Patent ID: 6940987

Claim:
A dynamics processor comprising: a non-linear automatic gain control (AGC) responsive to an input audio signal comprised of a plurality of frequency components, each frequency component having associated therewith an amplitude, said non-linear AGC adaptive to develop a modified gain audio signal; a multiband cross-over device responsive to the modified gain audio signal and adaptive to generate ‘n’ number of signals, each of said ‘n’ signals having an amplitude and further having a unique frequency band associated therewith; ‘n’ number of processing blocks, each of which responsive to a respective one of said ‘n’ signals for modifying the amplitude of the ‘n’ signals to develop modified ‘n’ signals, each of said ‘n’ number of processing blocks including a processing block AGC, a negative attack time limiter, and a level mixer, the processing block AGC responsive to said respective one of said ‘n’ signals; and a mixer device responsive to said modified ‘n’ signals and adaptive to combine the same, wherein the amplitude of the plurality of frequencies associated with the audio signal is modified in real-time thereby enhancing the audibility of the audio signal.