Abstract: An audio encoder has a first information sink oriented encoding branch such as a spectral domain encoding branch, a second information source or SNR oriented encoding branch such as an LPC-domain encoding branch, and a switch for switching between the first and second encoding branches, the second encoding branch having a converter into a specific domain different from the spectral domain such as an LPC analysis stage generating an excitation signal, and the second encoding branch having a specific domain coding branch such as LPC domain processing branch, and a specific spectral domain coding branch such as LPC spectral domain processing branch, and an additional switch for switching between the specific domain coding branch and the specific spectral domain coding branch. An audio decoder has a first domain decoder, a second domain decoder, and a third domain decoder as well as two cascaded switches for switching between the decoders.

Abstract: An apparatus for playing back an audio object associated with a position includes a distance calculator for calculating distances of the position to speakers or for reading the distances of the position to the speakers. The distance calculator is configured to take a solution with a smallest distance. The apparatus is configured to play back the audio object using the speaker corresponding to the solution.

Abstract: An audio encoder has a first information sink oriented encoding branch such as a spectral domain encoding branch, a second information source or SNR oriented encoding branch such as an LPC-domain encoding branch, and a switch for switching between the first and second encoding branches, the second encoding branch having a converter into a specific domain different from the spectral domain such as an LPC analysis stage generating an excitation signal, and the second encoding branch having a specific domain coding branch such as LPC domain processing branch, and a specific spectral domain coding branch such as LPC spectral domain processing branch, and an additional switch for switching between the specific domain coding branch and the specific spectral domain coding branch. An audio decoder has a first domain decoder, a second domain decoder, and a third domain decoder as well as two cascaded switches for switching between the decoders.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: An audio encoder has a first information sink oriented encoding branch such as a spectral domain encoding branch, a second information source or SNR oriented encoding branch such as an LPC-domain encoding branch, and a switch for switching between the first and second encoding branches, the second encoding branch having a converter into a specific domain different from the spectral domain such as an LPC analysis stage generating an excitation signal, and the second encoding branch having a specific domain coding branch such as LPC domain processing branch, and a specific spectral domain coding branch such as LPC spectral domain processing branch, and an additional switch for switching between the specific domain coding branch and the specific spectral domain coding branch. An audio decoder has a first domain decoder, a second domain decoder, and a third domain decoder as well as two cascaded switches for switching between the decoders.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a configurable first audio signal processor for processing the audio signal in accordance with different configuration settings to obtain a processed audio signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted so that different configuration settings result in different sampling rates of the processed audio signal. The apparatus furthermore includes n analysis filter bank having a first number of analysis filter bank channels, a synthesis filter bank having a second number of synthesis filter bank channels, a second audio processor being adapted to receive and process an audio signal having a predetermined sampling rate, and a controller for controlling the first number of analysis filter bank channels or the second number of synthesis filter bank channels in accordance with a configuration setting.

Abstract: An encoder for encoding an audio signal is configured to encode the audio signal in a transform domain or filter-bank domain, is configured to determine spectral coefficients of the audio signal for a current frame and at least one previous frame, and is configured to selectively apply predictive encoding to a plurality of individual spectral coefficients or groups of spectral coefficients which are separated by at least one spectral coefficient.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: An audio decoder decodes a bit stream of encoded audio data, which bit stream represents a sequence of audio sample values and includes a plurality of frames, wherein each frame includes associated encoded audio sample values. The audio decoder includes a determiner configured to determine whether a frame of the encoded audio data is a special frame including encoded audio sample values associated with the special frame and additional information, wherein the additional information include encoded audio sample values of a number of frames preceding the special frame, wherein the encoded audio sample values of the preceding frames are encoded using the same codec configuration as the special frame, wherein the number of preceding frames is sufficient to initialize the decoder to be in a position to decode the audio sample values associated with the special frame if the special frame is the first frame upon start-up of the decoder.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a representation of a bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of an input signal representation includes a phase vocoder configured to obtain values of a spectral domain representation of a first patch of the bandwidth-extended signal on the basis of the input signal representation. The apparatus also includes a value copier configured to copy a set of values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch, which values are provided by the phase vocoder, to obtain a set of values of a spectral domain representation of a second patch, wherein the second patch is associated with higher frequencies than the first patch. The apparatus is configured to obtain the representation of the bandwidth-extended signal using the values of the spectral domain representation of the first patch and the values of the spectral domain representation of the second patch.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing an audio signal includes a configurable first audio signal processor for processing the audio signal in accordance with different configuration settings to obtain a processed audio signal, wherein the apparatus is adapted so that different configuration settings result in different sampling rates of the processed audio signal. The apparatus furthermore includes n analysis filter bank having a first number of analysis filter bank channels, a synthesis filter bank having a second number of synthesis filter bank channels, a second audio processor being adapted to receive and process an audio signal having a predetermined sampling rate, and a controller for controlling the first number of analysis filter bank channels or the second number of synthesis filter bank channels in accordance with a configuration setting.

Abstract: An audio decoder for providing a decoded audio signal representation on the basis of an encoded audio signal representation is configured to adjust decoding parameters in dependence on a configuration information, to decode one or more audio frames using a current configuration information, to compare a configuration information in a configuration structure associated with one or more frames to be decoded by the current configuration information, and to make a transition to perform decoding using the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded as a new configuration information if the configuration information in the configuration structure associated with the one or more frames to be decoded, or a relevant portion thereof, is different from the current configuration information, and to consider a stream identifier information included in the configuration structure when comparing the configuration information.

Abstract: A device and method for manipulating an audio signal includes a windower for generating a plurality of consecutive blocks of audio samples, the plurality of consecutive blocks including at least one padded block of audio samples, the padded block having padded values and audio signal values, a first converter for converting the padded block into a spectral representation having spectral values, a phase modifier for modifying phases of the spectral values to obtain a modified spectral representation and a second converter for converting the modified spectral representation into a modified time domain audio signal.