Patent ID: 8520858

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, wherein the plurality of sounds comprise a first sound produced by a first sound source, and a second sound produced by a second sound source that is separate and discrete from the first sound source; means for converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio signals without mixing the audio signals such that the first sound is converted to a first sound signal and the second sound is converted to a second sound signal; means for separately storing the plurality of separate audio signals to a single, non-transient, electronic storage medium without mixing the audio signals such that the first sound signal is stored to the electronic storage medium without mixing, and such that the second sound signal is separately stored to the electronic storage medium without mixing; means for separately retrieving the stored audio signals from the electronic storage medium; an amplification network comprising a plurality of amplifier means, with separate amplifier means for separately amplifying each of the separate audio signals, wherein the amplification network comprises a first amplifier means configured to amplify the first sound signal separate from the other sound signals, and wherein the amplification network further comprises a second amplifier means separate from the first amplifier means, the second amplifier means being configured to amplify the second sound signal separate from the other sound signals; a dynamic controller configured to dynamically control the individual amplifier means separately from each other; and a loudspeaker network comprising a plurality of loudspeaker means, with separate loudspeaker means for reproducing the separately amplified audio signals without the separately amplified audio signals being mixed such that the first audio signal is reproduced by first loudspeaker means separately from the other amplified audio signals, and such that the second audio signal is reproduced by second loudspeaker means separately from the other amplified audio signals, the second loudspeaker means being separate and discrete from the first loudspeaker means.