SInES Tools

Javascript Tools and Scripts

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. (2023). Happy Life comes with P5 - P5, ML5, Meyda and Plotly as helpful Tools in Teaching and Research. Proceedings of DAGA2023, 49. German Annual Conference on Acoustics (p. 991-994). Hamburg

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Reuter, C., Czedik-Eysenberg, I., Cui, A.-X. (2023). Moves & Grooves. Analyse von Audiosignalen, Tracking von Körper, Hand und Gesicht/Ausdruck. OCG Journal 48/4, S. 20-23.

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.

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.

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
DJI Mavic 2 Pro Camera Drone
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.