AUDIO SYSTEM WITH BONDED-PERIPHERAL DRIVEN MIXING AND EFFECTS

In a system providing for delivery of audio signals from one or more source audio systems to two or more audio output sink systems, the sink systems establish duplex communication links (or bonds) to a bonding subsystem which is in duplex communication with the source audio systems. Data signals may be sent from sink systems, via the bonding subsystem, to request delivery of audio signals from selected audio source channels. The sink systems may request specific treatments of or modifications to audio signals to be sent to individual sinks in the sink systems. The bonding subsystem relays treatment requests from the sink system to a matrix manager which initiates and controls the processing of source audio channels as required to comply with requests from the sink system. The matrix manager then delivers the treated or modified audio output channels to the bonding subsystem for delivery to the requesting sink systems.