Digital audio supplementation

Abstract

A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes identifying a digital sound file that contains data for producing audible sound content; identifying and selecting a digital source of supplemental sound content; and adding the supplemental sound content to the audible sound content to produce supplemented sound content, wherein the supplemental sound content is added at a sub-audible intensity level so as to cause unique brain activations in users who listen to the supplemented sound content

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[0001] Cross References to Related Applications [0002] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Serial No. 62 / 115,732, filed February 13, 2015, and U.S. Provisional Serial No. 62 / 280,582, filed January 19, 2016. The disclosure of the prior application is considered a part of the disclosure of the present application (and is incorporated by reference therein). technical field [0003] This document generally describes techniques related to processing digital audio files, whether fixed or streamed, including improvements in computer operations for enhancing the perceived sound of music or other sounds from such files. Background technique [0004] Audiophiles and casual listeners of music, movies, and other media are in constant quest for the perfectly recorded sound—the sound that fully and faithfully reproduces the sound of the scene. Digitally recorded sounds are generally considered superior to analog sounds due to their accuracy and absence of interferin...

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At the same time, many people dislike digital sound for its lack of warmth and other hard-to-quantify qualities found in live, original source, or even analog recordings

[0005] Thus, there is a disconnect between digital recordings and the cognitive perception of sound

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