Visual platforms for configuring audio processing operations

A method for controlling a configurable audio processor (242) coupled via a plurality of transducers (220A-C, 224A-B) to an acoustic environment (204), the method comprising:

• determining a three-dimensional spatial variation in the acoustic environment of a processing characteristic of the audio processor based on configuration values (241) for the audio processor (242);
• forming a three-dimensional image (237) of the three-dimensional spatial variation of the processing characteristic;
• and
• providing the three-dimensional image (237) for presentation to a user (202) for controlling the configuration values.

An audio processing system comprising:

• a visualization platform (236, 250);
• a plurality of transducers (220A-C, 224A-B);
• a configurable audio processor (242) to at least control the plurality of transducers;
• and
• a controller (234, 240) in electrical communication with the visualization platform, the plurality of transducers, and the audio processor, the controller configured to:
• determine a three-dimensional spatial variation in an acoustic environment of a processing characteristic based on configuration values (241) for the audio processor (230);
• form a three-dimensional image (237) of the three-dimensional spatial variation of the processing characteristic;
• and
• provide the three-dimensional image for presentation on the visualization platform to a user (202) to control the configuration values.

A non-transitory computer readable media for controlling a configurable audio processor (243) coupled via a plurality of transducers (220A-C, 224A-B) to an acoustic environment (204), the computer readable media storing a set of instructions, executable on at least one programmable device, to:

• determine a three-dimensional spatial variation in the acoustic environment of a processing characteristic of the audio processor based on configuration values (241) for the audio processor;
• form a three-dimensional image (237) of the three-dimensional spatial variation of the processing characteristic;
• and
• provide the three-dimensional image for presentation to a user (202) for controlling the configuration values.

A computing apparatus comprising:

• one or more programmable devices to control a configurable audio processor (242), coupled via a plurality of transducers (220A-C, 224A-B) to an acoustic environment (204) by
• determining a three-dimensional spatial variation in the acoustic environment of a processing characteristic of the audio processor based on configuration values (241) for the audio processor (242);
• forming a three-dimensional image (237) of the three-dimensional spatial variation of the processing characteristic;
• and
• providing the three-dimensional image (237) for presentation to a user (202) for controlling the configuration values.