An Introduction to Audio Content Analysis: Applications in Signal Processing and Music Informatics
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (783 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 111826682X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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"directed at serious audio researchers" according to W Boudville. A very useful and authoritative technical guide to its subject. The book starts off with some introductory and quite general discussion about signal processing. Bringing forth the ideas of a Finite Impulse Response filter and an Infinite Impulse Response filter. But from the directed at serious audio researchers A very useful and authoritative technical guide to its subject. The book starts off with some introductory and quite general discussion about signal processing. Bringing forth the ideas of a Finite Impulse Response filter and an Infinite Impulse Response filter. But from the 3rd chapter onwards, the book tacks explicitly onto audio processing. You get a coverage of all the major statistical ideas and terms used.Also invoked are the psychophysical aspects, which are necessarily somewhat subjective. To a hardcore engineering reader, this can be frustratin. rd chapter onwards, the book tacks explicitly onto audio processing. You get a coverage of all the major statistical ideas and terms used.Also invoked are the psychophysical aspects, which are necessarily somewhat subjective. To a hardcore engineering reader, this can be frustratin. "A comprehensive survey" according to Personne. In his introduction, Alexander Lerch observes that there is little in the way of introductory literature to the wide field known as audio content analysis. In this one slim volume, he has remedied that situation. The field itself is enormous, ranging from pitch detection, to level management, to style analysis. Lerch approaches each of these fields in turn, after an important introduction outlining the basic math required to explore each field. Bear in mind that the basic math involves significant calculus: this is not a code cookbook.Many of the areas . Great Reference for Comp Sci Majors Alexander Lerch's second book on the mathematics behind music is a fantastic reference for a select and limited audience. While heavily skewed towards a computer science readership, it is definitely not at the introductory level and would probably only be practical for those with extremely solid footing in building and running applications. There are sections that would work well in isolation with Matlab, but I feel many of the code references (of which there are many) have limited use if you don't have an advanced sandbox to play with.On the positives,
Written by a well-known expert in the field, this book provides quick access to different analysis algorithms and allows comparison between different approaches to the same task, making it useful for newcomers to audio signal processing and industry experts alike. A review of relevant fundamentals in audio signal processing, psychoacoustics, and music theory, as well as downloadable MATLAB files are also included.Please visit the companion website: AudioContentAnalysis. With the proliferation of digital audio distribution over digital media, audio content analysis is fast becoming a requirement for designers of intelligent signal-adaptive audio processing systems
It’s a good source of concise information on many topics in audio analysis, and I recommend it for practitioners of digital audio.” (Computing Reviews, 4 January 2013) . “The book is simply a treasure for music analysts, and I would strongly recommend it for any scientific library.” (Computing Reviews, 29 May 2013)“Overall, this is a very practical book
. Dr. ALEXANDER LERCH, PhD, is Managing Director and co-owner of zplanevelopment, a research and development firm of licensable technology for digital audio signal processing for both the music software industry and major audio content distributors. Lerch also teaches audio content analysis at the Technical University of Berlin