This paper reports on some improvements to the audio-coding method transform-domain weighted interleave vector quantization (TwinVQ). In the encoder, the frequency-domain coefficients are flattened at two stages before vector quantization is applied. The paper also introduces Bark-scale envelope coding. There are three frame modes to change time/frequency discrimination. According to the subjective quality tests, reproduction quality of 40 kb/s TwinVQ exceeded that of MPEG : Layer III.

Authors: Iwakami, Naoki; Moriya, Takehiro
Affiliation: NTT Human Interface Laboratories, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan
AES Convention: 101 (November 1996) Paper Number: 4377
Publication Date: November 1, 1996
Subject: Low Bit-Rate Audio Coding

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