APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN AMBIENT SIGNAL FROM AN AUDIO SIGNAL, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DERIVING A MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL FROM AN AUDIO SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

An apparatus for generating an ambient signal from an audio signal includes a compressor for lossy compression of a representation of the audio signal so as to obtain a compressed representation of the audio signal describing a compressed audio signal. The apparatus for generating the ambient signal further includes a calculator for calculating a difference between the compressed representation of the audio signal and the representation of the audio signal so as to obtain a discrimination representation. The apparatus further includes a provider for providing the ambient signal using the discrimination representation. An apparatus for deriving a multi-channel audio signal from an audio signal includes an apparatus for generating an ambient signal from an audio signal, an apparatus for providing the audio signal as a front-loudspeaker signal and an apparatus for providing the ambient signal as a back-loudspeaker signal.