Drum Transcription in the Presence of Pitched Instruments using Prior Subspace Analysis

Authors

Derry Fitzgerald, Technological University DublinFollow
Robert Lawlor, Technological University DublinFollow
Eugene Coyle, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only

Disciplines

Electrical and electronic engineering

Publication Details

The Irish Signals & Systems Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 2003.

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the use of Prior Subspace Analysis (PSA) as a method for transcribing drums in the presence of pitched instruments. PSA uses prior subspaces that represent the sources to be transcribed to overcome some of the problems associated with other subspace methods such as Independent Subspace Analysis (ISA) or sub-band ISA. The use of prior knowledge results in improved robustness for transcription purposes and enables the method to work more readily in the presence of pitched instruments than other subspace methods. The system presented in this paper attempts to extend the use of PSA to transcribe drum sounds in the presence of interfering pitched instruments.

Recommended Citation

Fitzgerald, D., Lawlor, R. & Coyle, E. (2003) Drum Transcription in the presence of pitched instruments using Prior Subspace Analysis, Proceedings of the Irish Signals & Systems Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 2003.