Process for balancing the loudness of digitally sampled audio waveforms
US5812969A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10L21/0232
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A loudness balancing process includes three operations. In a first operation, the user specifies a plurality of digitally sampled audio time domain waveforms and an adjusted maximum loudness for each waveform is generated and stored. This operation includes a retrieve and filter process that identifies a portion of each waveform with a maximum loudness, and an adjust and store process that generates an adjusted maximum loudness that is a maximum loudness for the waveform which is free of audible distortion due to clipping. In a second operation, each stored adjusted maximum loudness is retrieved and filtered. The filtering selects a minimum adjusted maximum loudness that is selected as a global maximum loudness. In a third operation, each waveform in the plurality of waveforms is loudness-balanced based on the global maximum loudness. This three step process assures a consistent maximum loudness across the plurality of waveforms and assures that no audible noise is introduced by loudness balancing process.
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