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Enhancement Of Global Tempo Computation In Beat Tracking System Based On Teager-Kaiser Energy Operator
Ištvánek, Matěj
Beat detection systems and onset detections are used in music information retrieval (MIR) research field for the calculation of the global tempo (GT) and beat positions in audio recordings. The aim of this article is to introduce the enhancement of the onset detector and therefore the beat tracking system. The enhancement is based on the Teager-Kaiser energy operator (TKEO), which is used in pre-processing stage before the onset computation. The proposed method is firstly evaluated in terms of ability to estimate GT of a given audio track and then it is tested on the string quartet database. Results suggest that the TKEO could improve accuracy of GT estimation. Proposed beat tracking system could be used for analysis of interpretation changes in string quartet music.
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A tool for simultaneous playback of multiple composition interpretations
Švejcar, Michael ; Ištvánek, Matěj (referee) ; Miklánek, Štěpán (advisor)
The purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis was to create a piece of software which enables the user to simultaneously play back multiple interpretations of a musical piece and switch between them instantaneously. This was achieved using the App Designer in the MATLAB environment, which is intended for developing applications with graphical user interface. The key to the development of the application was especially the use of available toolboxes and algorithms for computing chromagrams and multiscale dynamic time warping. The final IntSwitcher player enables the user to load two recordings of interpretations of one song. Chromagrams which characterize the individual recordings in terms of tonal development over time are first calculated from the input files. After that, the multiscale dynamic time warping method is applied on the chromagrams, which outputs the warping path. The warping path in this case is a matrix, in which musically corresponding samples of loaded audio files are assigned together with the resolution of 50 ms. From this, the corresponding time position of currently inactive track is computed along with its slider position. If the user switches the currently played recording, the second track starts playing in the same part of composition, even if that part is at a different time in each of the individual recordings. The final software is an appropriate tool for studying differences between various interpretations of the same musical piece.
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Analysis of Expressive Music Performance using Digital Signal Processing Methods
Ištvánek, Matěj ; Mekyska, Jiří (referee) ; Smékal, Zdeněk (advisor)
This diploma thesis deals with methods of the onset and tempo detection in audio signals using specific techniques of digital processing. It analyzes and describes the issue from both the musical and the technical side. First, several implementations using different programming environments are tested. The system with the highest detection accuracy and adjustable parameters is selected, which is then used to test functionality on the reference database. Then, an extension of the algorithm based on the Teager-Kaiser energy operator in the preprocessing stage is created. The difference in accuracy of both systems is compared – the operator has on average increased the accuracy of detection of a global tempo and inter-beat intervals. Finally, a second dataset containing 33 different interpretations of the first movement of Bedřich Smetana’s composition, String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life". The results show that the average tempo of the entire first movement of the song slightly decreases depending on the later year of the recording.
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Research of tempo features comparing audio records
Ištvánek, Matěj ; Galáž, Zoltán (referee) ; Kiska, Tomáš (advisor)
This thesis deals with technical properties of audio signals or more precisely of recordings from the prepared database and describes parameters which are used for music transcription and analysis of audio signals. It summarises information about music theory and automatic transcription of audio recordings, introduces specialist studies that deal with problems of signal analysis and their results. Furthermore it mentions attributes with the best ability to generally differentiate included songs from rhythmical and metrical aspects. Thesis analyses in the MATLAB language, from the prepared database, all interpretations of the piece "String Quartet No. 1 – IV. Con moto" from Leoš Janáček with two selected methods and shows results of the analysis and comparing of the methods. Finally the work summarizes all information and problems of the thesis.
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