Machine listening is a field that encompasses research on a wide range of tasks, including speech recognition, audio content recognition, audio-based search, and content-based music analysis

Machine listening is a field that encompasses research on a wide range of tasks, including speech recognition, audio content recognition, audio-based search, and content-based music analysis. In this talk, I will start by introducing some of the ways in which machine learning enables computers to process and understand audio in a meaningful way. Then I will draw on some specific examples from my dissertation showing techniques for automated analysis of live drum performances. Specifically, I will focus on my work on drum detection, which uses gamma mixture models and a variant of non-negative matrix factorization, and drum pattern analysis, which uses deep neural networks to infer high-level rhythmic and stylistic information about a performance.

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