A device comprising: an encoder configured to: determine a first mismatch value indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a reference audio channel and a target audio channel; determine whether to perform a first temporal-shift operation on the target audio channel at least based on the first mismatch value and a coding mode to generate an adjusted target audio channel; performing a first temporal-shift operation on the target audio channel to generate an adjusted target audio based on the first mismatch value; perform a first transform operation on the reference audio channel to generate a frequency-domain reference audio channel; perform a second transform operation on the adjusted target audio channel to generate a frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; determining a second mismatch value between the reference audio channel and the adjusted target audio channel in a transform-domain; determining whether to perform a second temporal-shift operation on the frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel in the transform-domain based on the first temporal-shift operation to generate a modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; performing the second temporal-shift operation on the frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel in the transform-domain based on the second mismatch value to generate a modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; and estimate one or more stereo cues based on the frequency-domain reference audio channel and the modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; and a transmitter configured to transmit the one or more stereo cues. an encoder configured to: determine a first mismatch value indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a reference audio channel and a target audio channel; determine whether to perform a first temporal-shift operation on the target audio channel at least based on the first mismatch value and a coding mode to generate an adjusted target audio channel; performing a first temporal-shift operation on the target audio channel to generate an adjusted target audio based on the first mismatch value; perform a first transform operation on the reference audio channel to generate a frequency-domain reference audio channel; perform a second transform operation on the adjusted target audio channel to generate a frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; determining a second mismatch value between the reference audio channel and the adjusted target audio channel in a transform-domain; determining whether to perform a second temporal-shift operation on the frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel in the transform-domain based on the first temporal-shift operation to generate a modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; performing the second temporal-shift operation on the frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel in the transform-domain based on the second mismatch value to generate a modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; and estimate one or more stereo cues based on the frequency-domain reference audio channel and the modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; and determine a first mismatch value indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a reference audio channel and a target audio channel; determine whether to perform a first temporal-shift operation on the target audio channel at least based on the first mismatch value and a coding mode to generate an adjusted target audio channel; performing a first temporal-shift operation on the target audio channel to generate an adjusted target audio based on the first mismatch value; perform a first transform operation on the reference audio channel to generate a frequency-domain reference audio channel; perform a second transform operation on the adjusted target audio channel to generate a frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; determining a second mismatch value between the reference audio channel and the adjusted target audio channel in a transform-domain; determining whether to perform a second temporal-shift operation on the frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel in the transform-domain based on the first temporal-shift operation to generate a modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; performing the second temporal-shift operation on the frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel in the transform-domain based on the second mismatch value to generate a modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; and estimate one or more stereo cues based on the frequency-domain reference audio channel and the modified frequency-domain adjusted target audio channel; and a transmitter configured to transmit the one or more stereo cues.