| Analysis of speech and audio signals |
Sampling, interpolation and decimation. Short-term analysis. Time and spectral parameters. Linear prediction techniques. Cepstrum. Psychoacoustic principles: critical bands and masking. |
| Audio Coding |
Main characteristics of an audio signal. Psychoacoustic models. Time-frequency analysis: filterbanks and transforms. Coding. Standards. Applications. |
| Practical content |
In this subject there is no division between theoretical and practical content. Indeed, practical exercises related to many of the previously described contents are considered. |
