Patent ID: 8160280
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for controlling a plurality of speakers, wherein the speakers are grouped in directional groups, wherein a first directional group position is associated with a first directional group, wherein a second directional group position is associated with a second directional group, wherein a speaker is associated with the first and second directional groups, and wherein the speaker has associated with it a speaker parameter comprising a first parameter value for the first directional group and comprising a second parameter value for the second directional group, comprising: a provider for providing a source position of an audio source, wherein the source position is located between the first directional group position and the second directional group position; and a calculator for calculating a speaker signal for the at least one speaker, based on the first parameter value for the speaker parameter and the second parameter value for the speaker parameter and the audio signal for the audio source.