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parent: 5417b3afcbfb605519c84213b656cd98681101c8
author: Paul Brossier <piem@piem.org>
date: Fri Aug 26 11:47:33 EDT 2016
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-aubio documentation
-===================
+Welcome
+=======
-aubio is a collection of algorithms and tools to label music and sounds. It
-listens to audio signals and attempts to detect events. For instance, when a
-drum is hit, at which frequency is a note, or at what tempo is a rhythmic
-melody.
+aubio is a collection of algorithms and tools to label and transform music and
+sounds. It scans or `listens` to audio signals and attempts to detect musical
+events. For instance, when a drum is hit, at which frequency is a note, or at
+what tempo is a rhythmic melody.
-Its features include segmenting a sound file before each of its attacks,
+aubio features include segmenting a sound file before each of its attacks,
performing pitch detection, tapping the beat and producing midi streams from
live audio.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
- digital filters (low pass, high pass, and more)
- spectral filtering
- transient/steady-state separation
-- sound file and audio devices read and write access
+- sound file read and write access
- various mathematics utilities for music applications
The name aubio comes from *audio* with a typo: some errors are likely to be