Detection of similarity in music files using signal level analysis

Mathew Thomas, Mintu Jothish, Navin Thomas, Shashidhar G. Koolagudi, Y. V. Srinivasa Murthy

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    Abstract

    In today's age of digital media, the collection of music files available to the general public is extremely diverse. As with any such set of data, efforts must be made to classify and categorize these files in order to facilitate easy access and searching. Songs can be classified based on attributes available in the music file's metadata such as artist, album, year of release, length, etc. However, if the similarity between two songs is to be determined, a simple comparison of metadata is not only unsatisfactory, the metadata itself might not be available. Therefore, a method of comparison independent of the availability of metadata is required. In this work, a comparison method has been proposed involving the use of musical parameters such as tempo, key and signal envelope, which are extracted from the music file through signal level analysis. Genre is also computed using a support vector machine (SVM) classifier and used to estimate the similarity between two songs.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2016 IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2016
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages1650-1654
    Number of pages5
    ISBN (Electronic)9781509025961
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 08-02-2017
    Event2016 IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2016 - Singapore, Singapore
    Duration: 22-11-201625-11-2016

    Publication series

    NameIEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON
    ISSN (Print)2159-3442
    ISSN (Electronic)2159-3450

    Conference

    Conference2016 IEEE Region 10 Conference, TENCON 2016
    Country/TerritorySingapore
    CitySingapore
    Period22-11-1625-11-16

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Computer Science Applications
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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