Loudness modification of multichannel audio signals

摘要

Scaling, by a desired amount sm, the overall perceived loudness Lm of a multichannel audio signal, wherein perceived loudness is a nonlinear function of signal power P, by scaling the perceived loudness of each individual channel Lc by an amount substantially equal to the desired amount of scaling of the overall perceived loudness of all channels sm, subject to accuracy in calculations and the desired accuracy of the overall perceived loudness scaling sm. The perceived loudness of each individual channel may be scaled by changing the gain of each individual channel, wherein gain is a scaling of a channel's power. Optionally, in addition, the loudness scaling applied to each channel may be modified so as to reduce the difference between the actual overall loudness scaling and the desired amount of overall loudness scaling.

主权项

1. A method for processing an audio signal having at least a first channel and a second channel, the method comprising:
determining a first gain to scale a loudness of the first channel from a first loudness to a second loudness, each of the first loudness and the second loudness being a respective value of a nonlinear function of a power of the first channel; and determining a second gain to scale a loudness of the second channel from a third loudness to a fourth loudness, each of the third loudness and the fourth loudness being a respective value of a nonlinear function of a power of the second channel; wherein the first gain and the second gain are selected so that a first ratio between the second loudness and the first loudness equals a second ratio between the fourth loudness and the third loudness; where the method is performed by one or more computing devices.