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Efficient Cross-Fade Windows for Transitions between LPC-Based and Non-LPC Based Audio Coding

Authors: Lecomte, Jérémie; Gournay, Philippe; Geiger, Ralf; Bessette, Bruno; Neuendorf, Max

AES Convention 126 · Paper 7712 · May 2009

Abstract

The reference model selected by MPEG for the forthcoming unified speech and audio codec (USAC) switches between a non-LPC based coding mode (based on AAC) operating in the transform domain and an LPC-based coding mode (derived from AMR-WB+) operating either in the time domain (ACELP) or in the frequency domain (wLPT). Seamlessly switching between these different coding modes required the design of a new set of cross-fade windows optimized to minimize the amount of overhead information sent during transitions between LPC-based and non-LPC based coding. This paper presents the new set of windows which was designed in order to provide an adequate trade-off between overlap duration and time/frequency resolution, and to maintain the benefits of critical sampling through all coding modes.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 126
AES Convention
126
Paper number
7712
Publication date
May 6, 2009
Session subject
Audio Coding
Affiliation
Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany; Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper