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Variable-Octave Complex Smoothing

In this paper we present a technique for processing room responses using a variable-octave complex-domain (viz., time-domain) smoother. Traditional techniques for room response processing, for equalization and other applications such as auralization, have focussed on a constant-octave (e.g., 1/3 octave) and with magnitude domain smoothing of these room responses. However, recent research has shown that room responses need to be processed with a {\em high resolution especially in the low-frequency region} to characterize the discrete room modal structure as these are distinctly audible. Coupled this with the need for reducing the computational requirements associated with filters obtained from undesirable {\em over-fitting the high-frequency part} of the room response with such a high-Q complex-domain smoother, and knowledge of the fact that the auditory filters have wider bandwidth (viz., lower resolution) in the high-frequency part of the human hearing, the present paper proposes a variable-octave complex-domain smoothing. Thus this paper incorporates, simultaneously, the high low-frequency resolution requirement as well as the requirement of relatively lower-resolution fitting of the room response in the high-frequency part through a perceptually motivated approach.

Author: Bharitkar, Sunil
Affiliations: Audyssey Labs; University of Southern California(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:123 (October 2007) Paper Number:7264 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Signal Processing for Room Correction

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