Patent ID: 8116459

Claim:
Multi-channel reconstructor for generating a reconstructed output channel using at least one downmix channel derived by downmixing a plurality of original channels and using a parameter representation, the parameter representation including information on a temporal structure of an original channel, comprising: a generator device for generating a direct signal component and a diffuse signal component for the reconstructed output channel, based on the at least one downmix channel; a direct signal modifier for modifying the direct signal component using the information on the temporal structure of an original channel included in the parameter representation to obtain a modified direct signal component, wherein the diffuse signal component is not modified using the information on the temporal structure of the original channel included in the parameter representation; and a combiner for combining the modified direct signal component and the diffuse signal component to obtain the reconstructed output channel, wherein the generator device, the direct signal modifier or the combiner comprises a hardware apparatus.