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Wow Detection and Compensation Employing Spectral Processing of Audio

Authors: Czyzewski, Andrzej; Dziubinski, Marek; Kaczmarek, Andrzej; Kostek, Bozena; Maziewski, Przemyslaw

AES Convention 117 · Paper 6212 · October 2004

Abstract

The engineered algorithms are presented for the detection of parasitic frequency modulation in audio originating from irregularities of sound carrier velocity. The algorithms were developed with special regard to non-periodic frequency modulation effects found in old movie sound tracks. The proposed algorithms consider the influence of the wow disturbance on the location of formants in time-frequency representation. The dynamic analysis of formant structures behavior underlies discriminating between parasitic frequency changes and natural frequency fluctuations. The compensation of the detected wow-related frequency modulation is accomplished basing on the non-uniform resampling algorithm, driven by the discerned parasite modulation patterns. The details of the proposed wow detection and compensation techniques are presented and achieved results are discussed.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 117
AES Convention
117
Paper number
6212
Publication date
October 6, 2004
Session subject
Audio Archiving, Storage, and Restoration: Content Management
Affiliation
Gdansk University of Technology, Multimedia Systems Department, Gdansk, Poland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper