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Estimating Instrument Spectral Envelopes for Polyphonic Music Transcription in a Music Scene-Adaptive Approach

Authors: Carabias-Orti, Julio J.; Vera-Candeas, Pedro; Ruiz-Reyes, Nicolás; Cañadas-Quesada, Francisco J.; Cabañas-Molero, Pablo

AES Convention 126 · Paper 7819 · May 2009

Abstract

We propose a method for estimating the spectral envelope pattern of musical instruments in an musical scene-adaptive scheme, without having any prior knowledge about the real transcription. A musical note is defined as stable when variations

between its harmonic amplitudes are held constant during a certain period of time. A density-based clustering algorithm is used with the stable notes in order to separate different envelope models for each note. Music scene-adaptive envelope patterns are finally obtained from similarity and continuity of the different note models. Our approach has been tested in a polyphonic music transcription scheme with synthesized and real music recordings, obtaining

very promising results.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 126
AES Convention
126
Paper number
7819
Publication date
May 6, 2009
Session subject
Signal Analysis, Measurements, Restoration
Affiliation
University of Jaén, Linares, Spain (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper