Vibrational communication is one of the least understood channels of communication. Most studies have focused on the role of substrate-borne signals in insect mating behavior, where a male and a female establish a stereotyped duet that enables partner recognition and localization. While the effective communication range of substrate-borne signals may be up to several meters, it is generally acc...

We consider the problem of convolutive blind source separation of stereo mixtures. This is often tackled using frequency-domain independent component analysis (FD-ICA), or time-frequency masking methods such as DUET. In these methods, the short-term Fourier transform (STFT) is used to transform the signal into the time-frequency domain. Instead of using a fixed time-frequency transform on each ...

Many birds and primates use loud vocalizations to mediate agonistic interactions with conspecifics, either as solos by males or females, or as coordinated duets. The extensive variation in duet complexity, the contribution of each sex, and the context in which duets are produced suggest that duets may serve several functions, including territory and mate defense. Titi monkeys (Callicebus spp.) ...