ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,345, issued on July 21, was assigned to Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd (South Melbourne, Australia).
"Audio processing" was invented by Michael Paris Kyrannis (Altona North, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio processing system has, at an input for receiving a balanced analog audio signal, an analog amplification stage having a first fixed gain and a first dynamic range. The system further includes an analog to digital conversion stage, having a second dynamic range that matches said first dynamic range of the analog amplification stage. A digital gain stage can also be provided to allow user selectable gain."
The patent wa...