Projekt Quebex: A Query by Example System for Audio Retrieval

Author

Thoshkahna, Balaji ; Ramakrishnan, K.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci.

fYear

2005

fDate

6-6 July 2005

Firstpage

265

Lastpage

268

Abstract

This paper describes an audio retrieval system, Quebex that works on raw audio data. The system is able to retrieve songs that are rhythmically and timbrewise similar from a database of 700 songs. A new algorithm is proposed that attempts to match two songs temporally in terms of timbre, using a simple dynamic time warping algorithm. A sieving technique is used to eliminate unlikely candidates from further processing and a ranking system among the rhythm, spectral and temporal features is used to retrieve songs. Initial results have shown great promise for the approach as it retrieves remixes and dubbed songs within the top 10 retrievals

Keywords

audio databases; content-based retrieval; information retrieval systems; music; Projekt Quebex; QBE system; audio retrieval; dynamic time warping algorithm; query-by-example; ranking system; rhythm; sieving technique; song database; spectral feature; temporal feature; timbre; Content based retrieval; Fans; Information retrieval; Learning systems; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Multiple signal classification; Music information retrieval; Search engines; Spatial databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia and Expo, 2005. ICME 2005. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9331-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICME.2005.1521411

Filename

1521411