Apparatus for use in processing audio electronic signals to normalize and maximize the perceived audio quality and output level of audio played over audio speakers; multi-channel sound processors; integrated circuits; video monitors; video tuners; stereo receivers and amplifiers; multichannel audio/video receivers; automobile stereos; television sets; sound bar speaker, surround sound speaker sound bar; portable digital media devices, namely, MP3 players, digital voice recorders, portable video players, portable electronic navigation instruments; digital video tape players; speakers, namely, single speakers, stereo speakers and multi-speaker systems; speaker systems containing a sound transducer and an integral amplifier; CD and DVD playback and recorders; cable television receivers and decoders; set top cable boxes; set top satellite boxes; IPTV set top boxes; mobile phones, namely, cellular phones, digital phones, and video phones; audio accessories, namely, headphones, a docking station with speakers for a digital music player, and speakers; digital still cameras; digital video cameras; computer programs having sound generating capability; computer software for streaming or delivering an audio, audio/video, or composite signal over a global communications system; computer software for processing audio generated by speakers for use in the entertainment field; computers; computer sound processing cards; industry standard computer interface cards; and computer audio processing circuitry