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Conference Paper

Performance Assessment of Reduced Bit-Rate Codecs

Authors: Cabot, Richard C.

AES Conference: UK 9th Conference: Managing the Bit Budget (MBB) · Paper MBB-19 · May 1994

Abstract

Most audio coders developed in recent years make use of psychoacoustics to reduce the data rate required for transmitting or storing digital audio data. These coders are inherently nonlinear and do not pass all of the information applied to them on to their output. This makes evaluation with conventional test techniques difficult and makes the results a poor predictor of audible performance. The presentation will describe continuing work at developing methods for characterizing and comparing low bit-rate coders. A new test method which models the masking characteristics of the auditory system will be described and demonstrated. The technique is implemented on a digital signal processor which computes the masking effects of the test signals on the distortion products created by the coder. The results of measurements on several difference coders will be compared.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: UK 9th Conference: Managing the Bit Budget (MBB)
Paper number
MBB-19
Publication date
May 6, 1994
Session subject
Managing the Bit Budget
Affiliation
Audio Precision Inc., Beaverton, OR, (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper