A method for generating an object based audio program indicative of audio content including first non-ambient content, second non-ambient content different than the first non-ambient content, and third content different than the first non-ambient content and the second non-ambient content, said method including steps of: determining a set of object channels consisting of N object channels, where a first subset of the set of object channels is indicative of the first non-ambient content, the first subset consists of M object channels of the set of object channels, each of N and M is an integer greater than zero, and M is equal to or less than N; determining a bed of speaker channels indicative of a default mix of audio content, where an object based speaker channel subset consisting of M of the speaker channels of the bed is indicative of the second non-ambient content or a mix of the second non-ambient content and at least some other audio content of the audio content of the default mix; determining a set of M replacement speaker channels, where each replacement speaker channel in the set of M replacement speaker channels is indicative of the content of a corresponding speaker channel of the object based speaker channel subset without its second non-ambient content; generating metadata indicative of at least one selectable predetermined alternative mix of content of at least one of the object channels and content of predetermined ones of the speaker channels of the bed and/or the replacement speaker channels, where the metadata includes rendering parameters for each said alternative mix, and at least one said alternative mix is a replacement mix indicative of at least some of the audio content of the bed and the first non-ambient content, but not the second non-ambient content; and generating the object based audio program to include the bed of speaker channels, the set of M replacement speaker channels, the set of object channels, and the metadata, such that the bed of speaker channels is renderable without use of the metadata to provide sound perceivable as the default mix, and the replacement mix is renderable, in response to at least some of the metadata, to provide sound perceivable as a mix including said at least some of the audio content of the bed and the first non-ambient content but not the second non-ambient content. determining a set of object channels consisting of N object channels, where a first subset of the set of object channels is indicative of the first non-ambient content, the first subset consists of M object channels of the set of object channels, each of N and M is an integer greater than zero, and M is equal to or less than N; determining a bed of speaker channels indicative of a default mix of audio content, where an object based speaker channel subset consisting of M of the speaker channels of the bed is indicative of the second non-ambient content or a mix of the second non-ambient content and at least some other audio content of the audio content of the default mix; determining a set of M replacement speaker channels, where each replacement speaker channel in the set of M replacement speaker channels is indicative of the content of a corresponding speaker channel of the object based speaker channel subset without its second non-ambient content; generating metadata indicative of at least one selectable predetermined alternative mix of content of at least one of the object channels and content of predetermined ones of the speaker channels of the bed and/or the replacement speaker channels, where the metadata includes rendering parameters for each said alternative mix, and at least one said alternative mix is a replacement mix indicative of at least some of the audio content of the bed and the first non-ambient content, but not the second non-ambient content; and generating the object based audio program to include the bed of speaker channels, the set of M replacement speaker channels, the set of object channels, and the metadata, such that the bed of speaker channels is renderable without use of the metadata to provide sound perceivable as the default mix, and the replacement mix is renderable, in response to at least some of the metadata, to provide sound perceivable as a mix including said at least some of the audio content of the bed and the first non-ambient content but not the second non-ambient content.