Iracema: a Python library for audio content analysis

Authors

  • Tairone Nunes Magalhaes Center for Research on Musical Gesture & Expression https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6872-6746
  • Felippe Brandão Barros Center for Research on Musical Gesture & Expression
  • Mauricio Alves Loureiro Center for Research on Musical Gesture & Expression

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2175-2745.107202

Keywords:

Music Expressiveness, Music Information Retrieval, Software Systems and Languages for Sound and Music

Abstract

Iracema is a Python library that aims to provide models for the extraction of meaningful information
from recordings of monophonic pieces of music, for purposes of research in music performance. With this objective in mind, we propose an architecture that will provide to users an abstraction level that simplifies the manipulation of different kinds of time series, as well as the extraction of segments from them. In this paper we: (1) introduce some key concepts at the core of the proposed  architecture; (2) describe the current functionalities of the package; (3) give some examples of the application programming interface; and (4) give some brief examples of audio analysis using the system.

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Published

2020-12-23

How to Cite

Magalhaes, T. N., Barros, F. B., & Loureiro, M. A. (2020). Iracema: a Python library for audio content analysis. Revista De Informática Teórica E Aplicada, 27(4), 127–138. https://doi.org/10.22456/2175-2745.107202

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Selected Papers - SBCM 2019