Patent attributes
The invention relates to methods and units supporting a multichannel audio extension. In order to allow an efficient extension requiring a low computational complexity, it is proposed that at an encoding end, at least state information is provided as side information for a provided mono audio signal (M) generated out of a multichannel audio signal. The state information indicates for each of a plurality of frequency bands how a predetermined or equally provided gain value is to be applied in the frequency domain to the mono audio signal (M) for obtaining first and a second channel signals (L,R) of a reconstructed multichannel audio signal.