Patent ID: 7085387

Claim:
A sound system for capturing and reproducing sounds produced by a plurality of sound sources, comprising: means for separately receiving sounds produced by the plurality of sound sources; means for converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio signals without mixing the audio signals; means for separately storing the plurality of separate audio signals without mixing the audio signals; means for separately retrieving over separate signal paths the stored audio signals; an amplification network comprising a plurality of amplifier means under common control, with separate amplifier means in the separate signal paths for separately amplifying each of the separate audio signals, each of the amplifier means comprising one or more amplifier elements; a loudspeaker network comprising a plurality of loudspeaker means, with separate loudspeaker means in the separate signal paths for reproducing the separately amplified audio signals; and a dynamic control means for individually controlling each of the amplifier means to enable automatic simultaneous control over the amplifier means.