Journal Article

·2016 OPEN ACCESS

Blind Audio Source Separation Using Independent Component Analysis and Independent Vector Analysis

alyaa mahdi YTU , Ahmet Elbır YTU , Fethullah Karabiber YTU

International Journal of Applied Mathematics Electronics and Computers

Abstract

Blind Source Separation (BSS) is one of the most important and challenging problem for the researchers in audio and speech processing area. In the literature, many different methods have been proposed to solve BSS problem. In this study, we have compared the performance of three popular BSS methods based on Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and Independent Vector Analysis Models, which are Fast-ICA, Kernel-ICA and Fast-IVA. We collected experimental data by recording speech from 13 people. Three different scenarios are proposed to compare the performance of BSS methods effectively. Experimental results show that the Fast-IVA has better performance than the ICA based methods according to performance metrics of Source-to-Artifact Ratio, Source-to-Distortion Ratio and Source-to-Noise Ratio. But ICA methods give better results than Fast-IVA according to the Source-to-Interference Ratio.

Keywords

Independent component analysis Blind signal separation Computer science Source separation Speech recognition Distortion (music) Artifact (error) Signal-to-interference ratio Signal-to-noise ratio (imaging) Pattern recognition (psychology) Artificial intelligence Telecommunications Channel (broadcasting)

Subject Areas

Blind Source Separation Techniques ·Signal Processing ·Physical Sciences
Speech and Audio Processing ·Signal Processing ·Physical Sciences
Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques ·Computational Mechanics ·Physical Sciences