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Thesis
Musical ensemble classification using universal background model adaptation and the million song dataset
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jun 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-3883
Abstract
Obtaining music has become easier with the introduction of digital audio formats and the internet, but the sheer amount of data available makes finding new songs that fit a particular taste a difficult task. Content recommendation services specifically tailored to music have become popular, but most do not analyze audio content, and instead use some form of collaborative filtering which relies on previously-generated metadata. Some music information retrieval (MIR) researchers have instead used content analysis to determine the pertinent attributes of a song, such as the instruments present or the genre. However, the task of determining the musical ensemble that produced a song has not seen much focus. This operation is especially important for song recommendation systems, as users often search for songs produced by a specific ensemble (e.g. a jazz quartet or an a cappella group). In this thesis, musical ensemble classification is covered in depth. Specifically, the novel use of universal background model (UBM) adaptation and the benefits of incorporating the Million Song Dataset (MSD) are examined. It was found that for instrumentation classification, UBM adaptation used in conjunction with the MSD outperformed other traditional machine learning classifiers. These results show that UBM adaptation is a valid method for MIR tasks, and that publicly available unlabeled music datasets can be used to augment the performance of content-based classifiers.
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- Title
- Musical ensemble classification using universal background model adaptation and the million song dataset
- Creators
- Brian Dolhansky - DU
- Contributors
- Youngmoo Kim (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 3883; 991014632541504721