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Wideband audio compression using a combined wavelet and WLPC representation

  • Queensland University of Technology

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Abstract

In this paper, we present results for a combined wavelet warped linear prediction (WLP) audio coder. In contrast to conventional LP, WLP allows for the control of frequency resolution to closely match the response of the human auditory system. The coder first uses WLP analysis on each frame of audio, and then applies a discrete wavelet transform (DWT) to the residual signal (prediction error). A psychoacoustic model is used in parallel to obtain a global masking threshold used in bit allocation. Bits are dynamically allocated to the DWT coefficients in an attempt to minimise the perceptually significant quantisation error. For monophonic signals sampled at 44.1 kHz, the coder achieves near transparent quality for a variety of speech and music signals at an average bit-rate of 64 kb/s. The power of the proposed coder resides in its easy scalability to lower bit rates.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, ISSPA 2001 - Proceedings; 6 Tutorials in Communications, Image Processing and Signal Analysis
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages711-714
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)0780367030, 9780780367036
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event6th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, ISSPA 2001 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Duration: 13 Aug 200116 Aug 2001

Publication series

Name6th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, ISSPA 2001 - Proceedings; 6 Tutorials in Communications, Image Processing and Signal Analysis
Volume2

Conference

Conference6th International Symposium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, ISSPA 2001
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Period13/08/0116/08/01

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