Patent ID: 8238576

Claim:
A method of providing level dependent low frequency management in a signal processing system, the method comprising: receiving an audio input signal associated with at least a first speaker, wherein the first speaker attenuates signals in a low frequency range; detecting a low frequency level of the audio input signal; boosting components of the audio input signal in the low frequency range by an amount sufficient to at least partially compensate for low frequency attenuation of the first speaker without exceeding one or more acceptable limitations of the signal processing system; determining if the detected low frequency level of the audio input signal and one or more limitations of the signal processing system restrict boosting the low frequencies to substantially compensate for the low frequency attenuation of the first speaker to make a restricted boosting determination; selecting an alternate low frequency management solution upon making the restricted boosting determination; and after selection of the alternate low frequency management solution, processing the audio input signal using the selected alternate low frequency management solution.