Audio signal processing is a highly active research field where digital signal processing theory meets human sound perception and real-time programming requirements. It has a wide range of applications in computers, gaming, and music technology, to name a few of the largest areas. Successful applications include, for example, perceptual audio coding, digital music synthesizers, and music recognition software. The fact that music is now often listened to using headphones from a mobile device leads to new problems related to background noise control and signal enhancement. Developments in processor technology, such as parallel computing, are changing the way signal-processing algorithms are designed for audio.
Vesa Välimäki
Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics
School of Electrical Engineering
Aalto University
Finland
Audio effects processing Audio equalization and filtering Audio signal analysis Music information retrieval audio coding sound source seperation sound synthesis and modeling