A method for acoustic management comprising: receiving first control parameters from a first audio processing module; receiving second control parameters from a second audio processing module the method is further characterised by: deriving an audio processing interaction between the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module, the interaction determined from the first control parameters and the second control parameters, said audio processing interaction determined to cause adverse side effects due to unintentional interactions between the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module; modifying the first control parameters and the second control parameters responsive to the derived audio processing interaction; and sending the modified first control parameters to the first audio processing module and the modified second control parameters to the second audio processing module where the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module perform one or more of processing audio captured from an acoustic environment and processing audio to be reproduced in the acoustic environment responsive to the modified first control parameters and the modified second control parameters respectively. receiving first control parameters from a first audio processing module; receiving second control parameters from a second audio processing module the method is further characterised by: deriving an audio processing interaction between the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module, the interaction determined from the first control parameters and the second control parameters, said audio processing interaction determined to cause adverse side effects due to unintentional interactions between the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module; modifying the first control parameters and the second control parameters responsive to the derived audio processing interaction; and sending the modified first control parameters to the first audio processing module and the modified second control parameters to the second audio processing module where the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module perform one or more of processing audio captured from an acoustic environment and processing audio to be reproduced in the acoustic environment responsive to the modified first control parameters and the modified second control parameters respectively. deriving an audio processing interaction between the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module, the interaction determined from the first control parameters and the second control parameters, said audio processing interaction determined to cause adverse side effects due to unintentional interactions between the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module; modifying the first control parameters and the second control parameters responsive to the derived audio processing interaction; and sending the modified first control parameters to the first audio processing module and the modified second control parameters to the second audio processing module where the first audio processing module and the second audio processing module perform one or more of processing audio captured from an acoustic environment and processing audio to be reproduced in the acoustic environment responsive to the modified first control parameters and the modified second control parameters respectively.