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A Time-Scale Modification Algorithm Based on the Subband Time-Domain Technique for Broad-Band Signal Applications

Time-domain digital time-scale modification algorithms based on the overlap-and-add technique were developed mainly for speech signal applications and may not perform equally well for broad-band audio signals. Broad-band audio signals in general do not have a single 'pitch period' or similar structure to take advantage of, as exists in single-talker speech. Due to the basic assumption of quasi-periodicity in such methods, this means that the best alignment point between two successive frames in the overlapping region may not always be ideal. It results in a distortion in the form of repetitive waveforms, which produce echo and stuttering effects that are audible, especially after time-scale expansion. To overcome this problem, the broad-band signal is first divided into smaller subbands before the overlap-and-add technique is applied. The proposed subband analysis synchronous overlap-and-add (SASOLA) algorithm provides an alternative for time-scale modification of broad-band audio and speech signal applications without the various undesirable artifacts and high computational cost associated with the frequency-domain techniques.

Authors: Tan, Roland K. C.; Lin, Amerson H. J.
Affiliations: Kent Ridge Digital Labs (KRDL), Singapore ; Raffles Junior College, Singapore(See document for exact affiliation information.)
JAES Volume 48 Issue 5 pp. 437-449; May 2000 Import into BibTeX

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