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Convention Paper

Adaptive Karhunen-Lòeve Transform for Multichannel Audio

Authors: Jiao, Yu; Zielinski, Slawomir; Rumsey, Francis

AES Convention 123 · Paper 7298 · October 2007

Abstract

In previous works, the authors proposed a hierarchical bandwidth limitation technique based on the Karhunen-Lòeve Transform (KLT) to reduce the bandwidth for multichannel audio transmission. The subjective results proved that this technique could be used to reduce the overall bandwidth without significant audio quality degradation. Further study found that the transform matrix varied considerably over time for many recordings. In this paper, the KLT matrix was calculated based on short-term signals and updated adaptively over time. The perceptual effects of the adaptive KLT process were studied using a series of listening tests. The results showed that adaptive KLT resulted in better spatial quality than non-adaptive KLT but introduced some other artefacts.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 123
AES Convention
123
Paper number
7298
Publication date
October 6, 2007
Session subject
Signal Processing for 3-D Audio
Affiliation
University of Surrey (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper