A Theory for Multiresolution Signal Decomposition: The Wavelet Representation
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Characterization of Signals from Multiscale Edges
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Adapted wavelet analysis from theory to software
Adapted wavelet analysis from theory to software
Feature Extraction From Wavelet Coefficients for Pattern Recognition Tasks
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
Fast texture synthesis using tree-structured vector quantization
Proceedings of the 27th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Proceedings of the 27th annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques
Everyday listening and auditory icons
Everyday listening and auditory icons
Re-texturing the sonic environment
Proceedings of the 5th Audio Mostly Conference: A Conference on Interaction with Sound
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We present a technique to facilitate the creation of constantly changing, randomized audio streams from samples of source material. A core motivation is to make it easier to quickly create soundscapes for virtual environments and other scenarios where long streams of audio are used. While mostly in the background, these streams are vital for the creation of mood and realism in these types of applications. Our approach is to extract the component parts of sampled audio signals, and use them to resynthesize a continuous audio stream of indeterminate length. An automatic segmentation algorithm involving wavelets is used to split the input signal into syllable-like audio segments that we call "natural grains." For each grain, a table of similarity between it and all the other grains is constructed. The grains are then output in a continuous stream, with the next grain being chosen from among those other grains which best follow from it. Using this sampling-resynthesis technique, we can construct an infinite number of variations on the original signal with a minimum amount of interaction. An interface for the manipulation and playback of several of these streams is provided to facilitate building complex audio environments, and is made available for online experimentation at www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/lci/ naturalgrains/.