This publication addresses the automated extraction of musical meter from audio signals on three hierarchical levels, namely tempo, tatum, and measure length. The presented approach analyzes consecutive segments of the audio signal equivalent to a few seconds length each, and detects periodicities in the temporal progression of the amplitude envelope. The tatum period, beat period, and measure length are estimated in a probabilistic manner from the periodicity function. An estimate of the time signature is obtained by applying musical knowledge. The advantages of the presented method reside in the ability to track tempo also in music with syncopated rhythms, and its computational efficiency.

Authors: Rohden, Jan; Cremer, Markus; Herre, Juergen
Affiliations: Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT, Ilmenau, Germany ; Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Conference: 25th International Conference: Metadata for Audio (June 2004)
Paper Number: 2-1
Publication Date: June 1, 2004 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Metadata for Audio
Permalink: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=12803

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