Multichannel audio source separation with probabilistic reverberation modeling

Simon Leglaive, Roland Badeau, Gael Richard

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Abstract

In this paper we show that considering early contributions of mixing filters through a probabilistic prior can help blind source separation in reverberant recording conditions. By modeling mixing filters as the direct path plus R-1 reflections, we represent the propagation from a source to a mixture channel as an autoregressive process of order R in the frequency domain. This model is used as a prior to derive a Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) estimation of the mixing filters using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm. Experimental results over reverberant synthetic mixtures and live recordings show that MAP estimation with this prior provides better separation results than a Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, WASPAA 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479974504
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Nov 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, WASPAA 2015 - New Paltz, United States
Duration: 18 Oct 201521 Oct 2015

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, WASPAA 2015

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics, WASPAA 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew Paltz
Period18/10/1521/10/15

Keywords

  • Blind audio source separation
  • EM algorithm
  • MAP estimation
  • Probabilistic prior
  • Under-determined convolutive mixtures

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