Audio input prioritization

A system comprising:

• a plurality of sound devices to play a plurality of audio inputs, wherein each sound device of the plurality of sound devices is separately connected to a controller;
• and
• a host having the controller, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive the plurality of audio inputs, each comprising signaling representative of different sounds, and each from a different application;
• analyze feedback associated with the host;
• identify an attribute for each audio input of the plurality of audio inputs;
• determine a setting based on the analyzed feedback, wherein the setting determines a priority of each audio input of the plurality of audio inputs and a priority of each sound device of the plurality of sound devices;
• determine, based on a source of each audio input, whether a distance between each audio input from the source and each sound device is above or below a distance threshold;
• refrain from sending an audio input from the source to a sound device of the plurality of sound devices below the distance threshold;
• and
• based on the priority of each audio input, send the audio input from the source to another sound device of the plurality of sound devices at or above the distance threshold.

An apparatus comprising:

• a controller;
• a plurality of sound devices, wherein each sound device of the plurality of sound devices is separately connected to the apparatus;
• and
• a host having the controller configured to:
• receive a plurality of audio inputs, each comprising signaling representative of different sounds, and each from a different application;
• determine a source of each audio input of the plurality of audio inputs;
• identify an attribute for each audio input of the plurality of audio inputs;
• analyze received feedback associated with the host;
• apply a generated setting to the identified attribute and each sound device of the plurality of sound devices, wherein the setting is determined by the analyzed feedback and the host;
• determine, based on the source of each audio input, whether a distance between each audio input and each sound device is above or below a distance threshold;
• refrain from sending an audio input of the plurality of audio inputs to a sound device of the plurality of sound devices below the distance threshold;
• determine, based on the applied setting, a rank for each audio input of the plurality of audio inputs and a rank for each sound device of the plurality of sound devices;
• and
• based on the ranking, send the audio input to another sound device of the plurality of sound devices at or above the distance threshold.