Extraction and classification of audio events in gaming systems

A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving an input audio stream from a gaming system, the input audio stream including gaming audio of a video game played by a game player, the input audio stream including a plurality of classes of sounds;
• extracting, from the input audio stream, sounds of a selected class of sounds of the plurality of classes of sounds;
• receiving audio processing control information from the game player;
• providing a plurality of output audio streams to the game player according to the audio processing control information, including selectively providing one of a first audio stream including the sounds of the selected class of sounds of the input audio stream and a second audio stream including remaining sounds of the input audio stream;
• receiving gain control and equalization control information from the game player;
• modifying a gain or a frequency spectrum of the sounds of the selected class of sounds according to the gain control and equalization control information from the game player, forming modified output sounds;
• and
• providing the modified output sounds to the game player.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system including a processor, an input audio stream of a gaming system, the input audio stream including gaming audio of a video game played by a game player, the input audio stream including gaming sounds, the gaming sounds organizable as a plurality of classes of sounds;
• providing, by the processing system, the input audio stream to a neural network, the neural network trained to recognize gaming sounds of at least one class of the plurality of classes of sounds;
• receiving, by the processing system, from the neural network, extracted gaming sounds of the at least one class of the plurality of classes of sounds;
• providing, by the processing system, to the game player, a first output audio stream including the extracted gaming sounds and a second output audio stream including remaining sounds of the gaming audio of the video game;
• receiving, by the processing system, audio processing control information from the game player;
• and
• modifying, by the processing system, the extracted gaming sounds according to the audio processing control information, wherein the modifying the extracted gaming sounds comprises:
• enhancing, by the processing system, the extracted gaming sounds of the gaming audio of the video game;
• reducing, by the processing system, the remaining sounds of the gaming audio of the video game;
• or a combination thereof.