Gabor frames and asymptotic behavior of Schwartz distributions

We obtain characterizations of asymptotic properties of Schwartz distribution by using Gabor frames. Our characterizations are indeed Tauberian theorems for shift asymptotics (S-asymptotics) in terms of short-time Fourier transforms with respect to windows generating Gabor frames. For it, we show that the Gabor coefficient operator provides (topological) isomorphisms of the spaces of tempered distributions $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R}^d)$ and distributions of exponential type $\mathcal{K}'_{1}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$ onto their images

A Phase Vocoder based on Nonstationary Gabor Frames

We propose a new algorithm for time stretching music signals based on the theory of nonstationary Gabor frames (NSGFs). The algorithm extends the techniques of the classical phase vocoder (PV) by incorporating adaptive time-frequency (TF) representations and adaptive phase locking. The adaptive TF representations imply good time resolution for the onsets of attack transients and good frequency resolution for the sinusoidal components. We estimate the phase values only at peak channels and the remaining phases are then locked to the values of the peaks in an adaptive manner. During attack transients we keep the stretch factor equal to one and we propose a new strategy for determining which channels are relevant for reinitializing the corresponding phase values. In contrast to previously published algorithms we use a non-uniform NSGF to obtain a low redundancy of the corresponding TF representation. We show that with just three times as many TF coefficients as signal samples, artifacts such as phasiness and transient smearing can be greatly reduced compared to the classical PV. The proposed algorithm is tested on both synthetic and real world signals and compared with state of the art algorithms in a reproducible manner.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure

Superposition frames for adaptive time-frequency analysis and fast reconstruction

In this article we introduce a broad family of adaptive, linear time-frequency representations termed superposition frames, and show that they admit desirable fast overlap-add reconstruction properties akin to standard short-time Fourier techniques. This approach stands in contrast to many adaptive time-frequency representations in the extant literature, which, while more flexible than standard fixed-resolution approaches, typically fail to provide efficient reconstruction and often lack the regular structure necessary for precise frame-theoretic analysis. Our main technical contributions come through the development of properties which ensure that this construction provides for a numerically stable, invertible signal representation. Our primary algorithmic contributions come via the introduction and discussion of specific signal adaptation criteria in deterministic and stochastic settings, based respectively on time-frequency concentration and nonstationarity detection. We conclude with a short speech enhancement example that serves to highlight potential applications of our approach.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures; revised versio

Gabor analysis over finite Abelian groups

The topic of this paper are (multi-window) Gabor frames for signals over finite Abelian groups, generated by an arbitrary lattice within the finite time-frequency plane. Our generic approach covers simultaneously multi-dimensional signals as well as non-separable lattices. The main results reduce to well-known fundamental facts about Gabor expansions of finite signals for the case of product lattices, as they have been given by Qiu, Wexler-Raz or Tolimieri-Orr, Bastiaans and Van-Leest, among others. In our presentation a central role is given to spreading function of linear operators between finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces. Another relevant tool is a symplectic version of Poisson's summation formula over the finite time-frequency plane. It provides the Fundamental Identity of Gabor Analysis.In addition we highlight projective representations of the time-frequency plane and its subgroups and explain the natural connection to twisted group algebras. In the finite-dimensional setting these twisted group algebras are just matrix algebras and their structure provides the algebraic framework for the study of the deeper properties of finite-dimensional Gabor frames.Comment: Revised version: two new sections added, many typos fixe

Frame Constants of Gabor Frames near the Critical Density

We consider Gabor frames generated by a Gaussian function and describe the behavior of the frame constants as the density of the lattice approaches the critical value