Subject: MTG-QBH: new dataset of sung melodies From: Justin Salamon <justin.salamon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:40:30 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--047d7bae49ecb9ff9304d0bce6e4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *** apologies for any cross-posting *** Dear list, As a little gift for the holiday season (be it Christmas, Hannukah, Tenno no Tanjobi or any other festivity you may celebrate!), we're glad to announce the release of a new dataset: MTG-QBH, http://mtg.upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh The dataset includes 118 recordings of a cappella sung melody excerpts. The recordings were made as part of the experiments on Query-by-Humming (QBH) reported in: J. Salamon, J. Serr=E0 and E. G=F3mez, "Tonal Representations for Music Retrieval: From Version Identification to Query-by-Humming<http://mtg.upf.edu/node/2657>", International Journal of Multimedia Information Retrieval, special issue on Hybrid Music Information Retrieval, In Press (Nov. 2012). In addition to the query recordings, three meta-data files are included, one describing the queries and two describing the music collections against which the queries were tested in the experiments described in the aforementioned article. The catch: whilst the query recordings are included in this dataset, audio files for the music collections listed in the meta-data files are not included in this dataset, as they are protected by copyright law (sorry!). Nonetheless, all tracks are commercially available and we hope that those interested in using this dataset for QBH will be able to acquire them easily. Further information about the queries, how they were recorded and by who is available on the dataset website, where you can of course download the audio and metadata files: http://mtg.upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh We hope that you find this dataset useful, whether for QBH or any other research topic (e.g. monophonic transcription), and would be very interested to receive your feedback. Cheers, Justin, Joan and Emilia --=20 Justin Salamon Music Technology Group (MTG), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain http://www.justinsalamon.com http://mtg.upf.edu/technologies/melodia http://mtg.upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh --047d7bae49ecb9ff9304d0bce6e4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>*** apologies for any cross-posting ***</div><div><br></div>Dear list,= <div><br></div><div>As a little gift for the holiday season (be it Christma= s, Hannukah, Tenno no Tanjobi or any other festivity you may celebrate!), w= e're glad to announce the release of a new dataset: MTG-QBH, <a href=3D= "http://mtg.upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh" target=3D"_blank">http://mtg= .upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh</a></div> <div><br></div><div><div>The dataset includes 118 recordings of a cappella = sung melody excerpts. The recordings were made as part of the experiments o= n Query-by-Humming (QBH) reported in:</div><div>=A0</div><div>J. Salamon, J= . Serr=E0 and E. G=F3mez, "<a href=3D"http://mtg.upf.edu/node/2657" ta= rget=3D"_blank">Tonal Representations for Music Retrieval: From Version Ide= ntification to Query-by-Humming</a>", International Journal of Multime= dia Information Retrieval, special issue on Hybrid Music Information Retrie= val, In Press (Nov. 2012).=A0</div> <div><br></div></div><div>In addition to the query recordings, three meta-d= ata files are included, one describing the queries and two describing the m= usic collections against which the queries were tested in the experiments d= escribed in the aforementioned article.=A0</div> <div><br></div><div>The catch: whilst the query recordings are included in = this dataset, audio files for the music collections listed in the meta-data= files are not included in this dataset, as they are protected by copyright= law (sorry!).=A0Nonetheless, all tracks are=A0commercially=A0available and= we hope that those interested in using this dataset for QBH will be able t= o=A0acquire=A0them easily.</div> <div><br></div><div>Further information about the queries, how they were re= corded and by who is available on the dataset website, where you can of cou= rse download the audio and metadata files:</div><div><br></div><div><a href= =3D"http://mtg.upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh" target=3D"_blank">http://= mtg.upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh</a></div> <div><br></div><div>We hope that you find this dataset useful, whether for = QBH or any other research topic (e.g. monophonic transcription), and would = be very interested to=A0receive=A0your feedback.</div><div><br></div><div> Cheers, </div><div><br></div><div>Justin, Joan and Emilia</div><div><br></div>-- <b= r><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Justin Salamon</div><div>Music Technology Group (MT= G),</div><div>Universitat Pompeu Fabra,</div><div>Barcelona, Spain<br><a hr= ef=3D"http://www.justinsalamon.com" target=3D"_blank">http://www.justinsala= mon.com</a><br> <a href=3D"http://mtg.upf.edu/technologies/melodia" target=3D"_blank">http:= //mtg.upf.edu/technologies/melodia</a><br></div></div><a href=3D"http://mtg= .upf.edu/download/datasets/mtg-qbh" target=3D"_blank">http://mtg.upf.edu/do= wnload/datasets/mtg-qbh</a> --047d7bae49ecb9ff9304d0bce6e4--