The Influence of the Rendering Architecture on the Subjective Performance of Blind Source Separation Algorithms

Kastner T. The Influence of the Rendering Architecture on the Subjective Performance of Blind Source Separation Algorithms. In: AES Convention 127. Audio Engineering Society; 2009. Paper 7898. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15093

@inproceedings{Kastner2009_15093,
  author = {Kastner, Thorsten},
  title = {{The Influence of the Rendering Architecture on the Subjective Performance of Blind Source Separation Algorithms}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 127},
  note = {Paper 7898},
  year = {2009},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15093}
}

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AB  - Blind Source Separation algorithms often include a time/frequency (t/f) decomposition / filterbank as an important part allowing for frequency selective separation of the input signal. In order to investigate the importance of the t/f processing architecture for the achieved subjective audio quality, a set of blindly separated audio signals were taken from the Stereo Audio Source Separation Campaign (SASSEC) 2007 and rated in a MUSHRA listening test. The test furthermore included material which was generated by using the separated signals to drive an enhanced time/frequency rendering architecture, as it is offered by MPEG Spatial Audio Object Coding (SAOC). In this way, the same basic separation core algorithm was applied together with different t/f rendering architectures. The listening test reveals an improved subjective quality for the SAOC post-processed items.
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