KAD: No More FAD! An Effective and Efficient Evaluation Metric for Audio Generation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.15602v2
• Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 06:46:13 GMT
• Title: KAD: No More FAD! An Effective and Efficient Evaluation Metric for Audio Generation
• Authors: Yoonjin Chung, Pilsun Eu, Junwon Lee, Keunwoo Choi, Juhan Nam, Ben Sangbae Chon,
• Abstract summary: Kernel Audio Distance (KAD) is a distribution-free, unbiased, and computationally efficient metric based on Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD)<n>By leveraging advanced embeddings and characteristic kernels, KAD captures nuanced differences between real and generated audio.<n>Open-sourced in the kadtk toolkit, KAD provides an efficient, reliable, and perceptually aligned benchmark for evaluating generative audio models.
• Score: 5.499862297916013
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Although being widely adopted for evaluating generated audio signals, the Fr\'echet Audio Distance (FAD) suffers from significant limitations, including reliance on Gaussian assumptions, sensitivity to sample size, and high computational complexity. As an alternative, we introduce the Kernel Audio Distance (KAD), a novel, distribution-free, unbiased, and computationally efficient metric based on Maximum Mean Discrepancy (MMD). Through analysis and empirical validation, we demonstrate KAD's advantages: (1) faster convergence with smaller sample sizes, enabling reliable evaluation with limited data; (2) lower computational cost, with scalable GPU acceleration; and (3) stronger alignment with human perceptual judgments. By leveraging advanced embeddings and characteristic kernels, KAD captures nuanced differences between real and generated audio. Open-sourced in the kadtk toolkit, KAD provides an efficient, reliable, and perceptually aligned benchmark for evaluating generative audio models.

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