SInES Tools

Web Applications

Click here or on the picture to explore a collection of JavaScript tools for teaching and research.
If you are using these tools for data acquisition in your research or publication, please cite:

Reuter, C., Czedik-Eysenberg, I., Cui, A.-X., Ambros, S., Klooss, F., Feller, G., Schachner, I., Roos, M., Lindenbauer, H., Li, H., & Bertsch, M. (2026). SInES Tools, Helpers, Visualizers as your Scientific Realizers. DAGA 2026, 52nd Annual Conference of the German Acoustical Society (pp. 1002–1005). Dresden.

When citing a single tool, the citations should follow the pattern below. Author(s) and year are always listed at the bottom of the application. For example:

Reuter, C. (2021). SInES Tools: Audio Signal Analysis Tool I. Web Application https://sinestools.univie.ac.at/meyda_signalanalyse.htm

Overview page for the SInES tools – a collection of web applications for teaching and research. — SInES Tools for Data Acquisition and Empirical Research

Python Tools and Scripts

PADMEA

(= Perceptual Audio Dimension Modelling and Extraction Application)

Research tool written in Python for multi-level modelling of perceptual music dimensions based on audio feature extraction and regression methods.

Graphical user interface of the python application PADMEA.

Self-similarity Searcher

Graphical Python tool for discovering self-similar segments within music recordings based on different audio signal representations.

See: Czedik-Eysenberg, I., Roos, M., Weber, V., Klooss, F., Cui, A-X., Reuter, C., & Oehler, M. (2023). Play it again, Sam(ple) - Trends in the prevalence of repetition and audio self-similarity in German chart songs. Poster at the 17th International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Tokyo, Japan.

Example visualization result of the application Self-similarity searcher.

Hardinator

Python script for manipulating the sound of audio tracks in order to increase/decrease perceptual hardness/heaviness.
See: Czedik-Eysenberg, I., & Reuter, C. (2023). Harder Than (a) Rock - Evaluierung der Rolle perkussiver Komponenten der Begleitstimme fur den Härteeindruck von Musikstücken. Fortschritte der Akustik - DAGA 2023, 49. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (pp. 927-929). Hamburg.

Hardware Tools and Devices

Semi-anechoic and electromagnetically shielded chamber (25m², RT₆₀<20ms, interactive 360°-View)
Speaker Booth (5m², RT₆₀<200 ms)
Measurement microphones (Mikrotech Gefell, Esper, AKG, Austrian Audio, Schoeps, Neumann (u.a. KU 100 Artificial Head), Røde Ambisonics microphone NT-SF1 etc.)
DO12-S/SPA600 Dodekaeder room acoustics measurement system
Zeisberg CA350 Audiometer
Mindmedia Nexus-10 MKII Bio Data Logger
High-Speed Camera (X-Stream XS4)
Ricoh Theta V 360° Cameras und Ricoh Theta Z1 360° Cameras
LucidCam 3D Camera
Insta 360Pro2 8K 3D Camera
Shining 3D EinScan 3D-Scanning Device
Creality CR-Scan Raptor 3D-Scanner
DJI Mavic 2 Pro Camera Drone
3 Mindfield eSense Skin Response Measurement Device
4 Muse S EEG 4 Channel Head Bands
Pico 4 VR Glasses
Oculus Rift & Touch VR Glasses
Vidi Voice Voice field measuring system and other measuring devices such as NTi XL2 Audio/Acoustic Analyzer, microscope and endoscope cameras, Rigol function generator DG3101A, Rigol oscilloscope DS 1202 CA, 200MHz, stroboscopes (up to 5000 flashes/s), Dräger Alcotest 7410, Batronix M98 multimeter, Phywe water wave device, distance measuring devices etc.
Software: Jaco Visual Editor, HEAD Acoustics ArtemiS Suite, Matlab (various audio toolboxes), 3DVista Virtual Tours Pro, Unity, Odeon Auditorium, Waves 360° Ambisonics Tools, Celemony Melodyne Editor, Adobe Audition, Native Instruments Complete, Vienna Symphonic Library Super Package, Magix Samplitude, STx, SynthEdit, MaxMSP, etc.
Sound Cards: Tascam, Fostex, M-Audio, Steinberg etc.
Headphones and Loudspeaker: Stax, Koss, Audiostatic, Kro (with Manger MSW), etc.

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