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Effective Tonality Detection Algorithm Based on Spectrum Energy in Perceptual Audio Coder

Authors: Lee, Keun-Sup; Park, Young-Cheol; Yeon, Kyu-Chel; Youn, Dae Hee

AES Convention 117 · Paper 6220 · October 2004

Abstract

The goal of perceptual audio coder is to reduce redundancy and irrelevancy of audio signal based on the concept of masking. Several studies on masking effect reveal that the masking threshold varies as a function of the noise-like or tone-like nature of audio signals. Therefore, tonality of audio signal influences significantly the quality and efficiency of perceptual audio coder. In this paper, we proposed a new effective algorithm for tonality measure using spectrum energy. The performance of the proposed algorithm is comparable to the MPEG audio psychoacoustic model II (PAM-II). However, since the proposed algorithm consists of simple operations plus a few transcendental functions, computational complexity is much lower than the PAM-II. The proposed algorithm was tested with audio signals, and DSP implementation showed that the proposed algorithm could be implemented with 2.88 MIPS.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 117
AES Convention
117
Paper number
6220
Publication date
October 6, 2004
Session subject
Instrumentation and Measurement; Lossy and Lossless Audio Coding
Affiliation
Media & Communication Signal Processing Lab., Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea ; GSM Handsets Lab., LG Electronics Inc., Anyang, Korea ; Division of Information Technology, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea ; MCSP Lab., Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper