Processing of acoustic waveforms

Details Processing of acoustic waveforms Processing of acoustic waveforms

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G10L 19/02 (2006.01)

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CA 1243122

Abstract of the Disclosure A sinusoidal model for acoustic waveforms is applied to develop a new analysis/synthesis technique which characterizes a waveform by the amplitudes, frequencies, and phases of component sine waves. These parameters are estimated from a short-time Fourier transform. Rapid changes in the highly-resolved spectral components are tracked using the concept of "birth" and "death" of the underlying sine waves. The component values are interpolated from one frame to the next to yield a representation that is applied to a sine wave generator. The resulting synthetic waveform preserves the general waveform shape and is perceptually indistinguishable from the original. Furthermore, in the presence of noise the perceptual characteristics of the waveform as well as the noise are maintained. The method and devices disclosed herein are particularly useful in speech coding, time-scale modification, frequency scale modification and pitch modification.

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