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Methods for Detection and Removal of Parasitic Frequency Modulation in Audio Recordings

Authors: Ciarkowski, Andrzej; Czyzewski, Andrzej; Dziubinski, Marek; Kaczmarek, Andrzej; Kostek, Bozena; Kulesza, Maciej; Maziewski, Przemyslaw

AES Conference: 26th International Conference: Audio Forensics in the Digital Age · Paper 3-3 · July 2005

Abstract

Several methods devoted to wow defect evaluation and compensation are discussed in the paper. The presented algorithms utilize time- and spectrally-based audio processing routines. The newly proposed time-domain algorithm takes an advantage of an autocorrelation analysis of short-term pitch variations. The spectrally based methods employ: spectral peak picking techniques, analysis of spectral center of gravity, and some routines for tracking high-frequency bias in magnetic recordings. Additionally, an algorithm utilizing AR-modeling of the signal was employed to track residual hum recorded on some archive media. Several interpolation methods for wow defect reduction were studied and compared. The researched algorithms were tested employing some archival audio samples allowing their effectiveness evaluation.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 26th International Conference: Audio Forensics in the Digital Age
Paper number
3-3
Publication date
July 6, 2005
Session subject
Audio Forensics in the Digital Age
Affiliation
NOA Audio Solutions, Vienna (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper