Implementation Of A Hybrid Reverb Algorithm: Parameterizing Synthetic Late Reverberation From Impulse Responses
Student thesis: Master Thesis and HD Thesis
- Maximilian Peter Robert Steimel
4. Term, Sound and Music Computing (Master Programme)
Hybrid Reverb describes the combination of convolution reverb and a synthetic reverb structure to create artificial reverberation. This report describes recent methods in the field. An implementation of a hybrid reverberator is described, using state-of-the-art methods by combining convolution reverb for modelling early reflections and a filter structure for synthetic late reverb, whose coefficients are parameterized from room impulse responses, using Energy Decay Relief analysis and Least Squares optimization.\newline
The implementation is evaluated through signal comparison, a subjective listening test, and an objective evaluation of perceived audio quality. The goal of the evaluation was to find out if the implemented method performs better than a more rudimentary hybrid reverberation method. The results show only a marginal difference in favor for the implementation, while laying the foundation for future work and possible alternatives to the investigated structure.
The implementation is evaluated through signal comparison, a subjective listening test, and an objective evaluation of perceived audio quality. The goal of the evaluation was to find out if the implemented method performs better than a more rudimentary hybrid reverberation method. The results show only a marginal difference in favor for the implementation, while laying the foundation for future work and possible alternatives to the investigated structure.
Language | English |
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Publication date | 2019 |
Number of pages | 78 |
External collaborator | Ableton AG Chris Tuttle chris.tuttle@ableton.com Place of Internship |
Keywords | Hybrid Reverb, Artificial Reverb, DSP, Optimization, Linear Least-Squares, Nonlienar Least-Squares, Convolution, PEAQ, APE, FDN |
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