Re-creating the sound of an audience location area from a measured performance space in a live rehearsal space

1. A computer-based method for reproducing a performance sound quality in a rehearsal space, the method comprising:

accessing a computer stored multi-dimensional sound signature for an audience location in a performance space;

receiving sound data from a sound input device in the rehearsal space;

modifying the sound data received in the rehearsal space to match a sound characteristic of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the audience location of the performance space; and

simultaneously transmitting the modified sound data matching the sound characteristic of the performance space through a sound output device in the rehearsal space.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a measured sound quality.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a time-based sound reflection sequence within the performance space for at least two sound parameters.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude, and frequency of sound reflections.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the sound data reduces a difference between an acoustic environment of the rehearsal space and the multi-dimensional sound signature of the audience location in the performance space when the modified sound data is transmitted in the rehearsal space.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sound input device is a microphone.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sound output device is a speaker.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sound output device is a headphone.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audience location is an area of audience seats in the performance space.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audience location is a specific seat in the performance space.

11. A system comprising:

an acoustic processing facility accessing a computer stored multi-dimensional sound signature for an audience location in a performance space;

a sound input device receiving sound data, wherein the acoustic processing facility modifies the sound data received in a rehearsal space to match a sound characteristic of the multi-dimensional sound signature of the audience location of the performance space; and

a sound output device to simultaneously transmit the modified sound data matching the sound characteristic of the performance space in the rehearsal space.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a measured sound quality.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a time-based sound reflection sequence within the performance space for at least two sound parameters.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the multi-dimensional sound signature comprises a combination of a plurality of different sound dimensions selected from the group consisting of timing, direction, amplitude and frequency of sound reflections.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein modifying the sound data reduces a difference between an acoustic environment of the rehearsal space and the multi-dimensional sound signature of the audience location in the performance space when the modified sound data is transmitted.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sound input device is a microphone.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sound output device is a speaker.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the sound output device is a headphone.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the audience location is an area of audience seats in the performance space.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the audience location is a specific seat in the performance space.