A Frequency-domain Framework for Spatial Audio Coding Based on Universal Spatial Cues

Goodwin MM, Jot JM. A Frequency-domain Framework for Spatial Audio Coding Based on Universal Spatial Cues. In: AES Convention 120. Audio Engineering Society; 2006. Paper 6751. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13555

@inproceedings{Goodwin2006_13555,
  author = {Goodwin, Michael M. and Jot, Jean-Marc},
  title = {{A Frequency-domain Framework for Spatial Audio Coding Based on Universal Spatial Cues}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 120},
  note = {Paper 6751},
  year = {2006},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13555}
}

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TI  - A Frequency-domain Framework for Spatial Audio Coding Based on Universal Spatial Cues
AU  - Goodwin, Michael M.
AU  - Jot, Jean-Marc
T2  - AES Convention 120
M1  - Paper 6751
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2006/05/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13555
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
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AB  - Spatial audio coding (SAC) addresses the emerging need to e ciently represent high- delity multichannel audio. The SAC methods previously described involve analyzing the input audio for inter-channel relationships, encoding a downmix signal with these relationships as side information, and using the side data at the decoder for spatial rendering. These approaches are channel-centric in that they are generally designed to reproduce the input channel content over the same output channel con guration. In this paper, we propose a frequency-domain SAC framework based on the perceived spatial audio scene rather than on the channel content. We propose time-frequency spatial direction vectors as cues to describe the input audio scene, present an analysis method for robust estimation of these cues from arbitrary multichannel content, and discuss the use of the cues to achieve accurate spatial decoding and rendering for arbitrary output systems.
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