A comparison Between Fixed and Multiresolution Analysis for Onset Detection in Musical Signals

Chris Duxbury; Juan Pablo Bello; Mark Sandler; Mike Davies
DAFx-2004 - Naples
A study is presented for the use of multiresolution analysis-based onset detection in the complex domain. It shows that using variable time-resolution across frequency bands generates sharper detection functions for higher bands and more accurate detection functions for lower bands. The resulting method improves the localisation of onsets on fixed-resolution schemes, by favouring the increased time precision of higher subbands during the combination of results.
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