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from Piano notes recognition research by Maxim Vedenyov
try to define notes from its sound

play_pieces.m
nst=-24; % start note
nen=35; % end note

disp(' ');
disp('range:');
disp([number2note(nst) '   ' number2note(nen)]);
disp(['note numbers: ' num2str(nst) '  ' num2str(nen)]);
disp(['note order numbers: ' num2str(nst+49) '  ' num2str(nen+49)]);

Fs=44100;
dr=dir('*.wav');
if length(dr)>0
    nm=[];
    for fc=1:length(dr)
        fln=dr(fc).name;
        lfln=length(fln);
        ns=fln(1:lfln-4);
        nm=[nm str2num(ns)];
    end
    [nms ind]=sort(nm);

    L=length(dr);
    ca=cell(L,1);
    lca=zeros(L,1);
    for fc=1:length(dr)
        [s1 Fs1]=wavread(dr(ind(fc)).name);
        s=resample(s1,2,1);
        ca{fc}=s;
        lca(fc)=length(s);
     
    end
    %soundsc(ca,44100);
    
end

Fs=Fs1*2;

% make equal length specters
%t01=0.1;
%n01=round(t01*Fs);
n01=4096;
n02=n01/2;

% for spectrum cut (not need all):
fmx=440*2^((nen+1)/12); % maximal frequency
fmxi=round(n02*fmx/(Fs/2)); % maximal index
fmn=440*2^((nst-1)/12); % maximal frequency
fmni=round(n02*fmn/(Fs/2)); % minimal index
nfi=fmxi-fmni+1; % number of elements in cuted spectrum

%n0=8000;
n00=100;
L=nen-nst+1;
%fab=cell(L,1);
fab=cell(L,3);
fcs=(nst:nen)+49;

    fc11=1;
    for fc=fcs
                                            for sc=1:3
        i1=n00+1+(sc-1)*n01;
        i2=n00+sc*n01;
        lcat=length(ca{fc});
        if i2>lcat;
            i2=lcat;
            i1=i2-n01+1;
        end
        %catmp=ca{fc}(n0:n0+n01-1);
        catmp=ca{fc}(i1:i2);
        sound(catmp,Fs);
        pause(1*length(catmp)/Fs);
        %pause(0.5);
        %catmp=ca{fc}(n0:n0+n01-1);
%         fca=fft(catmp);
%         %fabt=abs(fca(1:(n01/2)));
%         fabt=abs(fca(fmni:fmxi));
%         fab{fc11,sc}=fabt/sum(fabt);

        fc11=fc11+1;
                                            end
    end

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