Audio encoder for encoding a multichannel signal, comprising: a linear prediction domain encoder; a frequency domain encoder; and a controller for switching between the linear prediction domain encoder and the frequency domain encoder, wherein the linear prediction domain encoder comprises a downmixer for downmixing the multichannel signal to obtain a downmix signal, a linear prediction domain core encoder for encoding the downmix signal and a first joint multichannel encoder for generating first multichannel information from the multichannel signal, wherein the frequency domain encoder comprises a second joint multichannel encoder for generating second multichannel information from the multichannel signal, wherein the second joint multichannel encoder is different from the first joint multichannel encoder, wherein the controller is configured to perform the switching such that a portion of the multichannel signal is represented either by an encoded frame of the linear prediction domain encoder or by an encoded frame of the frequency domain encoder, wherein the controller is configured to switch within a current frame of the multichannel signal from using the frequency domain encoder for encoding a previous frame to using the linear prediction domain encoder for encoding an upcoming frame, wherein the first joint multichannel encoder is configured to calculate synthetic multichannel parameters (210a, 210b, 212a, 212b) as the first multichannel information from the multichannel signal for the current frame, and wherein the second joint multichannel encoder is configured to weight the multichannel signal using a stop window (200a, 200b) to obtain a weighted multichannel signal in the current frame, so that the current frame, in which a transition from the frequency domain encoder to the linear prediction domain encoder is performed, comprises the weighted multichannel signal, information on the downmix signal, and the synthetic multichannel parameters (210a, 210b, 212a, 212b). a linear prediction domain encoder; a frequency domain encoder; and a controller for switching between the linear prediction domain encoder and the frequency domain encoder, wherein the linear prediction domain encoder comprises a downmixer for downmixing the multichannel signal to obtain a downmix signal, a linear prediction domain core encoder for encoding the downmix signal and a first joint multichannel encoder for generating first multichannel information from the multichannel signal, wherein the frequency domain encoder comprises a second joint multichannel encoder for generating second multichannel information from the multichannel signal, wherein the second joint multichannel encoder is different from the first joint multichannel encoder, wherein the controller is configured to perform the switching such that a portion of the multichannel signal is represented either by an encoded frame of the linear prediction domain encoder or by an encoded frame of the frequency domain encoder, wherein the controller is configured to switch within a current frame of the multichannel signal from using the frequency domain encoder for encoding a previous frame to using the linear prediction domain encoder for encoding an upcoming frame, wherein the first joint multichannel encoder is configured to calculate synthetic multichannel parameters (210a, 210b, 212a, 212b) as the first multichannel information from the multichannel signal for the current frame, and wherein the second joint multichannel encoder is configured to weight the multichannel signal using a stop window (200a, 200b) to obtain a weighted multichannel signal in the current frame, so that the current frame, in which a transition from the frequency domain encoder to the linear prediction domain encoder is performed, comprises the weighted multichannel signal, information on the downmix signal, and the synthetic multichannel parameters (210a, 210b, 212a, 212b).