Abstract:
A signal processing apparatus for dereverberating a number of input audio signals, where the signal processing apparatus includes a processor configured to transform the number of input audio signals into a transformed domain to obtain input transformed coefficients, the input transformed coefficients being arranged to form an input transformed coefficient matrix, determine filter coefficients upon the basis of eigenvalues of a signal space, the filter coefficients being arranged to form a filter coefficient matrix, convolve input transformed coefficients of the input transformed coefficient matrix by filter coefficients of the filter coefficient matrix to obtain output transformed coefficients, and the output transformed coefficients being arranged to form an output transformed coefficient matrix.
Abstract:
A signal processing apparatus and method are provided for separating a plurality of mixture signals from a MIMO system to iteratively obtain a plurality of output signals. The plurality of mixture signals are a response of the MIMO system to a plurality of source signals. The signal processing apparatus comprises a plurality of blind source separators including a first blind source separator based on a first blind source separation technique or algorithm and a second blind source separator based on a second blind source separation technique or algorithm, wherein the first blind source separator is configured to compute a first plurality of preliminary output signals on the basis of a first set of coefficients describing the MIMO system and wherein the second blind source separator is configured to compute a second plurality of preliminary output signals on the basis of a second set of coefficients describing the MIMO system.
Abstract:
A sound signal processing apparatus including a plurality of microphones, where each microphone is configured to receive the sound signal from the target source, a processor configured to estimate a first power measure on the basis of the sound signal from the target source received by a first microphone of the microphones and a second power measure on the basis of the sound signal from the target source received by at least a second microphone of the microphones, which is located more distant from the target source than the first microphone, and the processor is further configured to determine a gain factor on the basis of a ratio between the second power measure and the first power measure, and an amplifier configured to apply the gain factor to the sound signal from the target source received by the first microphone.
Abstract:
The invention relates to audio signal processing apparatuses and methods, such as an audio signal downmixing apparatus (105) for processing an input audio signal comprising a plurality of input channels (113) into an output audio signal comprising a plurality of primary output channels (123) and at least one auxiliary output channel (125) using a downmix matrix D, wherein the downmix matrix D comprises a primary downmix matrix DU providing the plurality of primary output channels (123) and an auxiliary downmix matrix DW providing the at least one auxiliary output channel (125). The audio signal downmixing apparatus (105) comprises an auxiliary downmix matrix determiner (107) configured to determine the auxiliary downmix matrix DW, and a processor (109) configured to process the input audio signal into the output audio signal using the downmix matrix D.
Abstract:
The invention relates to audio signal processing apparatuses and methods, such as an audio signal downmixing apparatus (105) for processing an input audio signal comprising a plurality of input channels (113) into an output audio signal comprising a plurality of primary output channels (123) and at least one auxiliary output channel (125) using a downmix matrix D, wherein the downmix matrix D comprises a primary downmix matrix DU providing the plurality of primary output channels (123) and an auxiliary downmix matrix DW providing the at least one auxiliary output channel (125). The audio signal downmixing apparatus (105) comprises an auxiliary downmix matrix determiner (107) configured to determine the auxiliary downmix matrix DW, and a processor (109) configured to process the input audio signal into the output audio signal using the downmix matrix D.
Abstract:
A sound signal processing apparatus including a plurality of microphones, where each microphone is configured to receive the sound signal from the target source, a processor configured to estimate a first power measure on the basis of the sound signal from the target source received by a first microphone of the microphones and a second power measure on the basis of the sound signal from the target source received by at least a second microphone of the microphones, which is located more distant from the target source than the first microphone, and the processor is further configured to determine a gain factor on the basis of a ratio between the second power measure and the first power measure, and an amplifier configured to apply the gain factor to the sound signal from the target source received by the first microphone.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for compressing a set of N binaural room impulse responses, BRIR, wherein each channel of an N channel audio signal is convolved with the corresponding compressed set of N BRIR. The apparatus may comprise at least one analyzing and compressor module adapted to separate an input binaural room impulse response signal into a first binaural signal set provided to the binauralization processing of the initial part of the BRIR (early part) and a second binaural signal set provided to the binauralization processing of the final part of the BRIR (late part) via a downmix module; a binauralization module adapted to obtain a binaural signal based on convolving the N channel audio signal with the first binaural signal set and the second binaural signal set.
Abstract:
A local wave field synthesis apparatus, which includes a determination module for determining desired sound pressures and desired particle velocity vectors at a plurality of control points, a computation module for computing sound pressures and particle velocity vectors at the plurality of control points based on a set of filter parameters, an optimization module for computing an optimum set of filter parameters by jointly optimizing computed sound pressures towards the desired sound pressures and computed particle velocity vectors towards the desired particle velocity vectors, and a generator module for generating the drive signals based on the optimum set of filter parameters, wherein the plurality of control points are located on one or more contours around the one or more audio zones.
Abstract:
Audio signal processing apparatuses and methods are provided, such as an audio signal downmixing apparatus for processing an input audio signal into an output audio signal, wherein the input audio signal comprises a plurality of input channels recorded at a plurality of spatial positions and the output audio signal comprises a plurality of primary output channels. The audio signal downmixing apparatus comprises a downmix matrix determiner configured to determine for each frequency bin j of a plurality of frequency bins a downmix matrix DU with j being an integer in the range from 1 to N, and a processor configured to process the input audio signal using the downmix matrix DU into the output audio signal.
Abstract:
An audio signal processing device for generating a plurality of output signals for a plurality of loudspeakers from an input audio signal comprises a driving function determining unit adapted to determined driving functions of a plurality of loudspeakers for generating a virtual left binaural signal source and a virtual right binaural signal source based upon a position and a directivity of the virtual left binaural signal source, a position and a directivity of the virtual right binaural signal source and positions of the plurality of loudspeakers. Moreover, it comprises a filtering unit adapted to filter a left binaural signal and a right binaural signal using the driving functions of the plurality of loudspeakers resulting in the plurality of output signals. The left binaural signal and the right binaural signal constitute the input audio signal or are derived there from.