Rendering audio over multiple speakers with multiple activation criteria

One or more non-transitory media having instructions stored thereon for controlling one or more devices to perform an audio processing method, the audio processing method comprising:

• receiving, by a control system and via an interface system, audio data, the audio data including one or more audio signals and associated spatial data, the spatial data indicating an intended perceived spatial position corresponding to an audio signal;
• rendering, by the control system, the audio data for reproduction via a set of loudspeakers of an environment, to produce rendered audio signals, wherein rendering each of the one or more audio signals included in the audio data comprises determining activating gains for each loudspeaker of a set of loudspeakers in an environment based, at least on part, on:
• a model of perceived spatial position of the audio signal played when played back over the set of loudspeakers in the environment;
• a measure of proximity of the intended perceived spatial position of the audio signal to a position of each loudspeaker of the set of loudspeakers;
• and
• one or more additional dynamically configurable functions, wherein the one or more additional dynamically configurable functions are based on one or more of:
• one or more properties of the audio signals;
• one or more properties of one or more loudspeakers;
• or one or more external inputs;
• and
• providing, via the interface system, the rendered audio signals to at least some loudspeakers of the set of loudspeakers of the environment.

An apparatus, comprising:

• an interface system;
• and
• a control system configured to:
• receive, via the interface system, audio data, the audio data including one or more audio signals and associated spatial data, the spatial data indicating an intended perceived spatial position corresponding to an audio signal;
• render the audio data for reproduction via a set of loudspeakers of an environment, to produce rendered audio signals, wherein rendering each of the one or more audio signals included in the audio data comprises determining activating gains for each loudspeaker of a set of loudspeakers in an environment based, at least on part, on:
• a model of perceived spatial position of the audio signal played when played back over the set of loudspeakers in the environment;
• a measure of proximity of the intended perceived spatial position of the audio signal to a position of each loudspeaker of the set of loudspeakers;
• and
• one or more additional dynamically configurable functions, wherein
• the one or more additional dynamically configurable functions are based on one or more of:
• one or more properties of the audio signals;
• one or more properties of one or more loudspeakers;
• or one or more external inputs;
• and
• provide, via the interface system, the rendered audio signals to at least some loudspeakers of the set of loudspeakers of the environment.