TIV.lib: an open-source library for the tonal description of musical audio
Audio and Speech Processing
2020-08-31 v1 Sound
Abstract
In this paper, we present TIV.lib, an open-source library for the content-based tonal description of musical audio signals. Its main novelty relies on the perceptually-inspired Tonal Interval Vector space based on the Discrete Fourier transform, from which multiple instantaneous and global representations, descriptors and metrics are computed - e.g., harmonic change, dissonance, diatonicity, and musical key. The library is cross-platform, implemented in Python and the graphical programming language Pure Data, and can be used in both online and offline scenarios. Of note is its potential for enhanced Music Information Retrieval, where tonal descriptors sit at the core of numerous methods and applications.
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@article{arxiv.2008.11529,
title = {TIV.lib: an open-source library for the tonal description of musical audio},
author = {António Ramires and Gilberto Bernardes and Matthew E. P. Davies and Xavier Serra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.11529},
year = {2020}
}