An audio processing apparatus comprising: a receiver for receiving audio data and render configuration data, the audio data comprising audio data for a plurality of audio components and the render configuration data comprising audio transducer position data for a set of audio transducers; a renderer for generating audio transducer signals for the set of audio transducers from the audio data, the renderer being capable of rendering audio components in accordance with a plurality of rendering modes; a render controller arranged to select rendering modes for the renderer out of the plurality of rendering modes in response the audio transducer position data; wherein the plurality of rendering modes includes at least: - a stereophonic rendering mode; and - an ambisonic rendering mode; at least two of the plurality of audio components are different audio types from the group consisting of: - audio channel components, - audio object components, and - audio scene components; the renderer is arranged to employ different rendering modes for different subsets of the set of audio transducers, and to independently select rendering modes for each of the different subsets of the set of audio transducers; the render controller is arranged to select the rendering mode for a first audio transducer of the set of audio transducers in response to a position of the first audio transducer relative to a predetermined position for the audio transducer; the renderer is arranged to use different rendering modes for the at least two audio components; the receiver is arranged to receive audio type indication data indicative of an audio type of at least a first audio component, and the render controller is arranged to select the rendering mode for the first audio component in response to the audio type indication data; and the renderer is operable to employ different rendering modes for audio components for the first audio transducer, and the render controller is arranged to independently select rendering modes for each of the audio components for the first audio transducer. a receiver for receiving audio data and render configuration data, the audio data comprising audio data for a plurality of audio components and the render configuration data comprising audio transducer position data for a set of audio transducers; a renderer for generating audio transducer signals for the set of audio transducers from the audio data, the renderer being capable of rendering audio components in accordance with a plurality of rendering modes; a render controller arranged to select rendering modes for the renderer out of the plurality of rendering modes in response the audio transducer position data; wherein the plurality of rendering modes includes at least: - a stereophonic rendering mode; and - an ambisonic rendering mode; at least two of the plurality of audio components are different audio types from the group consisting of: - audio channel components, - audio object components, and - audio scene components; the plurality of rendering modes includes at least: - a stereophonic rendering mode; and - an ambisonic rendering mode; - a stereophonic rendering mode; and - an ambisonic rendering mode; at least two of the plurality of audio components are different audio types from the group consisting of: - audio channel components, - audio object components, and - audio scene components; - audio channel components, - audio object components, and - audio scene components; the renderer is arranged to employ different rendering modes for different subsets of the set of audio transducers, and to independently select rendering modes for each of the different subsets of the set of audio transducers; the render controller is arranged to select the rendering mode for a first audio transducer of the set of audio transducers in response to a position of the first audio transducer relative to a predetermined position for the audio transducer; the renderer is arranged to use different rendering modes for the at least two audio components; the receiver is arranged to receive audio type indication data indicative of an audio type of at least a first audio component, and the render controller is arranged to select the rendering mode for the first audio component in response to the audio type indication data; and the renderer is operable to employ different rendering modes for audio components for the first audio transducer, and the render controller is arranged to independently select rendering modes for each of the audio components for the first audio transducer.