An Audio Loudness Compression and Compensation Method for Miniature Loudspeaker Playback

Jiang Z, Sang J, Wang J, Zheng C, Zhang F, Li X. An Audio Loudness Compression and Compensation Method for Miniature Loudspeaker Playback. In: AES Convention 143. Audio Engineering Society; 2017. Paper 9819. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19216

@inproceedings{Jiang2017_19216,
  author = {Jiang, Ziran and Sang, Jinqiu and Wang, Jie and Zheng, Chengshi and Zhang, Fangjie and Li, Xiaodong},
  title = {{An Audio Loudness Compression and Compensation Method for Miniature Loudspeaker Playback}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 143},
  note = {Paper 9819},
  year = {2017},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19216}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - An Audio Loudness Compression and Compensation Method for Miniature Loudspeaker Playback
AU  - Jiang, Ziran
AU  - Sang, Jinqiu
AU  - Wang, Jie
AU  - Zheng, Chengshi
AU  - Zhang, Fangjie
AU  - Li, Xiaodong
T2  - AES Convention 143
M1  - Paper 9819
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19216
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Audio playback through miniature loudspeakers is bounded by the loudspeaker’s limited dynamic range. How to compress the audio and simultaneously preserve the original artistic effect is worthy of study. Traditional peak-based and RMS-based dynamic range compression (DRC) methods do not consider the audio loudness characteristic that may influence the perceptual artistic effect. This paper proposes a novel compression and compensation method based on Zwicker’s loudness model and equal-loudness contours. The proposed method aims to provide a high-quality audio playback by mapping the audio’s loudness to a smaller range, while preserving the perceived spectral balance of the original audio. Subjective listening tests are performed to demonstrate the benefits of the proposed method.
ER  -