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Intelligent Editing of Studio Recordings with the Help of Automatic Music Structure Extraction

Authors: Fazekas, György; Sandler, Mark

AES Convention 122 · Paper 7039 · May 2007

Abstract

In a complex sound editing project, automatic exploration and labelling of the semantic music structure can be highly beneficial as a creative assistance. This paper describes the development of new tools that allow the engineer to navigate around the recorded project using a hierarchical music segmentation algorithm. Segmentation of musical audio into intelligible sections like: chorus and verses will be discussed followed by a short overview of the novel segmentation approach by timbre-based music representation. Popular sound-editing platforms were investigated to find an optimal way of implementing the necessary features. The integration of music segmentation and the development of a new navigation toolbar in Audacity, an open-source multi-track editor will be described in more detail.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 122
AES Convention
122
Paper number
7039
Publication date
May 6, 2007
Session subject
Audio Recording and Reproduction
Affiliation
Queen Mary University of London (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper