Embodiments described herein provide for smart configuration of audio settings for a playback device. According to an embodiment, while a playback device is a part of a first zone group that includes the playback device and at least one first playback device, the playback device applies a first audio setting. The embodiment also includes the playback device joining a second zone group that includes the playback device and at least one second playback device. The embodiment further includes the playback device applying a second audio setting based on an audio content profile corresponding to the second zone group.

Frequency domain compensation is provided for spectral impairment resulting from the audio path characteristics for a given audio device in a given listening space. Selected segments of an audio stream are recorded at a listener position to measure degradation in the audio path and to update compensation filter characteristics of the audio device. Recorded transmitted and received audio sequences are aligned based and compared in the frequency domain. The difference between the aligned transmitted and received sequences represents the frequency domain degradation along the acoustic path due to the speaker, the physical attributes of the room, and noise. A dynamically updated noise model is determined for adjusting compensation filter characteristics of the audio device, which can be updated during use of the audio device. A compensation curve is derived which can adapt the equalization of the audio device passively during normal usage.

A control device includes: a difference calculator that calculates a maximum gain difference between frequency characteristics of an audio signal and desired frequency characteristics in a predetermined frequency band; a center frequency calculator that calculates a center frequency between a first frequency at which the gain difference is 1/√2 times the maximum gain difference and which is closest to a peak frequency corresponding to the maximum gain difference among one or more frequencies lower than the peak frequency and a second frequency at which the gain difference is 1/√2 times the maximum gain difference and which is closest to the peak frequency among one or more frequencies higher than the peak frequency; a determiner that determines parameters of an equalizer based on the maximum gain difference and the center frequency; and an outputter that outputs the parameters to the equalizer.

The present application relates to the field of audio technology, and provides a method, a device, and an apparatus for playing audio, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method for playing audio includes: obtaining an ambient atmospheric pressure value and audio data to be played; obtaining multiple target frequency points contained in the audio data to be played when the ambient atmospheric pressure value meets a preset condition, and determining equal-loudness multiples corresponding to the target frequency points according to the ambient atmospheric pressure value and a preset calibration atmospheric pressure value; and sending the audio data to be played and the equal-loudness multiples of the target frequency points to a power amplifying module, such that the power amplifying module amplifies the audio data to be played according to the equal-loudness multiples corresponding to the target frequency points.

The present disclosure provides an adaptive equalization method and system for an audio system. The method includes: detecting an input signal and estimating signal energy of the input signal; determining an audio signal status based on the estimated signal energy; performing dynamic gain calculation based on the estimated signal energy and the audio signal status; and using the calculated gain to adjust equalization parameters, thereby performing dynamic equalization processing on the input signal.

In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods and media for automatically determining audio gain profiles for fitting personal audio output devices are provided. In some embodiments, a method for automatically determining audio gain profiles comprises: determining hearing thresholds; determining gain profiles based on the hearing thresholds generating augmented audio signals using the gain profiles; causing the augmented audio signals to be presented using a speaker of an output device; receiving a rating associated with each gain profile; determining fitness values based on the ratings; generating a new generation of gain profiles based on the fitness values, each gain profile comprising bits representing the set of gain values; augmenting the new generation of gain profiles by exchanging a string of bits from a first gain profile with a corresponding string of bits from a second gain profile; and outputting a final gain profile to the output device.

Implementation of the disclosure provides an audio processing method, a device, a terminal and a computer-readable storage medium. The method can include the following. An audio to-be-matched and a reference audio are obtained. A frequency spectrum distribution of the audio to-be-matched and a frequency spectrum distribution of the reference audio are obtained. A target filter set for matching the audio to-be-matched with the reference audio is determined according to the frequency spectrum distribution of the audio to-be-matched and the frequency spectrum distribution of the reference audio. The target filter set is determined as a matching rule for the audio to-be-matched and the reference audio. An audio playing device is compensated by using the matching rule to adjust an audio playing effect of the audio playing device; and an audio is played through the compensated audio playing device.

An apparatus and method of loudspeaker equalization. The method combines default tunings (generated based on a default listening environment) and room tunings (generated based on an end user listening environment) to result in combined tunings that account for differences between the end user listening environment and the default listening environment.

The technology disclosed herein enables compensation for attenuation caused by face coverings in captured audio. In a particular embodiment, a method includes determining that a face covering is positioned to cover the mouth of a user of a user system. The method further includes receiving audio that includes speech from the user and adjusting amplitudes of frequencies in the audio to compensate for the face covering.

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for audio equalization. Example instructions disclosed herein cause one or more processors to at least: detect an irregularity in a frequency representation of an audio signal in response to a change in volume between a set of frequency values exceeding a threshold; and adjust a volume at a first frequency value of the set of frequency values to reduce the irregularity.