Audio Scene Processing

A method comprising:

• identifying, from a plurality of audio objects in an audio scene, one or more audio objects of interest;
• processing first audio signals associated with the plurality of objects for provision to a user device, comprising:
• combining the first audio signals associated with the audio objects to form combined first audio signals;
• modifying amplitude of the combined first audio signals and limiting to a first level a maximum amplitude of the combined first audio signals;
• and
• modifying amplitude of one or more individual first audio signals, associated with the one or more audio objects of interest, said modifying the amplitude of one or more individual first audio signals being independent of that for the combined first audio signals.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program code stored thereon, the computer readable medium and computer program code being configured to, when run on at least one processor:

• to identify, from a plurality of audio objects in an audio scene, one or more audio objects of interest;
• to process first audio signals associated with the plurality of objects for provision to a user device, comprising:
• combining the first audio signals associated with the audio objects to form combined first audio signals;
• modifying the amplitude of the combined first audio signals and limiting to a first level a maximum amplitude of the combined first audio signals;
• and
• modifying amplitude of one or more individual first audio signals, associated with the one or more audio objects of interest, said modifying the amplitude of one or more individual first audio signals being independent of that for the combined first audio signals.