Encoding and decoding of pulse positions of tracks of an audio signal

An apparatus for decoding an encoded audio signal, wherein one or more tracks are associated with the encoded audio signal, each one of the tracks having a plurality of track positions and a plurality of pulses is provided. The apparatus comprises a pulse information decoder (110) and a signal decoder (120). The pulse information decoder (110) is adapted to decode a plurality of pulse positions, wherein each one of the pulse positions indicates one of the track positions of one of the tracks to indicate a position of one of the pulses of the track, and wherein the pulse information decoder is configured to decode the plurality of pulse positions by using a track positions number indicating a total number of the track positions of at least one of the tracks, a total pulses number indicating a total number of the pulses of at least one of the tracks, and one state number. The signal decoder (120) is adapted to decode the encoded audio signal by generating a synthesized audio signal using the plurality of pulse positions and a plurality of predictive filter coefficients being associated with the encoded audio signal