CPC H04S 7/305 (2013.01) [H04S 5/005 (2013.01); H04S 7/302 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. A spatial audio system, comprising:
a plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers, where each loudspeaker in the plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers comprises:
at least three, equally spaced, co-planar horns arranged in a circle such that the firing direction of the at least three horns points outward from the center of the circle, where each horn is coupled with at least one driver;
where a given loudspeaker in the plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers is configured to:
receive an input audio stream;
generate at least one derived audio stream from the input audio stream for each loudspeaker in the plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers; and
transmit the at least one derived audio stream to each respective loudspeaker in the plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers;
where each loudspeaker in the plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers is configured to playback its respective at least one derived audio stream using its respective horns in order to render spatial audio; and
a user interface device capable of selecting the audio stream, and directing the given loudspeaker to generate the at least one derived audio stream for each loudspeaker in the plurality of communicatively coupled loudspeakers such that the rendered spatial audio comprises spatial audio objects at locations indicated by a graphical user interface provided by the user interface device.
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