Audio-digital processing system for demultiplexing stereophonic/quadriphonic input audio signals into 4-to-72 output audio signals

An analog-digital processing system for processing and converting analog waveform differential data from two analog signals into digital waveform differential data, for processing said digital waveform differential data into digital commutation data, and for demultiplexing one or more signals (by definition, applies to analog or digital signals) into a plurality of output signals as commutated by said digital commutation data, comprising:

• a. input analog signal processor means processing said two analog signals into a plurality of conditioned analog signals having predetermined amplitude and bandwidth characteristics prepared for analog-to-digital conversion of said analog waveform differential data;
• b. analog-to-digital converter means processing and converting analog waveform differential data from two predetermined conditioned analog signals paired from said plurality of conditioned analog signals into digital waveform differential data including, in combination to predetermined analog waveform differential data, digital phase-angle differential data, digital peak amplitude strobes, digital phasor differential data, digital amplitude differential data, and digital signal-to-noise data;
• c. digital data processor means processing said digital waveform differential data into digital commutation data;
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• d. output demultiplexer means demultiplexing one or more signals into a plurality of output signals as commutated by said digital commutation data.

An analog-digital processing system for processing and converting analog waveform differential data from any two analog signals paired from a plurality of analog signals into a plurality of digital waveform differential data, for processing said plurality of digital waveform differential data into a plurality of digital commutation data, and for demultiplexing one or more signals into a plurality of output signals as commutated by said plurality of digital commutation data, comprising:

• a. input analog signal processor means processing said any two analog signals into a plurality of conditioned analog signal sets wherein each set is composed of a plurality of conditioned analog signals of a respective pair of two analog signals and having predetermined amplitude and bandwidth characteristics prepared for analog-to-digital conversion of said plurality of analog waveform differential data;
• b. analog-to-digital converter means processing and converting analog waveform differential data from said plurality of conditioned analog signal sets into a plurality of digital waveform differential data sets including, in combination to a plurality of predetermined analog waveform differential data sets, a plurality of digital phase-angle differential data sets, a plurality of digital phasor differential data sets, a plurality of digital amplitude differential data sets, a plurality of digital peak amplitude strobe sets, and a plurality of digital signal-to-noise data sets;
• c. digital data processor means processing said plurality of digital waveform differential data sets into a plurality of digital commutation data;
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• d. output signal demultiplexer means demultiplexing one or more signals into a plurality of output signals as commutated by said plurality of digital commutation data.

A stereophonic/quadriphonic audio-digital processing system for processing and converting analog (hereinafter referred to as audio) waveform differential data (hereinafter referred to as audio localization data) from any two low-level audio signals paired from two or four low-level audio signals applied from a four channel preamplifier into a plurality of digital waveform differential data (hereinafter referred to as digital localization data), for processing said plurality of digital localization data into a plurality of digital commutation data, for processing said two or four high-level audio signals applied from said four-channel preamplifier into a system bass audio signal, ambience signals, recovered front direct audio signals, recovered rear matrix encoded audio signals, rear matrix encoded audio signals, and direct audio signals, thereby demultiplexed into a plurality of output audio signals, comprising:

• a. four-channel preamplifier means selecting two or four-channel disc, tape, a.m./f.m.-multiplex, or auxiliary input audio signals and correspondingly producing two or four low-level audio signals having flat frequency response and for correspondingly controlling frequency response and amplitude of said input audio signals and producing two to four high-level audio signals;
• b. input audio processor means processing said two or four low-level audio signals into two or four bandpassed audio signals having predetermined bandwidth and amplitude characteristics, processing said two or four bandpassed audio signals into two or four bandpassed bias-amplitude leveled audio signals and into one to six pairs of bandpassed proportional-amplitude leveled audio signals;
• c. analog-to-digital converter (hereinafter referred to as psychoacoustic data converter) means processing and converting said audio localization data from any two bandpassed bias-amplitude leveled audio signals of said two or four bandpassed bias-amplitude leveled audio signals and from bandpassed proportional-amplitude leveled audio signals of said one to six pairs of bandpassed proportional-amplitude leveled audio signals into a plurality of digital localization data including, in corresponding combinations to predetermined audio localization data, a plurality of digital phase-angle differential data sets, a plurality of digital phasor differential data sets, a plurality of digital amplitude differential data sets, a plurality of digital peak amplitude strobe sets, and a plurality of digital signal-to-noise data sets;
• d. data processor (hereinafter referred to as psychoacoustic data processor) means psychoacoustically data processing (a digital process analogous to the brain's binaural fusion process) said plurality of digital localization data into a plurality of digital commutation data;
• e. output audio processor means processing said two or four high-level audio signals and two bandpassed bias-amplitude leveled audio signals of said two or four bandpassed bias-amplitude leveled audio signals responsive to a plurality of Boolean operations performed on said digital commutation data, into a plurality of processed audio signals including, in combination to frequency, phase, and amplitude activity throughout each bandwidth of said two or four high-level audio signals, a system bass audio signal, ambience signals, recovered front direct audio signals, recovered rear matrix encoded audio signals, direct audio signals, and matrix encoded audio signals;
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• f. output demultiplexer (hereinafter referred to as psychoacoustic audio demultiplexer) means distributing and demultiplexing said plurality of processed audio signals are commutated by said plurality of digital commutation data into a plurality of output audio signals.

A method for audio-digital processing two (stereophonic) or four (quadriphonic, also incorrectly lexicographed as quadraphonic) low-level audio signals into a plurality of digital commutation data for demultiplexing corresponding two (stereophonic) or four (quadriphonic) high-level audio signals into a plurality of output audio signals, said method comprising the following steps:

• a. filtering said two (stereophonic) or four (quadriphonic) low-level audio signals producing two or four bandpassed audio signals;
• b. processing said two or four bandpassed audio signals and a predetermined bias reference frequency signal into two or four bias-amplitude leveled audio signals;
• c. processing any two bandpassed audio signals paired from said two or four bandpassed audio signals into one to six pairs of proportional-amplitude leveled audio signals;
• d. recovering and converting two or four bias reference frequency signals from said two or four bias-amplitude leveled audio signals into a plurality of digital signal-to-noise data;
• e. recovering and converting any two bias-free amplitude leveled audio signals filtered and paired from said two or four bias-amplitude leveled audio signals into a plurality of digital phase-angle differential data, a plurality of random-degree digital phase-angle binary digits, and a plurality of digital field activity data;
• f. processing and converting two or four bias-free amplitude leveled audio signals into a plurality of digital peak amplitude strobes;
• g. processing and converting each pair of bias-free amplitude leveled audio signals into a plurality of digital phasor differential data;
• h. processing and converting each pair of said one to six pairs of proportional-amplitude leveled audio signals into a plurality of digital amplitude differential data;
• i. processing and translating psychoacoustic data relationships of said plurality of digital signal-to-noise data, said plurality of digital field activity data, said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data, said plurality of random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digits, said plurality of digital peak amplitude strobes, said plurality of digital phasor differential data, and said plurality of digital amplitude differential data into a plurality of digital translated data and digital system control signals;
• j. automatically and manually selecting one of a plurality of digital format selects as controlled by said digital system control signals and producing digital format selects and digital encoded format selects;
• k. encoding said digital translated data into a plurality of digital quadrifield format data as selected by said digital format selects thereby selecting one predetermined digital quadrifield data format of a plurality of digital quadrifield data formats;
• l. automatically and manually selecting one of a plurality of digital rotation selects to control loading and shifting operations, thereby processing said predetermined digital quadrifield data format into digital quadrifield rotation data;
• m. automatically and manually selecting one of a plurality of digital configuration selects to control the encoding of said digital quadrifield rotation data into digital quadrifield configuration data;
• n. encoding said digital quadrifield rotation selects and selecting said digital quadrifield configuration data producing a plurality of digital direct commutation data;
• o. decoding said digital quadrifield configuration data producing a plurality of digital ambient commutation data in a time-shared correspondence with said plurality of digital direct commutation data;
• p. dynamically controlling said two or four high-level audio signals producing a system bass audio signal, two or four high-passed audio signals, a dynamic control audio signal, and a combined high-passed audio signal;
• q. dynamically controlling said two bias-free amplitude leveled audio signals responsive to said dynamic control audio signal, thereby producing recovered concert hall ambience audio signals, recovered front direct audio signals, or recovered matrix encoded audio signals, for controlling reverberation ambience signals or digital delayed ambience audio signals, and for selecting one of of a plurality of audio recovery modes for dynamically processing said concert hall ambience audio signals, said reverberation ambience signals or said digital delayed ambience audio signals or said recovered front direct audio signals or said recovered matrix encoded audio signals, responsive to said digital system control signals and said digital translated data;
• r. dynamically controlling said system bass audio signal by said dynamic control audio signal producing automatic dynamic bass audio that tracks the Fletcher-Munson Equal Loudness Contours for bass audio frequencies below approximately 500 Hz and for attenuating the amplitude of said automatic dynamic bass audio signal in response to said digital encoded configuration control selects and to said digital system control signal, thereby producing a system bass audio signal compatible with the number of output audio channels configured in the system, with the use of four-channel headphones, and with the use of an auxiliary bass system;
• s. formatting said two or four high-passed audio signals, responsive to said plurality of digital encoded format selects, said plurality of digital field rotation position selects, and said plurality of digital configuration selects into a plurality of high-passed audio signals;
• t. demultiplexing said plurality of high-passed audio signals commutated by said plurality of digital direct commutation data, responsive to said plurality of digital format encoded data, to said plurality of digital rotation position data, and to said plurality of digital configuration data, into a plurality of output audio signals;
• u. distributing and combining said system bass audio signal with said plurality of output audio signals;
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• v. demultiplexing said ambience audio signals or recovered matrix encoded audio signals or recovered front direct audio signals, commutated by said plurality of digital ambient commutation data, into a plurality of geographically time-sharing output audio signals.

A method for data processing a plurality of digital field activity binary digits, a plurality of digital dropout binary digits, a plurality of digital phase-angle differential binary digits, a plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits, and a plurality of digital amplitude differential binary digits into a plurality of digital translated binary digits, a plurality of digital two-channel encoded phase-angle differential binary digits, a digital system power-on binary digit, a digital system initialization binary digit, and a digital 2/4 channel mode binary digit, whereby said data processing produces a plurality of digital commutation data for demultiplexing two or four high-level audio signals into 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, . . . 12 . . . 16 . . . 32 . . . 72 . . . n output audio signals having near infinite channel separation and minimum directional ambiguities resolved for monophonic, stereophonic, and quadriphonic audio signals produced by, but not limited to, a.m./f.m.-multiplex equipment and monophonic, stereophonic, and quadriphonic (QS, SQ, and CD-4) discs and tapes, said method comprising the following steps:

• a. decoding four inactive digital field activity binary digits and four active digital dropout binary digits into a digital system initialization binary digit, thereby decommutating all said output signals containing only noise during this decoded condition, said decommutating also responsive to a predetermined manual adjustment of audio signal threshold and dropout detection means to eliminate disc surface noise, tape and f.m. hiss, a.m. noise during silent speech/music passages and to eliminate objectionable speech/music distorted by any media noise;
• b. decoding four inactive digital field activity binary digits and exclusive one inactive binary digit of four digital dropout binary digits into a predetermined digital override commutation binary digit of four possible digital override commutation binary digits, thereby precluding said data processing method from executing an illogical Boolean operation, and thus maintaining a demultiplexed output audio signal in its logical output audio channel while all but one of said two or four high-level audio signals are at audio signal dropout and said one high-level audio signal is at or above audio signal threshold;
• c. decoding four inactive digital field activity binary digits and a first and a third inactive binary digit of four digital dropout binary digits, representative of a first and a third high-level audio signal of four high-level audio signals at or above audio signal threshold, into two predetermined digital overrride commutation binary digits, thereby precluding said data processing method from executing an illogical Boolean operation, and thus maintaining two demultiplexed output audio signals in their logical output audio channels while a second and a fourth high-level audio signal of said four high-level audio signals are at audio signal dropout and thereby further enhancing channel separation and directionality of 2 or 4-channel media;
• d. decoding four inactive digital field activity binary digits and a second and a fourth inactive binary digit of four digital dropout binary digits, representative of a second and a fourth high-level audio signal of said four high-level audio signals at or above audio signal threshold, into two predetermined digital override commutation binary digits, thereby precluding said data processing method from executing an illogical Boolean operation, and thus maintaining two demultiplexed output audio signals in their logical output audio channels while a first and a third high-level audio signal of said four high-level audio signals are at audio signal dropout and thereby further enhancing channel separation and directionality of 2 or 4-channel media;
• e. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a first and a second high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field discrete binary digit representative of said first and second high-level audio signals having identical complex waveforms varying only in amplitude ratio, thereby translating said digital field discrete binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data, whose plurality of digital amplitude differential binary digits correspondingly represent the amplitude ratio of said identical complex waveforms of said first and second high-level audio signals, into one active digital commutation binary digit out of a plurality of digital commutation data binary digits and thereby further enhancing channel separation and directionality of 2 or 4-channel media by providing a Boolean operation to place a normally phantom sound image into a predetermined point-source transducer location within the sound reproducing environment;
• f. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a first and a second high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field phasor binary digit representative of said first and second high-level audio signals having non-identical complex waveforms varying in phasor differential, thereby translating said digital field phasor binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data, whose plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits are active two at a time and correspondingly represent two digital amplitude differential binary digit positions having equal phasor position values to either side of a one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit and whose equal phasor position values from said one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit are directly proportional to the phasor differential and indirectly proportional to the common mode of said non-identical complex waveforms of said first and second high-level audio signals, into two active digital commutation binary digits and thereby enhancing channel separation and directionality of 2 or 4-channel media by providing a Boolean operation to place two or more normally phantom sound images into two predetermined point-source transducer locations within the sound reproducing environment (e.g. two musical instruments reproduced from two point-source transducers located to either side of a phantom reproduced center singer having enhanced directionality due to a significant reduction in the Haas Effect produced by two relatively close transducers comprising a smaller segment of the sound reproducing field;
• conventional stereophonic/quadriphonic systems will reproduce said two musical instruments having close proximity to said center singer as three phantom images highly susceptible to the Haas Effect per two widely placed transducers comprising one total sound field;
• said center singer will revert to a center point-source transducer corresponding to the phantom position when said two musical instruments are counterpoint, have SPL at or just above audio threshold, and when, in the course of a musical passage, said active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit reverts to said active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of step e. above);
• g. decoding the two-channel state of said digital 2/4 channel mode binary digit and a 90-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit, responsive to said variable pulse width media phase shift correction control and representative of a first high-level audio signal leading a second high-level audio signal by 90-degrees, into a digital commutation binary digit used to demultiplex an Lb (left back or rear) matrix encoded audio signal into a left rear corner transducer and recovered direct audio signals in front transducers, thereby resolving signal loss and directional ambiguities exibited by an SQ gain riding logic system;
• h. decoding the two-channel state of said digital 2/4 channel mode binary digit and a 90-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit, responsive to said variable pulse width media phase shift correction control and representative of a second high-level audio signal leading a first high-level audio signal by 90-degrees, into a digital commutation binary digit used to demultiplex a Rb (right back or rear) matrix encoded audio signal into a right rear corner transducer and recovered direct audio signals in front transducers, thereby resolving signal loss and directional ambiguities exibited by an SQ gain riding logic system;
• i. decoding the two-channel state of said digital 2/4 channel mode binary digit and a 180-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit, responsive to said variable pulse width media phase shift correction control and representative of a first high-level audio signal leading a second high-level audio signal by 180-degrees or said second high-level audio signal leading said first high-level audio signal by 180-degrees, into a digital commutation binary digit used to demultiplex a matrix encoded audio signal into a center rear transducer and recovered direct audio signals into front transducers, thereby providing an additional 180-degree phase-angle for matrix encoding an audio signal not presently encoded by SQ or QS systems, since audio reproduction of current systems cause phase cancellation which is resolved by said demultiplexing method of this system;
• j. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a second and a third high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field discrete binary digit representative of said second and third high-level audio signals having identical complex waveforms varying only in amplitude ratio, thereby translating said digital field discrete binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data, whose plurality of digital amplitude differential binary digits correspondingly represent the amplitude ratio of said identical complex waveforms of said second and third high-level audio signals, into one active digital commutation binary digit out of a pluarity of digital commutation data binary digits and thereby further enhancing channel separation and directionality of four-channel tape or CD-4 media by providing a Boolean operation to place a normally phantom sound image into a predetermined point-source transducer location within the sound reproducing environment;
• k. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a second and a third high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field phasor binary digit representative of said second and third high-level audio signals having non-identical complex waveforms varying in phasor differential, thereby translating said digital field phasor binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data, whose plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits are active two at a time and correspondingly represent two digital amplitude differential binary digit positions having equal phasor position values to either side of a one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit and whose equal phasor position values from said one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit are directly proportional to the phasor differential and indirectly proportional to the common mode of said non-identical complex waveforms of said second and third high-level audio signals, into two active digital commutation binary digits and thereby enhancing channel separation and directionality of four-channel tape or CD-4 media by providing a Boolean operation to place two or more normally phantom sound images into two predetermined point-source transducer location within the sound reproducing environment;
• l. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a third and a fourth high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field discrete binary digit representative of said third and fourth high-level audio signals having identical complex waveforms varying only in amplitude ratio, thereby translating said digital field discrete binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data, whose plurality of digital amplitude differential binary digits correspondingly represent the amplitude ratio of said identical complex waveforms of said third and fourth high-level signals, into one active digital commutation binary digit out of a plurality of digital commutation data binary digits and thereby further enhancing channel separation and directionality of four-channel tape or CD-4 media by providing a Boolean operation to place a normally phantom sound image into a predetermined point-source transducer location within the sound reproducing environment;
• m. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a third and a fourth high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field phasor binary digit representative of said third and fourth high-level audio signals having non-identical complex waveforms varying in phasor differential, thereby translating said digital field phasor binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data, whose plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits are active two at a time and correspondingly represent two digital amplitude differential digit positions having equal phasor position values to either side of a one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit and whose equal phasor position values from said one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit are directly proportional to the phasor differential and indirectly proportional to the common mode of said non-identical complex waveforms of said third and fourth high-level audio signals, into two active digital commutation binary digits and thereby enhancing channel separation and directionality of four-channel tape or CD-4 media by providing a Boolean operation to place two or more normally phantom sound images into two point-source transducer locations within the sound reproducing environment;
• n. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a fourth and a first high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio signal threshold, and an active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field discrete binary digit representative of said fourth and first high-level audio signals having identical complex waveforms varying only in amplitude ratio, thereby translating said digital field discrete binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data, whose plurality of digital amplitude differential bianary digits correspondingly represent the amplitude ratio of said identical complex waveforms of said fourth and first high-level audio signals, into one active digital commutation binary digit out of a plurality of digital commutation data binary digits and thereby further enhancing channel separation and directionality of four-channel tape or CD-4 media by providing a Boolean operation to place a normally phantom sound image into a predetermined point-source transducer location within the sound reproducing environment;
• o. decoding an exclusively active digital field activity binary digit, when only a fourth and a first high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals ar at or above audio signal threshold, and an active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit of said plurality of digital phase-angle differential data into a digital field phasor binary digit representative of said fourth and first high-level audio signals having non-identical complex waveforms varying in phasor differential, thereby translating said digital field phasor binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data, whose plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits are active two at a time and correspondingly represent two digital amplitude differential digit positions having equal phasor position values to either side of a one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude binary digit and whose equal phasor position values from said one-to-one amplitude-ratio digital amplitude differential binary digit are directly proportional to the phasor differential and indirectly proportional to the common mode of said non-identical waveforms of said fourth and first high-level audio signals, into two active digital commutation binary digits and thereby enhancing channel separation and directionality of four-channel tape or CD-4 media by providing a Boolean operation to place two or more normally phantom sound images into two point-source transducer locations within the sound reproducing environment;
• p. decoding two active digital field activity binary digits, when a first, second, and third or a second, third, and a fourth or a third, fourth, and a first or a fourth, first, and a second high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold, and two corresponding active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digits into two corresponding digital field discrete binary digits and translating said two digital field discrete binary digits and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data into an active digital commutation binary digit for each of said two discrete fields, wherein the active digital commutation binary digit of the adjacent discrete field is inhibited if it corresponds to a maximum amplitude ratio whose corresponding transducer location is directly adjacent to either extreme transducer location of the predominate adjacent field, thereby eliminating a CD-4 media adjacent mirror sound image or otherwise permitting transducer activity in both adjacent fields when deliberately panpotted by the recording engineer to produce special-effects by using amplitude ratio values that are lower than ratio values producing CD-4 cross-talk;
• q. decoding two active digital field activity binary digits, when a first, second, and a third or a second, third, and a fourth or a third, fourth, and a first or a fouth, first, and a second high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold, and an active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit and an active random-degree phase-angle differential binary digit into a corresponding digital field discrete binary digit and a digital field phasor binary digit and translating said digital field discrete binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data and said digital field phasor binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data into a one active digital commutation binary digit for the discrete field and two active digital commutation binary digits for the phasor field, wherein one of said two active digital commutation binary digit is inhibited if it corresponds to a maximum amplitude ratio or phasor differential whose corresponding transducer location is directly adjacent to either extreme location of the predominate adjacent field and wherein additional predetermined digital commutation binary digits of the phasor field are logically inhibited to eliminate CD-4 mirror images while permitting different sound images to be reproduced in two adjacent transducer fields (e.g. a center singer point-source in the center transducer of the discrete field and a guitar or other musical instruments point-source and/or phantom sound images in the non-adjacent extreme transducer locations of the phasor field with said phantom images reproduced from a smaller field segment and significantly less susceptible to the Haas Effect);
• r. decoding two active digital field activity binary digits, when a first, second, and third or a second, third, and a fourth or a third, fourth, and a first or a fourth, first, and a second high-level audio signal of said two or four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold, and two correspondingly active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digits into two corresponding digital field phasor binary digits and translating said two corresponding digital field phasor binary digits and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data of two phasor fields into two active digital commutation binary digits representative of a first phasor field and two active digital commutation binary digits representative of a second phasor field, wherein each phasor field operates independently of the adjacent phasor field (having no corresponding inhibits) by providing a Boolean operation to place two or more normally phantom sound images into two predetermined point-source transducer locations within the sound reproducing environment (e.g. from two musical instruments with each reproduced from a transducer in each field comprising a wall of a room and with a second transducer in each field reproducing said two musical instruments and thereby causing crosstalk, unwanted in any system and inherent in this system, but reproduced with a significant reduction in the Haas Effect;
• to three musical instruments or voices reproduced from three corresponding point-source transducers and thereby eliminating directional ambiguities experienced by SQ gain riding logic systems;
• and up to a full 100 piece orchestra having geometrically placed SPL images representing the brass, violins, typani, etc. faithfully placed and reproduced by two transducers in each adjacent field, thus, as the musical composition transitions from one lead violin being reproduced from its associated transducer to 25 violins, then the phasor field of corresponding transducers responds by reproducing the 25 violins from two transducers on either side of a geometric field center transducer in accordance with the SPL distribution of 25 violins as in a real-life performance and with the adjacent phasor field functioning in a similar manner for the brass);
• s. decoding three active digital field activity binary digits, when all four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold followed by a first and a second or a second and a third or a third and a fourth or a fourth and a first high-level audio signal subsequently decaying to or below audio dropout, and one active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit into a digital field discrete binary digit, and thereby reverting to the translating sub-step of step e. above;
• t. decoding three active digital field activity binary digits, when all four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold followed by a first and a second or a second and a third or a third and a fourth or a fourth and a first high-level audio signal subsequently decaying to or below audio dropout, and one active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit into a digital field phasor binary digit, and thereby reverting to the translating sub-step of step f. above;
• u. decoding four active digital field activity binary digits, when all four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold and containing identical audio waveforms varying only in amplitude, and four active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digits into four corresponding digital field discrete binary digits, thereby translating said four corresponding digital field discrete binary digits and a plurality of corresponding digital amplitude differential data into four digital commutation binary digits, one for each transducer field, and therein inhibited by predetermined maximum amplitude differential binary digits, thereby placing one point-source sound image into only one of four transducers, with said one transducer representing the predominate sound field and thus eliminating unwanted CD-4 mirror sound images, or into four transducers, one in each field or wall of the sound reproducing environment and thereby permitting transducer activity in any two adjacent or all four fields when deliberately panpotted by the recording engineer to produce special effect amplitude ratio values that are lower than the CD-4 ratio values producing crosstalk;
• v. decoding four active digital field activity binary digits, when all four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold and wherein two high-level audio signals contain identical audio waveforms varying in amplitude ratio and two high-level audio signals contain identical audio waveforms varying in amplitude ratio but non-identical to said identical audio waveforms of said first two high-level audio signals, and two correspondingly active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digits and two correspondingly active random-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digits into two corresponding digital field discrete binary digits and two corresponding digital field phasor binary digits, thereby translating said two digital field discrete binary digits and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude binary digits and said two digital field phasor binary digits and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits, responsive to a plurality of digital inhibit binary digits corresponding to maximum amplitude differential and phasor differential between any two high-level audio signals, into a plurality of digital commutation binary digits and thereby enhancing channel separation and directionality by providing a Boolean operation to determine if the two audio images belong in the predetermined front and rear transducers or in the predetermined right and left side transducers and thereby excluding said predetermined front and rear transducers or said predetermined left and right side transducers (e.g. this resolves CD-4 crosstalk when an audio image is intended to reside as a phantom image between the left side transducers and another audio image is intended to reside between the right side transducers and crosstalk images of both reside as a center image between the front transducers and said crosstalk images reside as center images between the rear transucers and further resolves CD-4 crosstalk by distinguishing whether said discrete images are crosstalk of a phasor image or if said phasor images are crosstalk of said discrete images);
• w. decoding four active digital field activity binary digits, when all four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold and wherein two high-level audio signals contain identical audio waveforms varying in amplitude ratio and two high-level audio signals contain identical audio waveforms varying in amplitude ration but non-identical to said identical audio waveforms of said first two high-level audio signals, and one correspondingly active zero-degree digital phase-angle differential binary digit and three correspondingly active digital phasor differential binary digits into one active digital field discrete binary digit and three active digital field phasor binary digits, thereby translating said one active digital field discrete binary digit and a corresponding plurality of digital amplitude differential data and said three digital field phasor binary digits and a corrsponding plurality of digital phasor differential binary digits, representative of each digital field phasor binary digit, into a plurality of digital commutation binary digits and thereby enhancing channel separation and directionality by providing a Boolean operation to determine that a discrete audio image belongs in a predetermined front, or right, or rear, or left transducer and that a phasor audio image belongs in a predetermined phasor transducer pair directly opposite said predetermined transducer reproducing the discrete audio image, thereby further resolving CD-4 and four-channel tape deficiencies;
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• x. decoding four active digital field activity binary digits, when all four high-level audio signals are at or above audio threshold and wherein all said four high-level audio signals contain non-identical audio waveforms varying in phasor differential between any two audio waveforms, and four active digital random degree binary digits into four corresponding digital field phasor binary digits and a corresponding plurality of digital phasor differential data, representative of each digital field phasor binary digit, into a plurality of digital commutation binary digits, thereby placing a phasor audio image in a predetermined pair of front transducers, another audio phasor image in a predetermined pair of right side transducers, another audio phasor image in a predetermined pair of rear transducers, and another audio phasor image in a predetermined pair of left side transducers and thereby resolving CD-4 and four-channel tape separation and directionality deficiencies (e.g. significantly reducing the Hass Effect by placing a plurality of violins in a predetermined right side wall transducer pair in accordance with the phasor differential (audio phasor function), a plurality of brass and typani in a predetermined rear wall transducer pair in accordance with the phasor differential and as accented by periodic discrete point-source images created by the counter-point typani, a plurality of woodwinds in a predetermined left side wall transducer pair in accordance with the phasor differential, and a piano and a soloist in a predetermined front wall transducer pair in accordance with the phasor differential and as accented by each point-source instance of a counterpoint piano or soloist, with further translations carried out in accordance with the musical score and total musical instrument and voice permutations).