A method of coding for multi-channel audio signals includes estimating comparison values at an encoder indicative of an amount of temporal mismatch between a reference channel and a corresponding target channel. The method includes smoothing the comparison values to generate short-term and first long-term smoothed comparison values. The method includes calculating a cross-correlation value between the comparison values and the short-term smoothed comparison values. The method also includes adjusting the first long-term smoothed comparison values in response to comparing the cross-correlation value with a threshold. The method further includes estimating a tentative shift value and non-causally shifting the target channel by a non-causal shift value to generate an adjusted target channel. The non-causal shift value is based on the tentative shift value. The method further includes generating, based on reference channel and the adjusted target channel, at least one of a mid-band channel or a side-band channel.