Joint Blind Room Acoustic Characterization From Speech And Music Signals Using Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11167v1
• Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:41:21 GMT
• Title: Joint Blind Room Acoustic Characterization From Speech And Music Signals Using Convolutional Recurrent Neural Networks
• Authors: Paul Callens, Milos Cernak
• Abstract summary: Reverberation time, clarity, and direct-to-reverberant ratio are acoustic parameters that have been defined to describe reverberant environments. Recent audio combined with machine learning suggests that one could estimate those parameters blindly using speech or music signals. We propose a robust end-to-end method to achieve blind joint acoustic parameter estimation using speech and/or music signals.
• Score: 13.12834490248018
• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Acoustic environment characterization opens doors for sound reproduction innovations, smart EQing, speech enhancement, hearing aids, and forensics. Reverberation time, clarity, and direct-to-reverberant ratio are acoustic parameters that have been defined to describe reverberant environments. They are closely related to speech intelligibility and sound quality. As explained in the ISO3382 standard, they can be derived from a room measurement called the Room Impulse Response (RIR). However, measuring RIRs requires specific equipment and intrusive sound to be played. The recent audio combined with machine learning suggests that one could estimate those parameters blindly using speech or music signals. We follow these advances and propose a robust end-to-end method to achieve blind joint acoustic parameter estimation using speech and/or music signals. Our results indicate that convolutional recurrent neural networks perform best for this task, and including music in training also helps improve inference from speech.

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