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Time-Scale Modification of Speech using a Synchronised and Adaptive Overlap-Add (SAOLA) Algorithm

Authors: Dorran, David; Lawlor, Robert; Coyle, Eugene

AES Convention 114 · Paper 5824 · March 2003

Abstract

The synchronised overlap-add (SOLA) algorithm is a commercially popular and considerably researched audio time-scale modification technique. It operates in the time domain and uses a correlation technique to ensure that synthesis frames overlap in a synchronous manner. We present a modification to SOLA that allows the analysis step size adapt to the desired time-scale factor. The synchronised and adaptive overlap-add (SAOLA) algorithm improves upon the output quality of SOLA for high time-scale factors and reduces the computational requirements for low time-scale factors. However, the computational requirements for high time-scale factors are increased.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 114
AES Convention
114
Paper number
5824
Publication date
March 6, 2003
Session subject
Signal Processing
Affiliation
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland ; National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper