Spectro-Temporal Interference Confounds Phase Encoding in Spatial Audio Foundation Models

1. 1Build a psychoacoustic benchmark using the binaural masking level difference
2. 2Run evaluations on frozen audio models using an equalization cancellation baseline
3. 3Configure GCC PHAT as a positive control for comparison
4. 4Test the performance of spatial audio models on localization tasks
5. 5Apply the findings to improve the encoding of microsecond interaural phase fine structures

Audio engineers and researchers on a team benefit from understanding the limitations of spatial audio models, and how to evaluate their performance using psychoacoustic benchmarks

💡 Spectro-temporal interference can confound phase encoding in spatial audio models, highlighting the need for psychoacoustic benchmarks

🎧 Spectro-temporal interference affects phase encoding in spatial audio models! 🤖