3 papers
eess.AS2026
PHOTON: Non-Invasive Optical Tracking of Key-Lever Motion in Historical Keyboard Instruments
Noah Jaffe, John Ashley Burgoyne
This paper introduces PHOTON (PHysical Optical Tracking of Notes), a non-invasive optical sensing system for measuring key-lever motion in historical keyboard instruments. PHOTON t…
cs.SD2026
Melodic contour does not cluster: Reconsidering contour typology
Bas Cornelissen, Willem Zuidema, John Ashley Burgoyne +1
How to describe the shape of a melodic phrase? Scholars have often relied on typologies with a small set of contour types. We question their adequacy: we find no evidence that phra…
eess.AS2025
Musical Source Separation Bake-Off: Comparing Objective Metrics with Human Perception
Noah Jaffe, John Ashley Burgoyne
Music source separation aims to extract individual sound sources (e.g., vocals, drums, guitar) from a mixed music recording. However, evaluating the quality of separated audio rema…