Abstract: A system and/or media network for rendering a media stream from one or more media rendering devices is disclosed. The media network may include one or more configurable peers, each configurable peer configurable as a rendering device, an observer, a processing device, a combination thereof, or the like. The system may be particularly suitable for use in remote locations, to generate a controlled and/or shared meeting topology within an uncontrolled media environment, and/or to generate an intense sound field amongst a group of participants from a collection of associated peers.

Abstract: A nonlinear control system includes a controller, a model updater, and a model. The controller is configured to accept one or more input signals, and one or more updates generated by the model updater to produce one or more control signals. The system is configured to drive one or more transducers with the control signals to produce a rendered audio stream therefrom. The model updater is configured to analysis one or more portions of the audio stream and to update one or more aspects of the controller so as to alter performance of the transducer.