Producing a recording from sound source data based on a sound profile

Abstract

A computer-based method for modifying a sound source. The method includes: accessing, by an acoustic processing facility including at least one processor, a multi-dimensional sound signature of an acoustic environment, wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a time-based sound reflection sequence for the acoustic environment; and receiving sound source data from a sound input device in a recording space. The method further includes modifying, by the acoustic processing facility, the sound source data based at least in part on the multi-dimensional sound signature to generate a modified sound source data; and recording the modified sound source data on a sound recording device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-based method for modifying a sound source, the method comprising:
 accessing, by an acoustic processing facility including at least one processor, a multi-dimensional sound signature of an acoustic environment, wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a time-based sound reflection sequence for the acoustic environment;   receiving sound source data from a sound input device in a recording space;   modifying, by the acoustic processing facility, the sound source data based at least in part on the multi-dimensional sound signature to generate a modified sound source data; and   recording the modified sound source data on a sound recording device.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein modifying the sound source data is such that a person listening to the recorded modified sound source data experiences the modified sound source data as if the person was listening to the sound source data in the acoustic environment. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sound input device is a microphone. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the recording space is an audio recording studio. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the recording space is a sound stage. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein modifying the sound source data is part of a post-production editing process. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the time-based sound reflection sequence includes at least one of: amplitude; frequency; or quality. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions including at least one of: timing; direction; amplitude; or frequency of sound reflections. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the time-based sound reflection sequence comprises primary and secondary reflections. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature is accessed from a database including a plurality of multi-dimensional sound signatures. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 an acoustic processing facility comprising at least one processor and at least one memory device that stores an application that adapts the at least one processor to:
 access a multi-dimensional sound signature of an acoustic environment, wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a time-based sound reflection sequence for the acoustic environment; 
 receive a sound source data from a sound input device in a recording space; 
 modify the sound source data based at least in part on the multi-dimensional sound signature to generate a modified sound source data; and 
 record the modified sound source data on a sound recording device. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the sound input device is a microphone. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the recording space is an audio recording studio. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the recording space a sound stage. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein modifying the sound source data is part of a post-production editing process. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the time-based sound reflection sequence includes at least one of: of amplitude; frequency; or quality. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions including at least one of: timing; direction; amplitude; or frequency of sound reflections. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the time-based sound reflection sequence comprises primary and secondary reflections. 
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that adapt at least one processor to:
 access a multi-dimensional sound signature of an acoustic environment, wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a time-based sound reflection sequence for the acoustic environment;   receive a sound source data from a sound input device in a recording space;   modify the sound source data based at least in part on the multi-dimensional sound signature to generate a modified sound source data; and   record the modified sound source data on a sound recording device.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 19 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions including at least one of: timing; direction; amplitude; or frequency of sound reflections.