Audio reproduction system and method for reproducing audio data of at least one audio object

A method for reproducing audio data of at least one audio object and/or at least one sound source of an acoustic scene in a given environment by at least two audio systems acting distantly apart from each other comprising the following steps:

• reproducing by one of the audio systems audio signals corresponding to the audio object and/or the sound source arranged in at least one first distance range to a listener and
• reproducing by another of the audio systems audio signals corresponding to the audio object and/or the sound source arranged in at least one second distant range to the listener, wherein the first and second distant ranges are different and possibly spaced apart from each other or placed adjacent to each other;
• and
• processing by a panning information provider of at least one input to generate at least one panning information for each audio system to differently drive the at least two audio systems, in particular to differently generate audio signals,
• wherein as an input a position data of the position of the audio object and/or of the sound source in the acoustic scene are provided;
• wherein as the panning information at least one parameter, in particular a signal intensity and/or an angular position for the same audio object and/or the same sound source are generated for each audio system to differently drive the at least two audio systems, in particular to differently generate audio signals in such a manner that the same audio object and/or the same sound source is panned within at least one distance range and/or between two of the distance ranges of the audio systems;
• wherein as another input at least a metadata of the acoustic scene, of the environment, the audio object, the sound source and/or an effect slider are provided and
• wherein number and/or dimensions of the distant ranges and/or transfer ranges are extracted from the configuration settings, distance ranges definitions and/or from the metadata.