Portable speaker with audio monitor and output network link

A method of controlling a portable loudspeaker with a network communication link, the method comprising:

• receiving one or more audio input signals from an audio input;
• and
• processing the audio input signals to provide audio output signals, wherein the processing includes providing:
• a first set of audio output signals to an electro-acoustic transducer at the portable loudspeaker, such that the first set of audio output signals act as a monitor of the one or more audio input signals, and
• a second set of audio output signals via the network communication link, wherein the processing further includes:
• enabling independent adjustment of the first set of audio output signals and the second set of audio output signals, and
• operating the portable loudspeaker in at least two modes, including,
• a first mode wherein a volume level of the first set of audio output signals and a volume level of the second set of audio output signals are coupled, and
• a second mode wherein the volume level of the first set of audio output signals and the volume level of the second set of audio output signals are de-coupled.

A portable speaker, comprising:

• at least one electro-acoustic transducer for providing an acoustic output;
• an audio input for receiving one or more audio input signals;
• an audio output for providing one or more audio output signals;
• a communication module for providing a network communication link;
• a set of channel volume controls;
• and
• a processor configured to receive the audio input signals and to process the audio input signals to provide the audio output signals, wherein the processor is configured, from a common set of audio input signals, to provide,
• a first set of audio output signals to the electro-acoustic transducer, such that the first set of audio output signals act as a monitor of the one or more audio input signals, and
• a second set of audio output signals via the network communication link, wherein the second set of audio output signals includes a dual mono mix of multiple input channels,
• wherein after activation of a live stream mode that provides the second set of audio output signals, the set of channel volume controls act as faders on a mixer.