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Channels, surround & immersive audio · Working

Audio object

ELI5

An audio element delivered with position and rendering metadata instead of fixed only to one speaker channel.

Used in conversation

“Let’s hear the audio object against picture before the next review.”

Definition

An audio element delivered with position and rendering metadata rather than fixed only to one speaker channel.

Here “Audio object” means: An audio element delivered with position and rendering metadata rather than fixed only to one speaker channel.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Audio object” in sound, music & voice conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains dialogue, effects, atmosphere, music, voice and the technical work of making them intelligible.

Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.