Device and method for analysing an audio signal in view of obtaining rhythm information

摘要

An apparatus for analyzing an audio signal with regard to rhythm information of the audio signal comprises a filterbank for dividing the audio signal into at least two sub-band signals. Every sub-band signal is examined with regard to a periodicity of the sub-band signal to obtain rhythm raw-information of every sub-band signal. The rhythm raw-information is subjected to a quality evaluation to obtain a significance measure for every sub-band signal. The rhythm information of the audio signal will finally be established by considering the significance measure of the sub-band signal and the rhythm raw-information. This enables a more robust analysis of the audio signal, since sub-band signals, where significant rhythm information are present, are preferred compared to sub-band signals where less significant rhythm information are present, when establishing the rhythm information.