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Convention Paper

Compatibility Matrixing of Multichannel Bit-Rate Reduced Audio Signals

Authors: ten Kate, Warner R.

AES Convention 96 · Paper 3792 · February 1994

Abstract

Matrixing enables multichannel audio to be made two-channel compatible. If bit-rate reduction based upon psychoacoustic models is applied to the two-channel down mix, unmasking of the quantization noise may result after dematrixing. The general principle to solve this problem is presented. It is shown how minimum bit rates are obtained by dynamic switching between the possible matrix equations. The necessary refinements to enable such dynamic switching are presented.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 96
AES Convention
96
Paper number
3792
Publication date
February 6, 1994
Session subject
Bit Rate Reduction Schemes
Affiliation
Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper