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Convention Paper

Beat Tracking Towards Automatic Musical Accompaniment

Authors: Davies, Matthew E. P.; Brossier, Paul M.; Plumbley, Mark D.

AES Convention 118 · Paper 6408 · May 2005

Abstract

In this paper we address the issue of real-time rhythmic analysis, primarily towards predicting the locations of musical beats such that they are consistent with a live audio input. This will be a key component required for a system capable of
automatic accompaniment with a live musician. We implement our approach as part a real-time audio library. Due to the removal of "future" audio information for this causal system, performance is reduced in comparison to our previous non-causal system, although still acceptable for our intended purpose.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 118
AES Convention
118
Paper number
6408
Publication date
May 6, 2005
Session subject
Analysis and Synthesis of Sound
Affiliation
Queen Mary, University of London (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper