Objective measurement of music quality using Inter-Band Relationship analysis

Steven Fenton, Bruno Fazenda, Jonathan Wakefield

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Abstract

This paper describes and evaluates an objective measurement that grades the quality of a complex musical signal. The authors have previously identified a potential correlation between inter-band dynamics and the subjective quality of produced music excerpts. This paper describes the previously presented Inter-Band Relationship (IBR) descriptor and extends this work by testing with real-world music excerpts and a greater number of listening subjects. A high degree of correlation is observed between the Mean Subject Scores (MSS) and the objective IBR descriptor suggesting it could be used as an additional model output variable (MOV) to describe produced music quality. The method lends itself to real-time implementation and therefore can be exploited within mixing, mastering and monitoring tools.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication130th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2011
Pages760-769
Number of pages10
Volume2
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event130th Audio Engineering Society Convention - London, United Kingdom
Duration: 13 May 201116 May 2011
Conference number: 130

Conference

Conference130th Audio Engineering Society Convention
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period13/05/1116/05/11

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