Audio processor with a steered audio bandwidth extension

An audio processor or coder for processing or coding a signal, the processor or coder comprising: a band-limited entity or coder configured to provide or code a band-limited signal of the signal; and a bandwidth extension entity or coder configured to provide or code an extended-band signal of the signal, the provided or decoded extended-band signal comprising a mixture of a first extended-band excitation and a second extended-band excitation; wherein the bandwidth extension entity or coder is configured to generate the first extended-band excitation and a noise generator configured to generate random noise as the second extended-band excitation; wherein the mixture is controlled via a steering factor derived from a characteristic output or parameter of the band-limited entity or coder.