Time-scaled, sound signals (i.e. sounds output at differing speeds) are
generated by mixing weighted time-and frequency-domain processed signals,
the former signal generally representing speech-based signals while the
latter representing music-based signals. The weights applied to each type
of signal may be determined by a scaling factor, which in turn is related
to the desired speed at which a listener desires to hear a sound signal.
In one example of the invention, only stationary signal portions of an
input sound signal are used to generate time-scaled processed signals. An
adaptive frame-size may also be used to pre-process the separate signals
prior to being weighted, which at least decreases the amount of unwanted
reverberative sound qualities in a resulting sound signal. Together,
techniques envisioned by the present invention produce improved, speed
adjusted sound signals.