Neural Speech and Audio Coding: Modern AI Technology Meets Traditional Codecs

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06954v2
• Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:11:55 GMT
• Title: Neural Speech and Audio Coding: Modern AI Technology Meets Traditional Codecs
• Authors: Minje Kim, Jan Skoglund,
• Abstract summary: The paper explores the integration of model-based and data-driven approaches within the realm of neural speech and audio coding systems. It introduces a neural network-based signal enhancer designed to post-process existing codecs' output. The paper examines the use of psychoacoustically calibrated loss functions to train end-to-end neural audio codecs.
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• Abstract: This paper explores the integration of model-based and data-driven approaches within the realm of neural speech and audio coding systems. It highlights the challenges posed by the subjective evaluation processes of speech and audio codecs and discusses the limitations of purely data-driven approaches, which often require inefficiently large architectures to match the performance of model-based methods. The study presents hybrid systems as a viable solution, offering significant improvements to the performance of conventional codecs through meticulously chosen design enhancements. Specifically, it introduces a neural network-based signal enhancer designed to post-process existing codecs' output, along with the autoencoder-based end-to-end models and LPCNet--hybrid systems that combine linear predictive coding (LPC) with neural networks. Furthermore, the paper delves into predictive models operating within custom feature spaces (TF-Codec) or predefined transform domains (MDCTNet) and examines the use of psychoacoustically calibrated loss functions to train end-to-end neural audio codecs. Through these investigations, the paper demonstrates the potential of hybrid systems to advance the field of speech and audio coding by bridging the gap between traditional model-based approaches and modern data-driven techniques.

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