Re: Classifying music samples (MP3/WAV/...)

Marc van Woerkom (van.woerkom nospam at netcologne.de)
Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:54:36 +0200 (CEST)

> But processing the whole content of the audio CD before a match could be
> made is a process that takes too long, even on 40 speed CD-ROMs.

And not everyone has such a quick drive yet. So I think it is maybe a
bit too early for that idea.

> ratio are helpfull in this. A simple quanitisation of the energy
> distribution in the frequency spectrum would probably do the trick.

Might work in some cases but not in all (like finding a 5s long sample
in a 5min recording)

Funnier are filters that could recognize highlevel characteristics
like BPM.. (80: rock, 120: techno, 150: bass and drum :-)

Regards,
Marc