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It was examined whether applying a model of human auditory filter could improve the quality of sound recognition with the use of MPEG-7 standard audio descriptors. Modeling of filtering in the auditory system was with a bank of 38 gammatone filters closely spaced across the audible frequency range. The bank of filters was implemented as a low-level audio descriptor to replace the short-term Fourier transform (STFT) MPEG-7 audio descriptor. Sound recognition tests were conducted on a large set of sounds of nine musical instruments and speech of twelve speakers. The results showed that the proposed descriptor employing a bank of gammatone filters led to improved recognition of musical instruments and speakers as compared to the STFT-based original low-level MPEG-7 audio descriptor.
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Świercz, A., Żera, J. (2014). Model of Auditory Filters and MPEG-7 Descriptors in Sound Recognition. In: Ślȩzak, D., Schaefer, G., Vuong, S.T., Kim, YS. (eds) Active Media Technology. AMT 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8610. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09912-5_17
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