Audio encoder device comprising: an audio encoder configured for producing an encoded audio bitstream from an audio signal comprising consecutive audio frames (AFP, AFR, AFS); a dynamic range control encoder configured for producing an encoded dynamic range control bitstream from an dynamic range control sequence corresponding to the audio signal and comprising consecutive dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS), wherein each dynamic range control frame (DFP, DFR, DFS) of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) comprises one or more nodes (A 0... A 5; B 0... B 2; C 0), wherein each node of the one or more nodes (A 0... A 5; B 0... B 2; C 0) comprises gain information (GA 0... GA 5; GB 0... GB 2; GC 0) for the audio signal and time information (TA 0... TA 5; TB 0... TB 2; TC 0) indicating to which point in time the gain information (GA 0... GA 5; GB 0... GB 2; GC 0) corresponds; wherein the dynamic range control encoder is configured in such way that the encoded dynamic range control bitstream comprises for each dynamic range control frame (DFP, DFR, DFS) of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) a corresponding bitstream portion (DFP', DFR', DFS'); wherein the dynamic range control encoder is configured for executing a shift procedure, wherein one or more nodes (B 1, B 2) of the nodes (B 0... B 2) of one reference dynamic range control frame of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) are selected as shifted nodes (B 1, B 2), wherein a bit representation (B' 1, B' 2) of each of the one or more shifted nodes (B 1, B 2) of the one reference dynamic range control frame is embedded in the bitstream portion (DFS') corresponding to the dynamic range control frame subsequent to the one reference dynamic range control frame, wherein a bit representation (B' 0) of each remaining node (B 0) of the nodes (B 0... B 2) of the one reference dynamic range control frame of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) is embedded into the bitstream portion (DFR') corresponding to the one reference dynamic range control frame. an audio encoder configured for producing an encoded audio bitstream from an audio signal comprising consecutive audio frames (AFP, AFR, AFS); a dynamic range control encoder configured for producing an encoded dynamic range control bitstream from an dynamic range control sequence corresponding to the audio signal and comprising consecutive dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS), wherein each dynamic range control frame (DFP, DFR, DFS) of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) comprises one or more nodes (A 0... A 5; B 0... B 2; C 0), wherein each node of the one or more nodes (A 0... A 5; B 0... B 2; C 0) comprises gain information (GA 0... GA 5; GB 0... GB 2; GC 0) for the audio signal and time information (TA 0... TA 5; TB 0... TB 2; TC 0) indicating to which point in time the gain information (GA 0... GA 5; GB 0... GB 2; GC 0) corresponds; wherein the dynamic range control encoder is configured in such way that the encoded dynamic range control bitstream comprises for each dynamic range control frame (DFP, DFR, DFS) of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) a corresponding bitstream portion (DFP', DFR', DFS'); wherein the dynamic range control encoder is configured for executing a shift procedure, wherein one or more nodes (B 1, B 2) of the nodes (B 0... B 2) of one reference dynamic range control frame of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) are selected as shifted nodes (B 1, B 2), wherein a bit representation (B' 1, B' 2) of each of the one or more shifted nodes (B 1, B 2) of the one reference dynamic range control frame is embedded in the bitstream portion (DFS') corresponding to the dynamic range control frame subsequent to the one reference dynamic range control frame, wherein a bit representation (B' 0) of each remaining node (B 0) of the nodes (B 0... B 2) of the one reference dynamic range control frame of the dynamic range control frames (DFP, DFR, DFS) is embedded into the bitstream portion (DFR') corresponding to the one reference dynamic range control frame.