Techniques for improving sinusoidal transform vocoders

Abstract

This paper presents quality enhancement of sinusoidal transform coders (STC) via the development of new parametric models. First explored are the benefits of Bark spectrum for use in the design of perceptual coding of the sine-wave amplitudes. According to our results, the proposed approach provides a uniform perceptual fit across the spectrum. To enhance the accuracy of phase representation, noncausal all-pole modeling of the vocal system is also discussed. Experimental results indicate that the use of new parametric models allows the STC to improve the phase accuracy as well as the synthetic speech quality.