The resulting format has simple compression parameters and will be optimized for time-stretching/pitch-shifting. The format is really nothing special; it is based on a sinusoids + noise model. The novelty is in the analysis algorithm, which I think identifies sinusoids particularly well, avoiding common difficulties like the Gibbs phenomenon [0], which leads to "smearing" of transients when time-stretching.
The resulting format has simple compression parameters and will be optimized for time-stretching/pitch-shifting. The format is really nothing special; it is based on a sinusoids + noise model. The novelty is in the analysis algorithm, which I think identifies sinusoids particularly well, avoiding common difficulties like the Gibbs phenomenon [0], which leads to "smearing" of transients when time-stretching.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbs_phenomenon