An implemenation of the ITU-R BS.1770-4 loudness recommendation

docs/source/functional.rst

@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ resample
 
 .. autofunction:: resample
 
+loudness
+--------
+
+.. autofunction:: loudness
+
 
 :hidden:`Filtering`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

docs/source/transforms.rst

@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ Transforms are common audio transforms. They can be chained together using :clas
 
   .. automethod:: forward
 
+:hidden:`Loudness`
+-----------------
+
+.. autoclass:: Loudness
+
+  .. automethod:: forward
+
 :hidden:`Feature Extractions`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

test/integration_tests/loudness_compliance_test.py

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Test suite for compliance with the ITU-R BS.1770-4 recommendation"""
+import zipfile
+
+import pytest
+
+import torch
+import torchaudio
+import torchaudio.functional as F
+
+
+# Test files linked in https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/opb/rep/R-REP-BS.2217-2-2016-PDF-E.pdf
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "filename,url,expected",
+    [
+        (
+            "1770-2_Comp_RelGateTest",
+            "http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/oth/11/02/R11020000010030ZIPM.zip",
+            -10.0,
+        ),
+        (
+            "1770-2_Comp_AbsGateTest",
+            "http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/oth/11/02/R11020000010029ZIPM.zip",
+            -69.5,
+        ),
+        (
+            "1770-2_Comp_24LKFS_500Hz_2ch",
+            "http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/oth/11/02/R11020000010018ZIPM.zip",
+            -24.0,
+        ),
+        (
+            "1770-2 Conf Mono Voice+Music-24LKFS",
+            "http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-r/oth/11/02/R11020000010038ZIPM.zip",
+            -24.0,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_loudness(tmp_path, filename, url, expected):
+    zippath = tmp_path / filename
+    torch.hub.download_url_to_file(url, zippath, progress=False)
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(zippath) as file:
+        file.extractall(zippath.parent)
+
+    waveform, sample_rate = torchaudio.load(zippath.with_suffix(".wav"))
+    loudness = F.loudness(waveform, sample_rate)
+    expected = torch.tensor(expected, dtype=loudness.dtype, device=loudness.device)
+    assert torch.allclose(loudness, expected, rtol=0.01, atol=0.1)

test/torchaudio_unittest/functional/torchscript_consistency_impl.py

@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ def func(tensor):
 
         self._assert_consistency(func, (waveform,))
 
+    def test_measure_loudness(self):
+        if self.dtype == torch.float64:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("This test is known to fail for float64")
+
+        sample_rate = 44100
+        waveform = common_utils.get_sinusoid(sample_rate=sample_rate, device=self.device)
+        self._assert_consistency(F.loudness, (waveform, sample_rate))
+
     def test_melscale_fbanks(self):
         if self.device != torch.device("cpu"):
             raise unittest.SkipTest("No need to perform test on device other than CPU")

torchaudio/functional/__init__.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     griffinlim,
     inverse_spectrogram,
     linear_fbanks,
+    loudness,
     mask_along_axis,
     mask_along_axis_iid,
     melscale_fbanks,
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
     "melscale_fbanks",
     "linear_fbanks",
     "DB_to_amplitude",
+    "loudness",
     "detect_pitch_frequency",
     "griffinlim",
     "mask_along_axis",

torchaudio/functional/functional.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 from torch import Tensor
 from torchaudio._internal import module_utils as _mod_utils
 
+from .filtering import highpass_biquad, treble_biquad
+
 __all__ = [
     "spectrogram",
     "inverse_spectrogram",
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
     "apply_codec",
     "resample",
     "edit_distance",
+    "loudness",
     "pitch_shift",
     "rnnt_loss",
     "psd",
@@ -1640,6 +1643,67 @@ def edit_distance(seq1: Sequence, seq2: Sequence) -> int:
     return int(dold[-1])
 
 
+def loudness(waveform: Tensor, sample_rate: int):
+    r"""Measure audio loudness according to the ITU-R BS.1770-4 recommendation.
+
+    .. devices:: CPU CUDA
+
+    .. properties:: TorchScript
+
+    Args:
+        waveform(torch.Tensor): audio waveform of dimension `(..., channels, time)`
+        sample_rate (int): sampling rate of the waveform
+
+    Returns:
+        Tensor: loudness estimates (LKFS)
+
+    Reference:
+        - https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BS.1770-4-201510-I/en
+    """
+
+    if waveform.size(-2) > 5:
+        raise ValueError("Only up to 5 channels are supported.")
+
+    gate_duration = 0.4
+    overlap = 0.75
+    gamma_abs = -70.0
+    kweight_bias = -0.691
+    gate_samples = int(round(gate_duration * sample_rate))
+    step = int(round(gate_samples * (1 - overlap)))
+
+    # Apply K-weighting
+    waveform = treble_biquad(waveform, sample_rate, 4.0, 1500.0, 1 / math.sqrt(2))
+    waveform = highpass_biquad(waveform, sample_rate, 38.0, 0.5)
+
+    # Compute the energy for each block
+    energy = torch.square(waveform).unfold(-1, gate_samples, step)
+    energy = torch.mean(energy, dim=-1)
+
+    # Compute channel-weighted summation
+    g = torch.tensor([1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.41, 1.41], dtype=waveform.dtype, device=waveform.device)
+    g = g[: energy.size(-2)]
+
+    energy_weighted = torch.sum(g.unsqueeze(-1) * energy, dim=-2)
+    loudness = -0.691 + 10 * torch.log10(energy_weighted)
+
+    # Apply absolute gating of the blocks
+    gated_blocks = loudness > gamma_abs
+    gated_blocks = gated_blocks.unsqueeze(-2)
+
+    energy_filtered = torch.sum(gated_blocks * energy, dim=-1) / torch.count_nonzero(gated_blocks, dim=-1)
+    energy_weighted = torch.sum(g * energy_filtered, dim=-1)
+    gamma_rel = kweight_bias + 10 * torch.log10(energy_weighted) - 10
+
+    # Apply relative gating of the blocks
+    gated_blocks = torch.logical_and(gated_blocks.squeeze(-2), loudness > gamma_rel.unsqueeze(-1))
+    gated_blocks = gated_blocks.unsqueeze(-2)
+
+    energy_filtered = torch.sum(gated_blocks * energy, dim=-1) / torch.count_nonzero(gated_blocks, dim=-1)
+    energy_weighted = torch.sum(g * energy_filtered, dim=-1)
+    LKFS = kweight_bias + 10 * torch.log10(energy_weighted)
+    return LKFS
+
+
 def pitch_shift(
     waveform: Tensor,
     sample_rate: int,

torchaudio/transforms/__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     InverseMelScale,
     InverseSpectrogram,
     LFCC,
+    Loudness,
     MelScale,
     MelSpectrogram,
     MFCC,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
     "InverseMelScale",
     "InverseSpectrogram",
     "LFCC",
+    "Loudness",
     "MFCC",
     "MVDR",
     "MelScale",

torchaudio/transforms/_transforms.py

@@ -1251,6 +1251,36 @@ def __init__(self, time_mask_param: int, iid_masks: bool = False, p: float = 1.0
         super(TimeMasking, self).__init__(time_mask_param, 2, iid_masks, p=p)
 
 
+class Loudness(torch.nn.Module):
+    r"""Measure audio loudness according to the ITU-R BS.1770-4 recommendation.
+
+    .. devices:: CPU CUDA
+
+    .. properties:: TorchScript
+
+    Args:
+        sample_rate (int): Sample rate of audio signal.
+
+    Reference:
+        - https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BS.1770-4-201510-I/en
+    """
+    __constants__ = ["sample_rate"]
+
+    def __init__(self, sample_rate: int):
+        super(Loudness, self).__init__()
+        self.sample_rate = sample_rate
+
+    def forward(self, wavefrom: Tensor):
+        r"""
+        Args:
+            waveform(torch.Tensor): audio waveform of dimension `(..., channels, time)`
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: loudness estimates (LKFS)
+        """
+        return F.loudness(wavefrom, self.sample_rate)
+
+
 class Vol(torch.nn.Module):
     r"""Add a volume to an waveform.