This paper proposes a selective sound segregation model for separating
target musical instrument sound from the mixed sound of various musical
instruments. The model consists of two blocks: a model of segregating
two acoustic sources based on auditory scene analysis as bottom-up
processing, and a selective processing based on knowledge sources as
top-down processing. Two simulations were carried out to evaluate the
proposed model. Results showed that the model could selectively
segregate not only the target instrument sound, but also the target
performance sound, from the mixed sound of various instruments. This
model, therefore, can also be adapted to computationally model the
mechanisms of a human's selective hearing system.
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