured with a microphone array comprising at least two microphones; identify a first direction for a plurality of frequency bands; and identify a second direction for the plurality of frequency bands; wherein the first direction and the second direction are identified based, at least partially, on spatial analysis of the first audio signal and the second audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: receive a spatial audio signal, the spatial audio signal including at least one audio signal and spatial metadata associated with the at least one audio signal; obtain a room effect control indication; and determine, based on the room effect control indication, whether a room effect is to be applied to the at least one audio signal, wherein the circuitry is configured, when the room effect is to be applied to the spatial audio signal, to: generate a first part binaural audio signal based on the at least one audio signal and spatial metadata; generate a second part binaural audio signal based on the at least one audio signal, at least the second part binaural audio signal is generated with at least in part the room effect so as to have a different response than a response of the first part binaural audio signal; and combine the first part binaural audio signal and the second part binaural audio signal to generate a combined binaural audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: determine at least one spatial audio parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction; determine at least one transport signal; determine at least one coherence parameter for at least two frequency bands, wherein a sound scene is configured to be reproduced based, at least partially, on the at least one transport signal, the at least one spatial audio parameter, and the at least one coherence parameter; and provide the at least one transport signal, the at least one spatial audio parameter, and the at least one coherence parameter for encoding.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: determine, for two or more speaker channel audio signals, at least one spatial audio parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction; determine, between the two or more speaker channel audio signals, at least one coherence parameter, wherein the at least one coherence parameter is configured to provide at least one inter-channel coherence information between the two or more speaker channel audio signals for respective ones of at least two frequency bands of the two or more speaker channel audio signals; determine at least one value based, at least partially, on the at least one coherence information, wherein the at least one value is configured to indicate at least one information associated with the at least one inter-channel coherence information; and transmit the at least one spatial audio parameter and the at least one determined value.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: determine, for two or more microphone audio signals, a plurality of spatial audio parameters for providing spatial audio reproduction, wherein the plurality of spatial audio parameters are associated with respective frequency bands of at least two frequency bands of the two or more microphone audio signals; determine at least one coherence parameter associated with a sound field, wherein the sound field is associated with the two or more microphone audio signals; determine at least one audio signal based on the two or more microphone audio signals; and enable the spatial audio reproduction based on the plurality of spatial audio parameters, the at least one coherence parameter, and the at least one determined audio 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 including circuitry configured to: obtain two or more audio signals, wherein each audio signal is associated with a microphone array; obtain at least one value associated with an inter-channel difference based on the two or more audio signals; obtain at least one parameter value associated with the two or more audio signals; obtain at least one value associated with an inter-aural difference based at least on the at least one parameter value; generate at least two output audio signals by controlling inter-aural level differences of the generated at least two output audio signals based on the at least one value associated with the inter-channel difference and the at least one value associated with the inter-aural difference, such that sounds nearer to the microphone array are reproduced with a higher inter-aural difference at the at least two output audio signals.

Abstract: A method for spatial audio signal processing, including determining, for two or more playback audio signals, at least one spatial audio parameter for providing spatial audio reproduction; determining between the two or more playback audio signals at least one audio signal relationship parameter, the at least one audio signal relationship parameter being associated with a determination of inter-channel signal relationship information between the two or more playback audio signals and for at least two frequency bands, such that the two or more playback audio signals are configured to be reproduced based on the at least one spatial audio parameter and the at least one audio signal relationship parameter.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: obtain at least two microphone audio signals; determine audio data including different directivity configurations that are able to capture sound from substantially a same or similar direction; determine at least one value related to the sound arriving from at least the same or similar direction based on the audio data; determine further audio data including at least one configuration which provides a more omnidirectional directivity configuration than the audio data; determine at least one value related to the sound based on the further audio data; and determine a noise suppression parameter based on the at least one value related to the arriving sound and the value related to the sound. The spatial noise suppression parameter is configured to be applied to the microphone audio signals in the generation of a playback audio signal.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of input signals representing a sound space; using the received plurality of input signals to obtain spatial metadata corresponding to the sound space; using the received plurality of input signals to obtain a first spatial audio signal corresponding to the spatial metadata; and associating the first spatial audio signal with the spatial metadata to enable the spatial metadata to be used to process the first spatial audio signal to obtain a second spatial audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus including circuitry configured to: receive a spatial audio signal, the spatial audio signal including at least one audio signal and spatial metadata associated; generate at least one decorrelated audio signal; determine at least one control parameter, wherein the at least one control parameter is at least based on at least one target further property of the at least two output audio signals and at least one of: the spatial metadata and at least one property determined based on the at least one audio signal; and generate the at least two output audio signals based on the spatial audio signal and at least one decorrelated audio signal, wherein the amount of the at least one decorrelated audio signal within at least two output audio signals is controlled based on the at least one control parameter.

Abstract: Apparatus including a processor configured to: obtain at least two microphone audio signals; determine spatial metadata transmit and/or store the spatial metadata and at least one of: at least one of the at least two microphone audio signals, at least one microphone audio signal from at least one second microphone configured to capture at least part of a same sound scene captured with the at least one first microphone, or at least one signal based, at least partially, on the at least two microphone audio signals, wherein the transmitting and/or storing is configured to enable synthesis of a plurality of spherical harmonic audio signals.

Abstract: A method for spatial audio signal processing including: obtaining, from a first capture device, at least one first audio signal and at least one first direction parameter for at least one frequency band; obtaining, from a second capture device, at least one second audio signal and at least one second direction parameter for the at least one frequency band; obtaining a first position associated with the first capture device; obtaining a second position associated with the second capture device; determining a distance parameter for the at least one frequency band in relation to the first position based, at least partially, on the at least one first direction parameter and the at least one second direction parameter; and enabling an output and/or store of the at least one first audio signal, the at least one first direction parameter and the distance parameter.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of input signals representing a sound space; using the received plurality of input signals to obtain spatial metadata corresponding to the sound space; using the received plurality of input signals to obtain a first spatial audio signal corresponding to the spatial metadata; and associating the first spatial audio signal with the spatial metadata to enable the spatial metadata to be used to process the first spatial audio signal to obtain a second spatial audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus (101) for enabling reproduction of spatial audio signals. The apparatus comprises means for obtaining (401) audio signals (501) comprising one or more channels and obtaining (403) spatial metadata (503) relating to the audio signals (501). The spatial metadata (503) comprises information that indicates how to spatially reproduce the audio signals. The apparatus also comprises means for obtaining (405) information relating to a field of view of video (505) wherein the video is for display on a display (205) of a rendering device (201) and wherein the video is associated with the audio signals (501). The apparatus also comprises means for aligning (407) spatial reproduction of the audio signals based, at least in part, on the obtained spatial metadata (503), with objects (309A, 309B) in the video according to the obtained information relating to the field of view of video; and enabling (409) reproduction of the audio signals based on the aligning (407).

Abstract: An apparatus circuitry including configured to: obtain two or more audio signal sets, wherein each audio signal set is associated with a position; obtain at least one parameter value for at least two of the audio signal sets; obtain the positions associated with at least the at least two of the audio signal sets; obtain a listener position; generate at least one audio signal based on at least one audio signal from at least one of the two or more audio signal sets based on the positions associated with the at least the at least two of the audio signal sets and the listener position; generate at least one modified parameter value based on the obtained at least one parameter value for the at least two of the audio signal sets, the positions associated with the at least two of the audio signal sets and the listener position; and process the at least one audio signal based on the at least one modified parameter value to generate a spatial audio output.

Abstract: Examples of the disclosure relate to a method, apparatus and computer program, the method including: obtaining audio signals wherein the audio signals represent spatial sound and can be used to render spatial audio using linear methods; obtaining spatial metadata corresponding to the spatial sound represented by the audio signals; and associating the spatial metadata with the obtained audio signals so that in a first rendering context the obtained audio signals can be rendered without using the spatial metadata and in a second rendering context the obtained audio signals can be rendered with using the spatial metadata.

Abstract: An apparatus, electronic device, method and computer program wherein the apparatus includes: processing circuitry; and memory circuitry including computer program code, the memory circuitry and the computer program code configured to, with the processing circuitry, enable the apparatus to perform: obtaining spatial information relating to a captured sound field from a first set of microphones; obtaining one or more signals from a second set of microphones where the one or more signals relate to the captured sound field; and using the obtained spatial information from the first set of microphones to process the one or more signals obtained from the second set of microphones; wherein the first set of microphones is provided within an electronic device and the second set of microphones is provided external to the electronic device.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to: determine, for two or more microphone audio signals, a plurality of spatial audio parameters for providing spatial audio reproduction, wherein the plurality of spatial audio parameters are associated with respective frequency bands of at least two frequency bands of the two or more microphone audio signals; determine at least one coherence parameter associated with a sound field, wherein the sound field is associated with the two or more microphone audio signals; determine at least one audio signal based on the two or more microphone audio signals; and enable the spatial audio reproduction based on the plurality of spatial audio parameters, the at least one coherence parameter, and the at least one determined audio signal.