Patent ID: 11962989
Assignee: ORBITAL AUDIO LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
obtaining, with a computer system, an audio signal, the audio signal corresponding to a multi-channel audio format;
selecting, with the computer system, from a plurality of audio processing tools, a first audio processing tool and a second audio processing tool;
assigning, with the computer system, a priority to each of the first audio processing tool and the second audio processing tool;
selecting, with the computer system, a first multi-channel audio format based on information associated with the second audio processing tool;
in response to a higher priority being assigned to the first audio processing tool, processing, with the computer system, during a first stage audio process, the audio signal using the first audio processing tool, the processing of the audio signal using the first audio processing tool including converting the audio signal to the selected first multi-channel audio format;
obtaining, with the computer system, metadata associated with the audio signal;
selecting, with the computer system, a second multi-channel audio format based on the information associated with the second audio processing tool, the second multi-channel audio format being distinct from the first multi-channel audio format;
processing, with the computer system, during a second stage audio process, the converted audio signal using the second audio processing tool and based on the metadata, the processing of the converted audio signal using the second audio processing tool including converting the audio signal to the selected second multi-channel audio format; and
outputting, with the computer system, the audio signal in the second multi-channel audio format to be rendered via a plurality of playback devices.