Alternative sound track for hearing-handicapped users and stressful environments
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1. A method of manufacturing a multimedia recording adapted to hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
- selecting material including one or more synchronized visual and audio tracks;
selecting one or more multi-band amplitude compression profiles;
applying multi-band amplitude compression processing according to the set of profiles to the one or more synchronized audio tracks, preserving the synchronization, to generate a set of one or more additional audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
impressing the synchronized visual and audio tracks and the additional audio tracks onto a recording medium.
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Abstract
The present invention includes methods of preprocessing soundtracks adapted to hearing impairment, environmental noise or other factors and making the preprocessed soundtracks available as alternate soundtracks. Particular aspects of the present invention are described in the claims, specification and drawings.
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1. A method of manufacturing a multimedia recording adapted to hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
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selecting material including one or more synchronized visual and audio tracks;
selecting one or more multi-band amplitude compression profiles;
applying multi-band amplitude compression processing according to the set of profiles to the one or more synchronized audio tracks, preserving the synchronization, to generate a set of one or more additional audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
impressing the synchronized visual and audio tracks and the additional audio tracks onto a recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An article of manufacture, adapted to compensate for hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
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one or more synchronized visual and audio tracks;
one or more additional audio tracks, the additional audio tracks being multi-band amplitude compressed variations on the synchronized audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
a recording medium, on which the synchronized visual and audio tracks and the additional audio tracks are stored, the synchronized audio tracks and the additional audio tracks being selectable. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of manufacturing a tour-synchronized recording adapted to hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
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selecting material including one or more audio tracks synchronized to a tour;
selecting one or more multi-band amplitude compression profiles;
applying multi-band amplitude compression processing according to the set of profiles to the one or more synchronized audio tracks, preserving the synchronization, to generate a set of one or more additional audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
impressing the synchronized audio tracks and the additional audio tracks and synchronization data onto a recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An article of manufacture, adapted to compensate for hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
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one or more audio tracks synchronized to a tour;
one or more additional audio tracks, the additional audio tracks being multi-band amplitude compressed variations on the synchronized audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
a recording medium, on which the synchronized audio tracks and the additional audio tracks and synchronization data are stored, the audio tracks and the additional audio tracks being selectable. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of manufacturing an alternative tracks recording adapted to hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
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selecting material including one or more audio tracks;
4 selecting one or more a multi-band amplitude compression profiles;
applying multi-band amplitude compression processing according to the set of profiles to the one or more audio tracks to generate a set of one or more additional audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
impressing the audio tracks and the additional audio tracks onto a recording medium. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An article of manufacture, adapted to compensate for hearing impairment, environmental noise or other auditory factors, including:
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one or more audio tracks;
one or more additional audio tracks, the additional audio tracks being multi-band amplitude compressed variations on the audio tracks adapted for playback on equipment lacking signal-processing capabilities designed to enhance audibility through multi-band amplitude compression; and
a recording medium, on which the audio tracks and the additional audio tracks are stored, the audio tracks and the additional audio tracks being alternatively selectable. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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