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Mixed Time-Frequency Approach for Multipoint Room Response Equalization

Authors: Primavera, Andrea; Cecchi, Stefania; Piazza, Francesco; Carini, Alberto

AES Conference: 45th International Conference: Applications of Time-Frequency Processing in Audio · Paper 3-6 · March 2012

Abstract

A still open problem in the field of room response equalization is the development of perceptually useful mixed-phase equalizers. In a recent paper, a multipoint mixed-phase room response equalization system, integrating a minimum-phase multiple position room magnitude equalizer and a FIR group delay equalizer, was developed in the frequency domain. Starting from this approach, a mixed time-frequency algorithm is here proposed. The minimum-phase multiple position equalizer developed in the frequency domain, is combined with an all-pass FIR phase equalizer, designed in the time domain considering a suitable time-reversed version of a prototype function and taking advantage of the mixing time evaluation. Several tests have been performed considering real environments and comparing the proposed approach with the previous one, based on a group delay compensation. Subjective listening tests have also been done in a real environment, confirming the improvement in the perceived audio quality.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 45th International Conference: Applications of Time-Frequency Processing in Audio
Paper number
3-6
Publication date
March 6, 2012
Affiliation
Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Urbino, Italy; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper