Literature Review: Audio

Techniques

Simple DSP Approaches

• Audio Alignment
• Onset detection

Deep Learning for Sound Classification

• Introductory
  • Sound classification using deep learning - walkthrough of a python project using deep learning techniques for classification of environmental sounds. Uses librosa and keras.
• Technical
  • Neural Network Classification of Gunshots - Technical paper comparing different methods of classification in relation to gunshots in particular.
• Datasets
  • Urbansound8k - large dataset of annotated environmental sounds.

Acoustic Fingerprinting

• Introductory
  • Audio fingerprinting with Python and Numpy
  • A Fingerprint for Audio
  • Audio fingerprinting - what is it and why is it useful?
• Technical
  • A Review of Audio Fingerprinting
  • Paper published by Shazam detailing their own algorithm
• Open Source Libraries
  • dejavu - audio fingerprinting and recognition algorithm implemented in Python.

Other Approaches

• Impulse Response
  • SoundLoc - acoustic method for indoor localisation
  • Acoustic Impulse Response Measurement - digitally capturing the acoustic signature of a space using impulse response.
• Acoustic Indices
  • Visual Fingerprints of the Acoustic Environment - The Use of Acoustic Indices to Characterise Natural Habitats

Related Projects

• mimic - a web platform with online coding environment to play with AI audio and signal processing.