| CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 2420/01 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. An audio apparatus, comprising:
a receiver circuit,
wherein the receiver circuit is arranged to receive data,
wherein the data describes an audio scene,
wherein the data comprises audio data and metadata,
wherein the audio data is for a plurality of audio elements,
wherein the plurality of audio elements corresponds to a plurality of audio sources in the scene,
wherein the plurality of audio elements comprises a first audio element,
wherein the metadata comprises at least a first audio rendering property indicator,
wherein the first audio rendering property indicator is for the first audio element;
a first renderer circuit, wherein the first renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a first plurality of audio signals for a plurality of loudspeakers;
a second renderer circuit, wherein the second renderer circuit is arranged to render audio elements by generating a second plurality of audio signals for headphones; and
a selector circuit, wherein the selector circuit is arranged to select between the first renderer circuit and the second renderer circuit such that the rendering of at least a first portion of the first audio element is in response to the first audio rendering property indicator;
wherein the first audio rendering property indicator is indicative of an audio format of the first audio element.
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