Patent ID: 8755530

Claim:
Method for multi-channel processing in a multi-channel sound system, particularly using surround multi-channel sound technology, having the following method steps: a) splitting a channel or a channel mixture into individual channels; b) processing the resulting individual channels by means of setting a parameter channel fader; c) compressing and/or limiting the individual channels by means of setting the values of the parameters channel fader, threshold, release, and output level; d) encoding the individual channels by adding audio components of the data that lie in surround channels to FL and FR channels with a phase rotation of +/−90 degrees and embedding said audio components in the FL and FR channels with lowering of volume level, wherein the channel faders are set to a uniform value in method step b), and at least two channels are limited with a uniform output level value in method step c), whereby one channel C (center) can vary, in terms of output level value, and every further channel is limited in such a manner that it has an output level value that is at least one decibel less than the uniform output level value of the two channels, whereby subsequent to method step d), a further compression and/or limiting of the encoded channels by means of a compressor/limiter/maximizer takes place by means of setting a value of at least one of the parameters channel fader, threshold, release, and output level.