Distributed audio mixing
AssigneeTLS Corp.
InventorsGregory F. Shay, Robert Dye, Barry Blesser
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Abstract
Distributed audio mixing may include transmitting a set of parameters from a local location to one or more remote locations at least multiple miles away from the local location for, at each of the one or more remote locations, one or more remote audio sources to be processed according to the parameters to produce respective one or more remote audio mixes; processing one or more local audio sources according to the parameters to produce a local audio mix; receiving the one or more remote audio mixes; and locally summing the one or more remote audio mixes to the local audio mix to obtain a final audio mix.
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A distributed audio mixing system, comprising:
- a first node including:
- a transmitter configured to transmit a set of parameters from the first node at a local location to one or more remote nodes at respective one or more remote locations at least multiple miles away from the local location for, at each of the one or more remote nodes, one or more remote audio sources to be processed according to the parameters to produce respective one or more remote audio mixes;
- an audio mixer configured to process or control process of multiple local audio sources according to the parameters to produce a local audio mix that combines the multiple local audio sources into a single audio channel, the transmitter or a second transmitter configured to transmit the local audio mix as a remote audio mix to the one or more remote nodes;
- a receiver configured to receive the one or more remote audio mixes;
- and
- the audio mixer or a second audio mixer configured to locally sum the one or more remote audio mixes to the local audio mix to obtain a final audio mix.
A distributed audio mixing system, comprising:
- a first audio mixer disposed at a first node and configured to process or control processing of a first set of audio sources according to a set of parameters to produce a first audio mix that combines the audio sources in the first set into a single audio channel;
- a second audio mixer disposed at a second node and configured to process or control processing of a second set of audio sources according to the set of parameters to produce a second audio mix that combines the audio sources in the second set into a single audio channel;
- a first transmitter disposed at the first node and configured to transmit the first audio mix to the second node;
- a second transmitter disposed at the second node and configured to transmit the second audio mix to the first node;
- the first audio mixer or another audio mixer disposed at the first node configured to sum the first audio mix to the second audio mix to obtain a final audio mix;
- and
- the second audio mixer or another audio mixer disposed at the second node configured to sum the second audio mix to the first audio mix to obtain the final audio mix.
A distributed audio mixing method, the method comprising:
- transmitting a set of parameters from a local location to one or more remote locations at least multiple miles away from the local location for, at each of the one or more remote locations, one or more remote audio sources to be processed according to the parameters to produce respective one or more remote audio mixes;
- processing multiple local audio sources according to the parameters to produce a local audio mix that combines the multiple local audio sources into a single audio channel;
- receiving the one or more remote audio mixes;
- and
- locally summing the one or more remote audio mixes to the local audio mix to obtain a final audio mix.
A distributed audio mixing method, the method comprising:
- transmitting a set of parameters to a first node and to a second node;
- at the first node, processing a first set of audio sources according to the parameters to produce a first audio mix that combines the audio sources in the first set into a single audio channel;
- at the second node, processing a second set of audio sources according to the parameters to produce a second audio mix that combines the audio sources in the second set into a single audio channel;
- transmitting the first audio mix to the second node and transmitting the second audio mix to the first node;
- at the first node, summing the first audio mix to the second audio mix to obtain a final audio mix;
- and
- at the second node, summing the second audio mix to the first audio mix to obtain the final audio mix.
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