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Conference Paper

Physical Testing of Psychophysically-Based Digital Audio Coding Systems

Authors: Stautner, John P.

AES Conference: 11th International Conference: Test & Measurement · Paper 11-023 · May 1992

Abstract

The development of advanced low bit-rate digital audio compression algorithms has led to audio processing methods which exploit the psychophysical sensitivities of human hearing. Systematic test and measurement methods are required in order to establish physical performance measures of psychophysically-based low bit-rate coders. New measurement techniques can incorporate a psychophysical model in the measurement process. Two measurements have been performed on a new audio coding algorithm which utilizes a tree structured signal decomposition. The worst case signal-to-mask ratio and the bit-rate demand histogram are two useful performance methods for psychophysically-based digital audio coding systems.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 11th International Conference: Test & Measurement
Paper number
11-023
Publication date
May 6, 1992
Session subject
Test & Measurement
Affiliation
AwareInc., Cambridge,MA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper