Subject: [AUDITORY] Fwd: [AUDITORY] High fidelity cocktail party recordings From: elif kaplan <elifjk@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 14:22:41 +0300--0000000000007de65605af302300 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Carol Chermaz <c.chermaz@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 14:20 Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] High fidelity cocktail party recordings To: elif kaplan <elifjk@xxxxxxxx> Binaural cafeteria noise with impulse responses, 48 khz: http://medi.uni-oldenburg.de/hrir/ cocktail party: look into the CHiME Challenge data. Various editions of the challenge have different type of recordings with multiple microphone configurations. Not sure if it=E2=80=99s realistic (I remember the data bei= ng recorded with like 6 microphones attached to a tablet). Better than nothing... I am not aware of other corpora, I have searched for that myself 2-3 years ago and that was the best I could find. Cheers > On 13 Sep 2020, at 11:53, elif kaplan <elifjk@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> From: "Monson, Brian" <monson@xxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [AUDITORY] High fidelity cocktail party recordings >> Date: July 29, 2020 at 8:44:28 PM GMT+3 >> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx >> Reply-To: "Monson, Brian" <monson@xxxxxxxx> >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I am looking for high-fidelity recordings of natural cocktail party or other complex acoustic background scenes. >> >> By =E2=80=9Cnatural=E2=80=9D I mean recorded in actual settings (cocktai= l parties, restaurants, hospitals, subways/trains/buses, etc.), preferably with a microphone location that could represent where a human might actually be listening to the scene (rather than, say, a mic suspended from the ceiling or something similar). >> >> By =E2=80=9Cbackground=E2=80=9D I mean true background scenes with no ne= ar-field talkers speaking directly into the microphone. >> >> By =E2=80=9Chigh fidelity=E2=80=9D I mean: >> Original recording sampling rate at least 44.1 kHz >> Flat microphone response to 20 kHz >> At least 16-bit precision preferred >> >> COVID is preventing me from making my own recordings, so I=E2=80=99d gre= atly appreciate it if anyone has any you=E2=80=99d be willing to share (or know = of any publicly available) that meet, or nearly meet, these criteria. >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Brian >> >> >> Brian B. Monson, PhD >> >> Assistant Professor >> Department of Speech and Hearing Science >> Neuroscience Program >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign >> 901 S Sixth St, Rm 223 >> Champaign, IL 61820 >> 217-300-6212 | monson@xxxxxxxx >> anexlab.shs.illinois.edu >> >> >> <Illinois logo.png> >> >> Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communication to or from university employees regarding university business is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure. >> > Carol Chermaz Centre for Speech Technology Research The University of Edinburgh --=20 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. --0000000000007de65605af302300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class= =3D"gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong cla= ss=3D"gmail_sendername" dir=3D"auto">Carol Chermaz</strong> <span dir=3D"au= to"><<a href=3D"mailto:c.chermaz@xxxxxxxx">c.chermaz@xxxxxxxx</a= >></span><br>Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 14:20<br>Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] = High fidelity cocktail party recordings<br>To: elif kaplan <<a href=3D"m= ailto:elifjk@xxxxxxxx">elifjk@xxxxxxxx</a>><br></div><br><br>Binaural = cafeteria noise with impulse responses, 48 khz:<br> <br> <a href=3D"http://medi.uni-oldenburg.de/hrir/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D= "_blank">http://medi.uni-oldenburg.de/hrir/</a><br> <br> cocktail party: look into the CHiME Challenge data. Various editions of the= challenge have different type of recordings with multiple microphone confi= gurations. Not sure if it=E2=80=99s realistic (I remember the data being re= corded with like 6 microphones attached to a tablet). Better than nothing..= .<br> <br> I am not aware of other corpora, I have searched for that myself 2-3 years = ago and that was the best I could find.<br> Cheers<br> <br> > On 13 Sep 2020, at 11:53, elif kaplan <<a href=3D"mailto:elifjk@xxxxxxxx= il.com" target=3D"_blank">elifjk@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> >> Begin forwarded message:<br> >> <br> >> From: "Monson, Brian" <<a href=3D"mailto:monson@xxxxxxxx= OIS.EDU" target=3D"_blank">monson@xxxxxxxx</a>><br> >> Subject: [AUDITORY] High fidelity cocktail party recordings<br> >> Date: July 29, 2020 at 8:44:28 PM GMT+3<br> >> To: <a href=3D"mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">= AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx</a><br> >> Reply-To: "Monson, Brian" <<a href=3D"mailto:monson@xxxxxxxx= LLINOIS.EDU" target=3D"_blank">monson@xxxxxxxx</a>><br> >> <br> >> Dear Colleagues,<br> >> <br> >> I am looking for high-fidelity recordings of natural cocktail part= y or other complex acoustic background scenes.<br> >> <br> >> By =E2=80=9Cnatural=E2=80=9D I mean recorded in actual settings (c= ocktail parties, restaurants, hospitals, subways/trains/buses, etc.), prefe= rably with a microphone location that could represent where a human might a= ctually be listening to the scene (rather than, say, a mic suspended from t= he ceiling or something similar).<br> >> <br> >> By =E2=80=9Cbackground=E2=80=9D I mean true background scenes with= no near-field talkers speaking directly into the microphone.<br> >> <br> >> By =E2=80=9Chigh fidelity=E2=80=9D I mean:<br> >> Original recording sampling rate at least 44.1 kHz<br> >> Flat microphone response to 20 kHz<br> >> At least 16-bit precision preferred<br> >> <br> >> COVID is preventing me from making my own recordings, so I=E2=80= =99d greatly appreciate it if anyone has any you=E2=80=99d be willing to sh= are (or know of any publicly available) that meet, or nearly meet, these cr= iteria.<br> >> <br> >> Many thanks,<br> >> <br> >> Brian<br> >> <br> >> <br> >> Brian B. Monson, PhD<br> >> <br> >> Assistant Professor<br> >> Department of Speech and Hearing Science<br> >> Neuroscience Program<br> >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br> >> 901 S Sixth St, Rm 223<br> >> Champaign, IL 61820<br> >> 217-300-6212 | <a href=3D"mailto:monson@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_b= lank">monson@xxxxxxxx</a><br> >> <a href=3D"http://anexlab.shs.illinois.edu" rel=3D"noreferrer" tar= get=3D"_blank">anexlab.shs.illinois.edu</a><br> >> <br> >> <br> >> <Illinois logo.png><br> >> <br> >> Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act any written communic= ation to or from university employees regarding university business is a pu= blic record and may be subject to public disclosure.<br> >> <br> > <br> <br> Carol Chermaz<br> <br> Centre for Speech Technology Research<br> The University of Edinburgh<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> -- <br> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in<br> Scotland, with registration number SC005336.<br> <br> </div></div> --0000000000007de65605af302300--