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Higher Order Statistical Estimation of Sinusoidality with Applications for Quality Coding of Musical Instruments

Authors: Dubnov, Shlomo

AES Conference: 17th International Conference: High-Quality Audio Coding · Paper 17-030 · September 1999

Abstract

The question of fit of harmonics to a sinusoidal model is important for quality coding of musical sounds. By characterizing phase relations among the harmonics, a separation of the harmonics into sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal parts is performed. Applying poloyspectral analysis we show that sinusoidality is closely related to frequency but not to phase coupling. We present a bispectral algorithm for frequency coupling sinusoidality detection and derive a simplified algorithm that determines an upper phase coupling cutoff frequency based on kurtosis of the residual signal.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 17th International Conference: High-Quality Audio Coding
Paper number
17-030
Publication date
September 6, 1999
Session subject
High Quality Audio Coding
Affiliation
Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper