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Parametric Representation of Multichannel Audio Based on Principal Component Analysis

Authors: Briand, Manuel; Martin, Nadine; Virette, David

AES Convention 120 · Paper 6813 · May 2006

Abstract

Low-bit-rate parametric audio coding for multichannel audio is mainly based on Binaural Cue Coding (BCC). In this paper we show that the Unified Domain Representation (UDR) of multichannel audio, recently introduced, is equivalent to BCC scheme. We also discuss another method, called multichannel audio upmix, which classically converts existing two-channel stereo to five-channel audio. More precisely, we focus on existing PCA-based upmix method. Starting from PCA approach, we propose a general model that may be applied both to parametric representation of multichannel audio signals and upmix methods. Moreover, we apply the analysis results to propose a new low-bit-rate parametric audio coding method based on frequency subbands PCA processing.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 120
AES Convention
120
Paper number
6813
Publication date
May 6, 2006
Session subject
Low Bit-Rate Audio Coding
Affiliation
France Telecom R&D; Laboratoire des Images et des Signaux (LIS) (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper