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Sound Identification from MPEG-Encoded Audio Files

Authors: Studniarz, Joseph G.; Maher, Robert C.

AES Convention 135 · Paper 8984 · October 2013

Abstract

Numerous methods have been proposed for searching and analyzing long-term audio recordings for specific sound sources. It is increasingly common that audio recordings are archived using perceptual compression, such as MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3). Rather than performing sound identification upon the reconstructed time waveform after decoding, we operate on the undecoded MP3 audio data as a way to improve processing speed and efficiency. The compressed audio format is only partially processed using the initial bitstream unpacking of a standard decoder, but then the sound identification is performed directly using the frequency spectrum represented by each MP3 data frame. Practical uses are demonstrated for identifying anthropogenic sounds within a natural soundscape recording.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 135
AES Convention
135
Paper number
8984
Publication date
October 6, 2013
Session subject
Applications in Audio
Affiliation
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper