Tempo
and Loudness Tracking via Frequency and Time Domain Analysis for Polyphonic
Music
ISE-575/b final
project: Spring 2006
By
Erdem Unal
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Description: TLT is a tool that automatically extracts Tempo and
Loudness information from polyphonic wav files. The output of the system is the
input itself and a tapping sound accompanying the melody at the extracted tempo
marks. Frequency domain analyses are carried in order to analyze the input. A
filter bank is designed for extracting musical notes from the input audio. Each
band-pass filter is analyzed with standard short-term energy calculations to
estimate perceived tempo. Autocorrelation is used to detect periodicity of
quantized channel outputs.
The Objective: To extract tempo from a polyphonic
audio file and accompany the music with a tapping sound.
The Algorithm:

4.
Autocorrelation and Beat Detection
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