DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ENCODED STEREO SIGNAL OF AN AUDIO PIECE OR AUDIO DATA STREAM

摘要

A device for generating an encoded stereo signal from a multi-channel representation includes a multi-channel decoder (11) generating three of more multi-channels from at least one basic channel and parametric information. The three or more multi-channels are subjected to headphone signal processing (12) to generate an uncoded first stereo channel and an uncoded second stereo channel which are then supplied to a stereo encoder (13) to generate an encoded stereo file on the output side. The encoded stereo file may be supplied to any suitable player in the form of a CD player or a hardware player such that a user of the player does not only get a normal stereo impression but a multi--channel impression.