APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AUDIO OUTPUT SIGNALS USING OBJECT BASED METADATA
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1. Apparatus for generating at least one audio output signal representing a superposition of at least two different audio objects, comprising:
- a processor for processing an audio input signal to provide an object representation of the audio input signal, in which the at least two different audio objects are separated from each other, the at least two different audio objects are available as separate audio object signals, and the at least two different audio objects are manipulatable independently from each other;
an object manipulator for manipulating the audio object signal or a mixed audio object signal of at least one audio object based on audio object based metadata referring to the at least one audio object to obtain a manipulated audio object signal or a manipulated mixed audio object signal for the at least one audio object; and
an object mixer for mixing the object representation by combining the manipulated audio object with an unmodified audio object or with a manipulated different audio object manipulated in a different way as the at least one audio object.
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Abstract
An apparatus for generating at least one audio output signal representing a superposition of at least two different audio objects comprises a processor for processing an audio input signal to provide an object representation of the audio input signal, where this object representation can be generated by a parametrically guided approximation of original objects using an object downmix signal. An object manipulator individually manipulates objects using audio object based metadata referring to the individual audio objects to obtain manipulated audio objects. The manipulated audio objects are mixed using an object mixer for finally obtaining an audio output signal having one or several channel signals depending on a specific rendering setup.
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17 Claims
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1. Apparatus for generating at least one audio output signal representing a superposition of at least two different audio objects, comprising:
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a processor for processing an audio input signal to provide an object representation of the audio input signal, in which the at least two different audio objects are separated from each other, the at least two different audio objects are available as separate audio object signals, and the at least two different audio objects are manipulatable independently from each other; an object manipulator for manipulating the audio object signal or a mixed audio object signal of at least one audio object based on audio object based metadata referring to the at least one audio object to obtain a manipulated audio object signal or a manipulated mixed audio object signal for the at least one audio object; and an object mixer for mixing the object representation by combining the manipulated audio object with an unmodified audio object or with a manipulated different audio object manipulated in a different way as the at least one audio object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Apparatus for generating an encoded audio signal representing a superposition of at least two different audio objects, comprising:
a data stream formatter for formatting a data stream so that the data stream comprises an object downmix signal representing a combination of the at least two different audio objects, and, as side information, metadata referring to at least one of the different audio objects. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. Method of generating at least one audio output signal representing a superposition of at least two different audio objects, comprising:
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processing an audio input signal to provide an object representation of the audio input signal, in which the at least two different audio objects are separated from each other, the at least two different audio objects are available as separate audio object signals, and the at least two different audio objects are manipulatable independently from each other; manipulating the audio object signal or a mixed audio object signal of at least one audio object based on audio object based metadata referring to the at least one audio object to obtain a manipulated audio object signal or a manipulated mixed audio object signal for the at least one audio object; and mixing the object representation by combining the manipulated audio object with an unmodified audio object or with a manipulated different audio object manipulated in a different way as the at least one audio object. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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15. Method of generating an encoded audio signal representing a superposition of at least two different audio objects, comprising:
formatting a data stream so that the data stream comprises an object downmix signal representing a combination of the at least two different audio objects, and, as side information, metadata referring to at least one of the different audio objects. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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