DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1481168
title: Mdb-Melody-Synth

description: MDB-melody-synth<br>
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MDB-melody-synth (c) by Justin Salamon, Rachel Bittner, Jordi Bonada, Juan Jose Bosch, Emilia Gómez and Juan Pablo Bello.<br>
MDB-melody-synth is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). <br>
You should have received a copy of the license along with this work. If not, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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Created By<br>
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Justin Salamon*, Rachel Bittner*, Jordi Bonada^, Juan Jose Bosch^, Emilia Gómez^ and Juan Pablo Bello*.<br>
* Music and Audio Research Lab (MARL), New York University, USA<br>
^ Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain<br>
http://synthdatasets.weebly.com/<br>
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/marl/<br>
https://www.upf.edu/web/mtg

Version 1.0.0

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Description<br>
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MDB-melody-synth contains 65 songs from the MedleyDB dataset (http://medleydb.weebly.com/) in which the melody track <br>
has been resynthesized to obtain a perfect melody f0 annotation using the analysis/synthesis method described in the <br>
following publication:

J. Salamon, R. M. Bittner, J. Bonada, J. J. Bosch, E. Gómez, and J. P. Bello. "An analysis/synthesis framework for <br>
automatic f0 annotation of multitrack datasets". In 18th Int. Soc. for Music Info. Retrieval Conf., Suzhou, China, <br>
Oct. 2017.

This dataset includes:<br>
* 65 stereo wav files of song mixes where the original melody stem (track) has been replaced with a resynthesized one<br>
* 65 mono wav files containing the resynthesized melody stem (track) only<br>
* 65 csv files containing a perfect f0 annotation of the melody stem (track) obtained via the analysis/synthesis <br>
  method described in the paper

The data come in three folders, the contents of which is described below.

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audio_mix<br>
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Contains 65 stereo wav files of song mixes where the original melody stem (track) has been replaced with a <br>
resynthesized one. All other stems (tracks) in the mix are the original ones (not resynthesized). The resynthesized  <br>
melody is obtained via the analysis/synthesis method described in the paper, and is automatically mixed together <br>
with the rest of the stems as described in the paper.

Naming convention: <br>
&lt;artist&gt;_&lt;songtitle&gt;_MIX_melsynth.wav

Example: <br>
AClassicEducation_NightOwl_MIX_melsynth.wav

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audio_melody<br>
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Contains 65 mono wav files of the resynthesized melody stem (track) only. The resynthesized melody is obtained via the <br>
analysis/synthesis method described in the paper.

Naming convention: <br>
&lt;artist&gt;_&lt;songtitle&gt;_STEM_&lt;stemID&gt;.RESYN.wav

Example: <br>
AClassicEducation_NightOwl_STEM_08.RESYN.wav

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annotation_melody<br>
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Contains 65 csv files containing a perfect f0 annotation of the melody stem (track) obtained via the analysis/synthesis <br>
method described in the paper. 

Format:<br>
Each file contains two comma-separated columns, the first containing timestamps and the second containing the melody <br>
f0 in Hz. The first frame in the annotation is zero-centered. Silence is indicated as 0 Hz. The hop size of the <br>
annotation is 128/44100 seconds (~2.9 ms).

Naming convention:<br>
&lt;artist&gt;_&lt;songtitle&gt;_STEM_&lt;stemID&gt;.RESYN.csv

Example:<br>
AClassicEducation_NightOwl_STEM_08.RESYN.csv

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Please Acknowledge MDB-melody-synth in Academic Research<br>
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Please cite the following publication when using MDB-melody-synth:

J. Salamon, R. M. Bittner, J. Bonada, J. J. Bosch, E. Gómez, and J. P. Bello. "An analysis/synthesis framework for <br>
automatic f0 annotation of multitrack datasets". In 18th Int. Soc. for Music Info. Retrieval Conf., Suzhou, China, <br>
Oct. 2017.

For information about the original MedleyDB dataset please see (and cite):

R. M. Bittner, J. Salamon, M. Tierney, M. Mauch, C. Cannam, and J. P. Bello. MedleyDB: A multitrack dataset for <br>
annotation-intensive MIR research. In 15th Int. Soc. for Music Info. Retrieval Conf., pages 155–160, Taipei, Taiwan, <br>
Oct. 2014.

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Conditions of Use<br>
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Dataset created by Justin Salamon, Rachel Bittner, Jordi Bonada, Juan Jose Bosch, Emilia Gómez and Juan Pablo Bello. <br>
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The MDB-melody-synth dataset is offered free of charge under the terms of the Creative Commons<br>
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/<br>
 <br>
The dataset and its contents are made available on an "as is" basis and without warranties of any kind, including <br>
without limitation satisfactory quality and conformity, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or <br>
completeness, or absence of errors. Subject to any liability that may not be excluded or limited by law, NYU is not <br>
liable for, and expressly excludes, all liability for loss or damage however and whenever caused to anyone by any use of <br>
the MDB-melody-synth dataset or any part of it.

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Feedback<br>
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Please help us improve MDB-melody-synth by sending your feedback to: justin.salamon@gmail.com<br>
In case of a problem report please include as many details as possible.<br>
description: {"references": ["J. Salamon, R. M. Bittner, J. Bonada, J. J. Bosch, E. G\u00f3mez, and J. P. Bello. \"An analysis/synthesis framework for automatic f0 annotation of multitrack datasets\". In 18th Int. Soc. for Music Info. Retrieval Conf., Suzhou, China, Oct. 2017."]}