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Nonnegative signal factorization with learnt instrument models for sound source separation in close-microphone recordings

Title Nonnegative signal factorization with learnt instrument models for sound source separation in close-microphone recordings
Publication Type Journal Article
Year of Publication 2013
Authors Carabias-Orti, J. J. , Cobos M. , Vera-Candeas P. , & Rodríguez-Serrano F. J.
Journal Title EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Journal Date 12/2013
ISSN 1687-6180
Abstract Close-microphone techniques are extensively employed in many live music recordings, allowing for interference rejection and reducing the amount of reverberation in the resulting instrument tracks. However, despite the use of directional microphones, the recorded tracks are not completely free from source interference, a problem which is commonly known as microphone leakage. While source separation methods are potentially a solution to this problem, few approaches take into account the huge amount of prior information available in this scenario. In fact, besides the special properties of close-microphone tracks, the knowledge on the number and type of instruments making up the mixture can also be successfully exploited for improved separation performance. In this paper, a nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF) method making use of all the above information is proposed. To this end, a set of instrument models are learnt from a training database and incorporated into a multichannel extension of the NMF algorithm. Several options to initialize the algorithm are suggested, exploring their performance in multiple music tracks and comparing the results to other state-of-the-art approaches.
preprint/postprint document http://hdl.handle.net/10230/23218
Final publication http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-6180-2013-184