EP2036400A1 - Erzeugung dekorrelierter signale - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for generating decorrelated signals, and more particularly to how decorrelated signal from a signal containing transients can be derived such that in the reconstruction of a multi-channel audio signal or a subsequent combination of the decorrelated signal and the transient signal results in no audible signal degradation.
- stereo signal processing applications require the generation of a decorrelated signal based on a provided audio input signal.
- Examples include the stereo Üp mix of a mono signal, the multichannel up-mix based on a mono or stereo signal, the artificial reverb generation or the broadening of the stereo base called.
- Figs. 7 and 8 show the use of decorrelators in signal processing. It will first be briefly discussed the mono-to-stereo decoder shown in Fig. 7.
- the mono-to-stereo decoder serves to fed mono signal 14 into a stereo signal 16, consisting of a left channel 16a and a right channel 16b to transform. From the fed mono signal 14, the standard decorrelator 10 generates a decorrelated signal 18 (D), which is applied to the inputs of the mix matrix 12 together with the fed-in mono signal 14.
- the untreated mono signal is often referred to as a "dry” signal, whereas the decorrelated signal D is called a "wet" signal.
- the mix matrix 12 combines the decorrelated signal 18 and the injected mono signal 14 to produce the stereo signal 16.
- the coefficients of the mix matrix 12 (H) can be fixed, signal-dependent or even dependent on a user input. Moreover, this mixing process performed by the mix matrix 12 may also be frequency selective. This means that different mixing operations or matrix coefficients can be used for different frequency ranges (frequency bands).
- the fed-in mono signal 14 can be preprocessed by a filter bank so that it is present together with the decorrelated signal 18 in a filter bank representation in which the signal components belonging to different frequency bands are processed separately in each case.
- the control of the up-mix process can be done through user interaction via a mix control 20.
- the coefficients of the mix matrix 12 (H) can also be provided by so-called "side information", which are transmitted together with the injected mono signal 14 (the downmix)
- the page information contains a parametric description, how the generated multi-channel signal is to be generated from the injected mono signal 14 (the transmitted signal) .
- This spatial page information is usually provided by an encoder in front of the actual down-mix, ie the generation of the injected mono signal 14, generated.
- FIG. 6 A typical example of a parametric stereo decoder is shown in FIG.
- the decoder shown in FIG. 6 includes an analysis filter bank 30 and a synthesis filter bank 32. This is the case, since decorrelation is performed frequency-dependent (in the spectral domain). Therefore, first of all, the fed-in mono signal 14 is split by the analysis filter bank 30 into signal components for different frequency ranges. That is, for each frequency band, a separate decorrelated signal is generated analogously to the example described above.
- spatial parameters 34 are transmitted which serve to determine or to vary the matrix elements of the mix matrix 12 in order to produce a mixed signal which is fed into the time domain by means of the synthesis filter bank 32 is transformed back to form the stereo signal 16.
- the spatial parameters 34 can optionally be changed via a parameter control 36 in order to generate the up-mix or the stereo signal 16 differently for different reproduction scenarios or to adapt the quality of reproduction optimally to the respective scenario.
- the spatial parameters 34 may be combined with parameters of the binaural filters to form the parameters controlling the mix matrix 12.
- the parameters may be changed by direct user interaction or other tools or algorithms (see, for example: Breuer, Jeroen, Herre, Jürgen, Jin, Craig, Kjörling, Kristofer, Koppens, Jeroen, PIogisties, Jan, Villemoes, Lars : Multi-Channel Goes Mobile: MPEG Surround Binaural Rendering: AES 29th International Conference, Seoul, Korea, 2006 September 2 - 4).
- the output of the channels L and R of the mix matrix 12 (H) is generated from the inputted mono signal 14 (M) and the decoded signal 18 (D), for example as follows:
- the proportion of the decoded signal 18 (D) contained in the output signal is set.
- the mixing ratio is temporally varied based on the transmitted spatial parameters 34.
- These parameters can be, for example, parameters which describe the correlation between two original signals (parameters of this type are used, for example, in MPEG surround coding, where they are referred to inter alia as ICC).
- parameters may be transmitted which transmit the energy relationships between two originally present channels contained in the fed mono signal 14 (ICLD or ICD in MPEG surround).
- the matrix elements can be varied by direct user input.
- Parametric Stereo and MPEG Surround use all-pass filters, which are filters that allow the entire spectral range to pass, but have a spectral-dependent filter characteristic.
- Binaural Cue Coding BCC, Faller and Baumgarte, see for example: C. Faller: "Parametric Coding Of Spatial Audio", Ph. D. thesis, EPFL, 2004
- a "group delay” is proposed for decorrelation. For this, a frequency-dependent group delay is applied to the signal by changing the phases in the DFT spectrum of the signal. So different frequency ranges are delayed for different lengths.
- Such a method generally falls under the generic term of phase manipulations.
- the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and a method for decorrelating signals, which improves the signal quality in the presence of transient signals.
- the present invention is based on the finding that output signals which are decorrelated for transient audio input signals can be generated by mixing the audio input signal with a representation of the audio input signal delayed by a delay time in such a way that in a first time interval first output signal corresponds to the audio input signal and a second output signal of the delayed representation of the audio input signal, wherein in a second time interval corresponds to the first output signal of the delayed representation of the audio input signal and the second output signal to the audio input signal.
- two mutually decorrelated signals are derived from an audio input signal such that a time-delayed copy of the audio input signal is first generated. Then, the two output signals are generated by mutually using the audio input signal and the delayed representation of the audio input signal for the two output signals.
- a time delay is used which is frequency-independent and therefore does not blur the attacks of the gossip noise over time.
- a time delay chain which has a small number of memory elements is a good compromise between the achievable spatial width of a reconstructed signal and the additional memory requirement.
- the selected delay time is preferably less than 50 ms, particularly preferably less than or equal to 30 ms.
- the problem of precedence is solved in that in a first time interval the audio input signal directly forms the left channel, while in the subsequent second time interval the delayed representation of the audio input signal is used as the left channel. For the right channel, the procedure applies accordingly.
- the switching time between the individual transposition operations is chosen to be greater than the duration of a transient event typically occurring in the signal.
- the decorrelators of the invention use only an extremely small number of arithmetic operations. In particular, only a single time delay and a small number of multiplications are required to produce decorrelated signals according to the invention.
- the exchange of individual channels is a simple copy operation, so requires no additional computational effort.
- optional signal conditioning or post-processing techniques require only one addition or subtraction, that is, operations that can typically be performed by existing hardware. Thus, only a small amount of additional memory for the implementation of the delay device or the delay line is required. This exists in many systems and can be shared if necessary.
- Fig. 1 An embodiment of a decorrelator according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows an illustration of the decorrelated signals generated according to the invention
- Fig. 2a shows a further embodiment of a decorrelator according to the invention
- Fig. 2b shows embodiments of possible control signals for the decorrelator of Fig. 2a;
- FIG. 3 shows a further embodiment of a decorrelator according to the invention.
- 4 shows an example of a device for generating decorrelated signals
- 5 shows an example of a method according to the invention for generating output signals
- FIG. 6 shows an example of an audio diode according to the invention
- Fig. 7 is an example of a prior art up-mixer
- Fig. 8 shows another example of a prior art up-mixer / decoder.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a decorrelator according to the invention for generating a first output signal 50 (L ') and a second output signal 52 (R') based on an audio input signal 54 (M).
- the decorrelator further includes a delay 56 to produce a delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 (M_d).
- the decorrelator further includes a mixer 60 for combining the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 with the audio input signal 54 to obtain the first output signal 50 and the second output signal 52.
- the mixer 60 is formed by the two switches shown schematically, by means of which alternately the audio input signal 54 is switched to the left output signal 50 or the right output signal 52. The same also applies to the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58.
- the mixer 60 of the decorrelator thus functions so that in a first time interval the first output signal 50 corresponds to the audio input signal 54 and the second output signal corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58, wherein in a second time interval the first output signal 50 to the delayed representation of the audio input signal and the second off ⁇ output signal 52 corresponding to the input audio signal 54th
- a decorrelation is achieved by making a time-delayed copy of the audio input channel 54, and then alternately using the audio input 54 and the delayed representation of the audio input 58 as output channels.
- the components forming the output signals are interchanged in a clocked manner.
- the length of the time interval, for each of which is reversed or for each of which corresponds to an input signal to the output signal variable.
- the time intervals for which the individual components are exchanged can have different lengths. That is, the ratio of those times in which the first output signal 50 consists of the audio input signal 54 and the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 is variably adjustable.
- the duration of the time intervals is greater than the average duration of transient components contained in the audio input signal 54 in order to obtain a good reproduction of the signal.
- Suitable durations are in the time interval between 10 ms and 200 ms, with a typical period of time being 100 ms, for example.
- the duration of the time delay can be adapted to the events of the signal or even be time-variable.
- the delay times are preferably in an interval of 2 ms to 50 ms. Examples of suitable delay times are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 or 30 ms.
- the decorrelator according to the invention can be used both for continuous audio signals and for sampled audio signals, ie for signals which are present as a consequence of discrete sampled values.
- FIG. 2 shows the mode of operation of the decorrelator of FIG. 1 on the basis of such a signal present in discrete samples.
- the audio input signal 54 consisting of a sequence of discrete sample values and the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 are considered.
- the mixer 60 is shown here only schematically as two possible connection paths between the audio input signal 54 and the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 and the two output signals 50 and 52.
- a first time interval 70 is shown, in which the first output signal 50 corresponds to the audio input signal 54 and the second output signal 52 corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58.
- the first output signal 50 of the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 and the second output signal 52 correspond to the audio input signal 54.
- the time duration of the first time interval 70 and the second time interval 72 is identical, although this is not a prerequisite, as already mentioned above.
- the inventive concept for decorrelating signals can be applied in the time domain, ie with the temporal resolution that is given by the sample frequency.
- Fig. 2a shows a further embodiment in which the mixer 60 is designed so that in a first time interval, the first output signal 50 to a portion X (t) from the audio input signal 54 and a portion (lX (t)) from the delayed Representation of the audio input signal 58 is formed. Accordingly, in the first time interval, the second output signal 52 is formed into a portion X (t) of the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 and a portion (lX (t)) of the audio input signal 54.
- Possible implementation of the function X (t) which could also be referred to as a crossfade function, are shown in FIG. 2b.
- the mixer 60 functions to combine a delay-delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 with the audio input signal 54 to provide the first output signal 50 and the second output signal 52 with time varying portions of the audio Input signal 54 and the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58.
- the first output signal 50 is formed into a more than 50% proportion from the audio input signal 54 and the second output signal 52 to a more than 50% proportion from the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58.
- the first output signal 50 is off a more than 50% proportion of the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 and the second output signal 52 are formed from a more than 50% proportion of the audio input signal.
- Fig. 2b shows possible control functions for the mixer 60, as shown in Fig. 2a.
- Plotted on the x-axis is the time t in arbitrary units and on the y-axis the function X (t), which has possible function values from zero to one.
- other functions X (t) can also be used, which also need not necessarily have a value range of 0 to 1.
- Other ranges of values, for example from 0 to 10, are conceivable.
- a first function 66 which is shown in the form of a box, corresponds to the case described in FIG. 2 of the exchange of the channels, or the non-glare switching, which is shown schematically in FIG.
- the first output signal 50 of FIG. 2 a looking at the first output signal 50 of FIG. 2 a, it is completely formed by the audio input signal 54 in the first time interval 62, while in the first time interval 62 the second output signal 52 is completely formed by the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 , In the second time interval 64, the same applies vice versa, wherein the length of the time intervals does not necessarily have to be identical.
- a second, dashed, function 58 does not completely switch the signals or generate first and second output signals 50 and 52 which at no time are formed entirely from the audio input signal 54 or the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 , However, in the first time interval 62, the first output signal 50 is in a more than 50% proportion formed from the audio input signal 54, which also applies to the second output signal 52 accordingly.
- a third function 69 is implemented to provide fade timings 69a-69c corresponding to the transition timings between the first time interval 62 and the second time interval 64, thus marking those times at which the audio output signals are varied this achieves a crossfade effect. That is, in a start interval and in an end interval at the beginning and end of the first time interval 62, the first output signal 50 and the second output signal 52 contain both portions of the audio input signal 58 and the delayed representation of the audio input signal.
- the first output signal 50 corresponds to the audio input signal 54 and the second output signal 52 corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58.
- the steepness of the function 69 at the fade times 69a to 69c can be made wide Limits are varied to adapt the perceived reproduction quality of the audio signal to the circumstances.
- the first output signal 50 has a more than 50% proportion of the audio input signal 54 and the second output signal 52 a more than 50% proportion of the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58, and that in a second time interval 64, the first output signal 50 includes a greater than 50% portion of the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 and the second output signal 52 contains greater than 50% proportion of the audio input signal 54.
- FIG. 3 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a decorrelator implementing the concept according to the invention.
- the decorrelator shown in FIG. 3 differs from the decorrelator shown schematically in FIG. 1 in that the audio input signal 54 and the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 may be scaled by an optional scaler 74 before being supplied to the mixer 60 ,
- the optional scaler 74 includes a first scaler 76a and a second scaler 76b, wherein the first scaler 76a may scale the audio input 54 and the second scaler 76b may scale the delayed representation of the audio input 58.
- the delay 56 is fed by the audio input (monophonic) 54.
- the first scaler 76a and the second scaler 76b may optionally vary the intensity of the audio input signal and the delayed representation of the audio input signal.
- the intensity of the temporally following signal (G_lagging), ie the delayed representation of the audio input signal 58 is increased and / or the intensity of the leading signal (G_leading), ie the audio input signal 54, is lowered.
- the change in intensity can be carried out, for example, by means of the following simple multiplicative operations, in which a suitably chosen amplification factor is multiplied to the individual signal components:
- the amplification factors can be chosen so that the total energy is obtained.
- the gain factors can be defined so that they change signal-dependent.
- the amplification factors can also be dependent on the side information, so that these are varied depending on the acoustic scenario to be reconstructed.
- the precedence effect (the effect resulting from the time-delayed repetition of the same signal) can be compensated by varying the intensity of the direct component with respect to the delayed component so as to amplify delayed components and / or attenuate the non-delayed component.
- the precedence effect caused by the introduced delay can thus be partially compensated for by volume adjustments (intensity adjustments) which are important for spatial hearing.
- the delayed and non-delayed signal components are swapped at a suitable rate, that is:
- the time interval of the exchange is preferably an integer multiple of the frame length.
- An example of a The commutation time or commutation period is 100 ms.
- the first output signal 50 and the second output signal 52 may be directly output as an output signal, as shown in FIG.
- the decorrelator in Fig. 3 additionally has an optional post-processor 80 which combines the first output signal 50 and the second output signal 52 to provide at its output a post-processed output signal 82 and a second post-processed output signal 84, the post-processor may have several beneficial effects , On the one hand, it can serve to reprocess the signal for further method steps, for example a subsequent up-mix in a multi-channel reconstruction, so that an already existing decorrelator can be replaced by the decorrelator according to the invention without having to modify the rest of the signal processing chain.
- the decorrelator shown in FIG. 3 can completely replace the prior art decorrelators or standard decorrelators 10 of FIGS. 7 and 8, thereby providing a simple way of incorporating the advantages of the decorrelators of the invention into existing decoder set-ups can be integrated.
- the post-processor 80 is used to reduce the degree of mixing of the direct signal and the delayed signal.
- the normal combination represented by the above formula can be modified so that, for example, substantially the first output signal 50 is scaled and used as the first post-processed output signal 82, while the second output signal 52 is used as the basis for the second post-processed output signal 84.
- the postprocessor or the mix matrix describing the postprocessor can either be bypassed completely or the matrix coefficients which control the combination of the signals in the postprocessor 80 can be varied such that little or no additional mixing of the signals occurs ,
- Fig. 4 shows another way to avoid the precedence effect by a suitable correlator.
- the first and second scaler units 76a and 76b shown in FIG. 3 are obligatory, whereas the mixer 60 can be dispensed with.
- the intensity is preferably changed as a function of the delay time of the delay device 56, so that, with a shorter delay time, a greater reduction is achieved. tion of the intensity of the audio input signal 54 is achieved.
- the scaled signals can then be mixed arbitrarily, for example by means of a mid-page coder or one of the other blending algorithms described above, as described above.
- the scaling of the signal thus avoids the precedence effect by reducing the intensity of the temporally leading component. Therefore, by means of a mixture, a signal can now be generated which does not blur the transient components contained in the signal over time and moreover causes no undesired distortion of the sound impression by the precedence effect.
- FIG. 5 schematically shows an example of a method according to the invention for generating output signals based on an audio input signal 54.
- a delay-delayed representation of the audio input signal 54 is combined with the audio input signal 54. to obtain a first output signal 52 and a second output signal 54, wherein in a first time interval the first output signal 52 corresponds to the audio input signal 54 and the second output signal corresponds to the delayed representation of the audio input signal and wherein in a second time interval the first output signal 52 of the delayed representation of the audio Input signal and the second output signal 54 corresponds to the audio input signal.
- An audio decoder 100 includes a standard decorrelator 102 and a decorrelator 104 that corresponds to one of the above-described decorrelators of the invention.
- the audio decoder 100 is used to generate a multi-channel output signal 106, which in the case shown has two channels by way of example.
- the multi-channel output is generated based on an audio input signal 108, which may be a mono signal as shown.
- the standard decorrelator 102 corresponds to the prior art known decorrelators, and the audio decoder is arranged to use standard decorrelator 102 in a standard mode of operation to provide decorrelator 104 for a transient audio input signal 108 alternatively to use.
- the multichannel representation generated by the audio decoder becomes possible even with the presence of transient input signals or transient downmix signals with good quality.
- the basic intention is therefore to use decorrelators according to the invention when strongly decorrelated and transient signals are to be processed. If it is possible to detect transient signals, the decorrelator according to the invention can be used as an alternative to a standard decorrelator.
- decorrelation information for example, an ICC parameter describing the correlation between two output signals of a multichannel update mix in the MPEG-Surround standard
- it can also be used as a decision criterion to decide which decorrelator to use.
- outputs of the decorrelators according to the invention for example the decorrelator of FIG and 3.
- standard decorrelators are used to ensure the best possible reproduction quality at all times.
- the application of the decorrelators according to the invention in the audio decoder 100 is thus signal-dependent.
- transient signal components for example LPC prediction in the signal spectrum or a comparison of the energies which are contained in the signal in the low-frequency spectral range with those in the high spectral range.
- these detection mechanisms already exist or can be easily implemented.
- An example of already existing indicators are the above-mentioned correlation or coherence parameters of a signal. In addition to simply detecting the presence of transient signal components, these parameters can be used to control the amount of decorrelation of the output channels produced.
- Examples of the use of existing detection algorithms for transient signals are MPEG-Surround, where the control information of the STP tool is suitable for detection and the inter-channel coherence parameters (ICC) can be used.
- the detection can be done both on the encoder and on the decoder side. In the former case, a signal flag or bit should be transmitted which is evaluated by the audio decoder 100 to switch between the various decorrelators. If the signal processing scheme of the audio decoder 100 is based on overlapping windows for reconstruction of the final audio signal and the overlap of the adjacent windows (frames) is large enough, a simple switch between different decorrelators can be made without introducing audible artifacts.
- a cross-fading technique can be used in which first both decorrelators are used in parallel. The signal of the standard decorrelator 102 is then faded out in intensity during the transition to the Dekorrealator 104, while the signal of the decorrelator 104 is displayed simultaneously.
- hysteresis switching curves can be used in the switching back and forth to ensure that after switching to a decorrelator this is used for a predetermined minimum time to prevent multiple immediate switching back and forth between the different decorrelators.
- the decorrelators according to the invention can produce a particularly "wide" sound field
- a specific amount of a decorrelated signal is added to a direct signal
- the matrix coefficients of this mixed matrix are usually controlled by the above-mentioned transmitted correlation parameters or other spatial parameters
- the width of the sound field is first artificially increased by the coefficients of the mix matrix are changed so that the broad sound impression is formed slowly, before switching to the decorrelators according to the invention in the other case the switching over from the decorrelation according to the invention In the same way, the width of the sound impression can be reduced before the actual switching takes place.
- the decorrelators according to the invention have a number of advantages over the prior art, which come into play particularly in the reconstruction of applause-like signals, that is to say of signals which have a high transient signal component.
- an extremely broad sound field is generated without introducing additional artifacts, which is a great advantage, in particular in the case of transient, applause-like signals.
- the decorrelators according to the invention can be easily integrated into already existing reproduction chains or decoders and even controlled by parameters which already exist within these decoders in order to achieve the best possible reproduction of a signal. Examples of integration into such existing decoder structures have previously been called Parametric Stereo and MPEG-Surround.
- the concept according to the invention makes it possible to provide decorrelators which only make extraordinarily small demands on the available computing power, so that, on the one hand, no expensive investment in hardware is required and, on the other hand, the additional energy consumption of the decorrelators according to the invention is negligible.
- the inventive method generating output signals can be implemented in hardware or in software.
- the implementation can be carried out on a digital storage medium, in particular a floppy disc or CD with electronically readable control signals, which can cooperate with a programmable computer system in such a way that the inventive method of generating output signals is executed.
- the invention thus also consists in a computer program product with a program code stored on a machine-readable carrier for carrying out the method according to the invention, when the computer program product runs on a computer.
- the invention can thus be realized as a computer program with a program code for carrying out the method when the computer program runs on a computer.
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