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Content-aware visualizations of audio data in diverse contexts

The visualization of the high-dimensional feature landscapes that are encountered when analyzing audio data is a challenging problem and is the focus of much research in the field of Music Information Retrieval. Typical feature sets extracted from sound have anywhere from dozens to hundreds of dimensions and have complex interrelationships between data elements. In this work, we apply various modern techniques for the visualization of audio data to a number of diverse problem domains, including the bioacoustics of Orcinus Orca (killer whale) song, partially annotated chant traditions including Torah recitation and the the analysis of music collections and live DJ sets. We also develop a number of graphical user interfaces to allow users to interact with these visualizations. These interfaces include Flash-enabled web applications, desktop applications, and novel interfaces including the use of the Radiodrum, a three-dimension position sensing musical interface.

  1. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2003
  2. Steven R. Ness, Daniel Peter Biro and George Tzanetakis Computer-assisted cantillation and chant research using content-aware web visualization tools, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Accepted for publication.
  3. S. R. Ness, A. Theocharis, G. Tzanetakis, L. G. Martins Improving Automatic Music Tag Annotation Using Stacked Generalization Of Probabilistic SVM Outputs, ACM Multimedia 2009.
  4. Steven R. Ness, George Tzanetakis, Audioscapes: exploring surface interfaces for music exploration - ICMC 2009.
  5. Steven R. Ness, George Tzanetakis, SOMba : Multiuser music creation using Self-Organizing Maps and motion tracking - ICMC 2009.
  6. Steven R. Ness, Daniel Peter Biro, George Tzanetakis : Content-aware web browsing and visualization tools for cantillation and chant research, 7th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing.
  7. George Tzanetakis, Manjinder Singh Benning, Steven R. Ness, Darren Minifie, Nigel Livingston : Assistive Music Browsing using Self-Organizing Maps - PETRA 2009 : 2nd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments.
  8. Steven R. Ness, Matthew Wright, Luis Gustavo Martins, George Tzanetakis: Chants and Orcas: semi-automatic tools for audio annotation and analysis in niche domains. ACM Multimedia 2008: 9-16.
  9. Daniel Peter Biro, Steven Ness, Matthew Wright, W. Andrew Schloss and George Tzanetakis Decoding the Song: Histogram-Based Paradigmatic and Syntagmatic Analysis of Melodic Formulae in Hungarian Laments, Jewish Torah Trope, Tenth Century Plainchant and Koran Recitation EMUS Expressivity in MUsic and Speech : IRCAM - Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique - Paris, France.
Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/2003
Date17 December 2009
CreatorsNess, Steven
ContributorsTzanetakis, George
Source SetsUniversity of Victoria
LanguageEnglish, English
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
RightsAvailable to the World Wide Web

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