Overview

BTrack is a causal beat tracking algorithm intended for real-time use. It is implemented in C++ with wrappers for Python and the Vamp plug-in framework.

Full details of the working of the algorithm can be found in:

  • Musicians and Machines: Bridging the Semantic Gap in Live Performance, Chapter 3, A. M. Stark, PhD Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2011.
  • Real-Time Beat-Synchronous Analysis of Musical Audio, A. M. Stark, M. E. P. Davies and M. D. Plumbley. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-09), Como, Italy, September 1-4, 2009.

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Queen Mary University of London

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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Related publications

A. Stark, M. E. P. Davies, and M. D. Plumbley, “Real-Time Beat-Synchronous Analysis of Musical Audio,” in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-09), 2009.
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A. Stark, “Musicians and Machines: Bridging the Semantic Gap in Live Performance,” PhD thesis, Queen Mary University of London, 2011.
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