Parametric spatial audio rendering with near-field effect

A method for an apparatus comprising:

• obtaining two or more audio signals, wherein the audio signals are associated with a microphone array;
• obtaining at least one value associated with an inter-channel difference based on the two or more audio signals;
• obtaining at least one direction associated with the two or more audio signals;
• obtaining at least one value associated with an inter-aural difference based at least on the at least one direction;
• comparing the at least one value associated with the inter-channel difference and the at least one value associated with the inter-aural difference;
• determining at least one gain correction factor based on the comparison;
• and
• generating, based on the determined gain correction factor applied to one or more of the obtained two or more audio signals, at least two output audio signals with 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 than other sounds, and such that the at least two output audio signals are configured to represent a more accurate distance of a sound source than the two or more audio signals.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon for performing at least the following:

• obtaining two or more audio signals, wherein the audio signals are associated with a microphone array;
• obtaining at least one value associated with an inter-channel difference based on the two or more audio signals;
• obtaining at least one direction associated with the two or more audio signals;
• obtaining at least one value associated with an inter-aural difference based at least on the at least one direction;
• comparing the at least one value associated with the inter-channel difference and the at least one value associated with the inter-aural difference;
• determining at least one gain correction factor based on the comparison;
• and
• generating, based on the determined gain correction factor applied to one or more of the obtained two or more audio signals, at least two output audio signals with 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 than other sounds, and such that the at least two output audio signals are configured to represent a more accurate distance of a sound source than the two or more audio signals.