International Audio Laboratories Erlangen

Publications

  1. Florian Henkel, Stefan Balke, Matthias Dorfer, and Gerhard Widmer
    Score Following as a Multi-Modal Reinforcement Learning Problem
    Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), 2(1): 67–81, 2019. DOI 
    @article{HenkelBDW_ScoFoRL_TISMIR,
author = {Florian Henkel and Stefan Balke and Matthias Dorfer and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {Score Following as a Multi-Modal Reinforcement Learning Problem},
journal = {Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval ({TISMIR})},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
pages = {67--81},
year = {2019},
doi = {http://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.31}
}
  2. Meinard Müller, Andreas Arzt, Stefan Balke, Matthias Dorfer, and Gerhard Widmer
    Cross-Modal Music Retrieval and Applications: An Overview of Key Methodologies
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 36(1): 52–62, 2019. DOI 
    @article{MuellerABDW19_MusicRetrieval_IEEE-SPM,
author = {Meinard M{\"u}ller and Andreas Arzt and Stefan Balke and Matthias Dorfer and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {Cross-Modal Music Retrieval and Applications: An Overview of Key Methodologies},
journal = {{IEEE} Signal Processing Magazine},
volume = {36},
number = {1},
pages = {52--62},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2018.2868887},
doi = {10.1109/MSP.2018.2868887}
}
  3. Stefan Balke, Matthias Dorfer, Luis Carvalho, Andreas Arzt, and Gerhard Widmer
    Learning Soft-Attention Models for Tempo-invariant Audio-Sheet Music Retrieval
    In Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 216–222, 2019. 
    @inproceedings{BalkeDCAW_LearningSoftAtt_ISMIR,
author = {Stefan Balke and Matthias Dorfer and Luis Carvalho and Andreas Arzt and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {Learning Soft-Attention Models for Tempo-invariant Audio-Sheet Music Retrieval},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {Delft, The Netherlands},
month = {November},
year = {2019},
pages = {216--222}
}
  4. Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacon, Stefan Balke, Florian Henkel, Christian Stussak, and Gerhard Widmer
    The Con Espressione! Exhibit: Exploring Human-Machine Collaboration in Expressive Performance
    In Late-Breaking and Demo Session of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), 2019. 
    @inproceedings{CancinoBHSW_ConEspressioneDemo_ISMIR-LBD,
author = {Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacon and Stefan Balke and Florian Henkel and Christian Stussak and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {The Con Espressione! Exhibit: Exploring Human-Machine Collaboration in Expressive Performance},
booktitle = {Late-Breaking and Demo Session of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {Delft, The Netherlands},
year = {2019}
}
  5. Frank Zalkow, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Evaluating Salience Representations for Cross-Modal Retrieval of Western Classical Music Recordings
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 331–335, 2019. DOI 
    @inproceedings{ZalkowBM19_SalienceRep_ICASSP,
author = {Frank Zalkow and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Evaluating Salience Representations for Cross-Modal Retrieval of Western Classical Music Recordings},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
address = {Brighton, UK},
month = {May},
year = {2019},
pages = {331--335},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2019.8683609}
}
  6. Stefan Balke
    Multimedia Processing Techniques for Retrieving, Extracting, and Accessing Musical Content
    PhD Thesis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2018. Details 
    @phdthesis{Balke18_Thesis_PhD,
author = {Stefan Balke},
title = {Multimedia Processing Techniques for Retrieving, Extracting, and Accessing Musical Content},
school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universit{\"a}t Erlangen-N{\"u}rnberg (FAU)},
type = {doctoralthesis},
pages = {146},
address = {Erlangen, Germany},
year = {2018},
url-details = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:29-opus4-96358}
}
  7. Jakob Abeßer, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Improving Bass Saliency Estimation using Label Propagation and Transfer Learning
    In Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR): 306–312, 2018. 
    @inproceedings{AbesserBM18_BassSaliency_ISMIR,
author = {Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Improving Bass Saliency Estimation using Label Propagation and Transfer Learning},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
pages = {306--312},
address = {Paris, France},
year = {2018}
}
  8. Christof Weiß, Stefan Balke, Jakob Abeßer, and Meinard Müller
    Computational Corpus Analysis: A Case Study on Jazz Solos
    In Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR): 416–423, 2018. 
    @inproceedings{WeissBAM18_JazzComplexity_ISMIR,
author = {Christof Wei{\ss} and Stefan Balke and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Computational Corpus Analysis: A Case Study on Jazz Solos},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
pages = {416--423},
address = {Paris, France},
year = {2018}
}
  9. Stefan Balke, Christian Dittmar, and Meinard Müller
    Ansätze zur datengetriebenen Transkription einstimmiger Jazzsoli
    In Proceedings of the Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 1530–1532, 2018. PDF 
    @inproceedings{BalkeDM18_TranskriptionJazzsoli_DAGA,
author = {Stefan Balke and Christian Dittmar and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{A}ns{\"a}tze zur datengetriebenen {T}ranskription einstimmiger {J}azzsoli},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {D}eutsche {J}ahrestagung f{\"u}r {A}kustik ({DAGA})},
address = {M{\"u}nchen, Germany},
year = {2018},
pages = {1530--1532},
url-pdf = {2018_BalkeDM_TranskriptionJazzsoli_DAGA_PrintedVersion.pdf}
}
  10. Stefan Balke, Christian Dittmar, Jakob Abeßer, Klaus Frieler, Martin Pfleiderer, and Meinard Müller
    Bridging the Gap: Enriching YouTube Videos with Jazz Music Annotations
    Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5: 1–11, 2018. PDF Details DOI 
    @article{BalkeDAFPM17_JazzYoutube_Frontiers,
author = {Stefan Balke and Christian Dittmar and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Klaus Frieler and Martin Pfleiderer and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Bridging the {G}ap: {E}nriching {Y}ou{T}ube Videos with Jazz Music Annotations},
journal = {Frontiers in Digital Humanities},
volume = {5},
number = {},
pages = {1--11},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.3389/fdigh.2018.00001},
url-details = {http://mir.audiolabs.uni-erlangen.de/jazztube},
url-pdf = {2018_BalkeDAFPM_JazzMultimedia_Frontier.pdf}
}
  11. Christian Dittmar, Martin Pfleiderer, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    A Swingogram Representation for Tracking Micro-Rhythmic Variation in Jazz Performances
    Journal of New Music Research, 47(2): 97–113, 2018. Details DOI 
    @article{DittmarPBM17_SwingRatio_JNMR,
author = {Christian Dittmar and Martin Pfleiderer and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {A Swingogram Representation for Tracking Micro-Rhythmic Variation in Jazz Performances},
journal = {Journal of New Music Research},
volume = {47},
number = {2},
pages = {97--113},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1080/09298215.2017.1367405},
url-details = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-JNMR-SwingRatio}
}
  12. Stefan Balke and Meinard Müller
    JazzTube: Linking the Weimar Jazz Database with YouTube
    In Martin Pfleiderer and Klaus Frieler and Jakob Jakob Abeßer and Wolf-Georg Zaddach and Benjamin Burkhart (ed.): Inside the Jazzomat. New perspectives for jazz research, Schott Campus: 315–317, 2017. Details 
    @incollection{BalkeM17_JazztubeInsideTheJazzomat_Schott,
author = {Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{J}azz{T}ube: {L}inking the {W}eimar {J}azz {D}atabase with {Y}ou{T}ube},
pages = {315--317},
editor = {Martin Pfleiderer and Klaus Frieler and Jakob Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Wolf-Georg Zaddach and Benjamin Burkhart},
booktitle = {Inside the {J}azzomat. {N}ew perspectives for jazz research},
publisher = {{S}chott {C}ampus},
address = {Mainz, Germany},
year = {2017},
isbn = {978-3-95983-124-6},
url-details = {http://schott-campus.com/jazzomat/}
}
  13. Stefan Balke, Paul Bießmann, Sebastian Trump, and Meinard Müller
    Konzeption und Umsetzung webbasierter Werkzeuge für das Erlernen von Jazz-Piano
    In Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung: 61–73, 2017. PDF Demo DOI Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeBTM17_JazzPiano_GI,
author = {Stefan Balke and Paul Bie{\ss}mann and Sebastian Trump and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Konzeption und Umsetzung webbasierter Werkzeuge für das Erlernen von Jazz-Piano},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung},
pages = {61--73},
location = {Chemnitz, Germany},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.18420/in2017_03},
url-demo = {http://mir.audiolabs.uni-erlangen.de/jazz-piano/},
url-presentation = {2017_BalkeBTM_JazzPiano_GI_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2017_BalkeBTM_JazzPiano_GI.pdf}
}
  14. Stefan Balke, Manuel Hiemer, Peter Schwab, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Klaus Meyer-Wegener, and Meinard Müller
    Die Oper als Multimedia Szenario: Wagners Walküren gehen online
    In Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung: 75–86, 2017. PDF Demo DOI Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeHSAMM17_WalkuerenOnline_GI,
author = {Stefan Balke and Manuel Hiemer and Peter Schwab and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Klaus Meyer-Wegener and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Die Oper als Multimedia Szenario: Wagners Walk{\"u}ren gehen online},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung},
pages = {75--86},
location = {Chemnitz, Germany},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.18420/in2017_04},
url-demo = {http://mir.audiolabs.uni-erlangen.de/jazz-piano/},
url-presentation = {2017_BalkeHSAMM_OpernInterface_GI_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2017_BalkeHSAMM_OpernInterface_GI.pdf}
}
  15. Nils Werner, Stefan Balke, Fabian-Robert Stöter, Meinard Müller, and Bernd Edler
    trackswitch.js: A Versatile Web-Based Audio Player for Presenting Scientific Results
    In Proceedings of the Web Audio Conference, 2017. PDF Details 
    @inproceedings{WernerBSME17_TrackswitchJSPlayer_WAC,
author = {Nils Werner and Stefan Balke and Fabian-Robert St{\"o}ter and Meinard M{\"u}ller and Bernd Edler},
title = {trackswitch.js: A Versatile Web-Based Audio Player for Presenting Scientific Results},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Web Audio Conference},
location = {London, UK},
year = {2017},
url-details = {https://github.com/audiolabs/trackswitch.js},
url-pdf = {2017_WernerBSME_TrackswitchJSPlayer_WAC}
}
  16. Jakob Abeßer, Stefan Balke, Klaus Frieler, Martin Pfleiderer, and Meinard Müller
    Deep Learning for Jazz Walking Bass Transcription
    In Proceedings of the AES International Conference on Semantic Audio: 202–209, 2017. PDF Details Presentation 
    @inproceedings{AbesserBFPM_JazzWalkingBassTrans_AES,
author = {Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Stefan Balke and Klaus Frieler and Martin Pfleiderer and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Deep Learning for Jazz Walking Bass Transcription},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {AES} International Conference on Semantic Audio},
pages = {202--209},
location = {Erlangen, Germany},
year = {2017},
url-details={https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-AES-WalkingBassTranscription},
url-presentation = {2017_AbesserBFPM_JazzWalkingBass_AES_presentation.pdf},
url-pdf = {2017_AbesserBFPM_JazzWalkingBass_AES.pdf}
}
  17. Stefan Balke, Christian Dittmar, Jakob Abeßer, and Meinard Müller
    Data-Driven Solo Voice Enhancement for Jazz Music Retrieval
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 196–200, 2017. PDF Details Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeDAM_SoloVoiceEnhancement_ICASSP,
author = {Stefan Balke and Christian Dittmar and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Data-Driven Solo Voice Enhancement for Jazz Music Retrieval},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
pages = {196--200},
location = {New Orleans, USA},
year = {2017},
url-details={https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-ICASSP-SoloVoiceEnhancement},
url-pdf = {2017_BalkeDAM_SoloVoiceEnhancement_ICASSP.pdf},
url-presentation = {2017_BalkeDAM_SoloVoiceEnhancement_ICASSP_presentation.pdf}
}
  18. Stefan Balke, Jakob Abeßer, Jonathan Driedger, Christian Dittmar, and Meinard Müller
    Towards Evaluating Multiple Predominant Melody Annotations in Jazz Recordings
    In Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 246–252, 2016. PDF Details Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeADDM16_FundFreq_ISMIR,
author = {Stefan Balke and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Jonathan Driedger and Christian Dittmar and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Towards Evaluating Multiple Predominant Melody Annotations in Jazz Recordings},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2016},
pages = {246--252},
url-pdf = {2016_BalkeADDM_JazzSoloAnnotations_ISMIR.pdf},
url-presentation = {2016_BalkeADDM_JazzSoloAnnotations_ISMIR_poster.pdf},
url-details = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2016-ISMIR-Multiple-Annotations}
}
  19. Jonathan Driedger, Stefan Balke, Sebastian Ewert, and Meinard Müller
    Template-Based Vibrato Analysis of Music Signals
    In Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 239–245, 2016. PDF Details 
    @inproceedings{DriedgerBEM16_Vibrato_ISMIR,
author = {Jonathan Driedger and Stefan Balke and Sebastian Ewert and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Template-Based Vibrato Analysis of Music Signals},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2016},
pages = {239--245},
url-pdf = {2016_DriedgerBEM_VibratoDetection_ISMIR.pdf},
url-details={https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2016-ISMIR-Vibrato}
}
  20. Stefan Balke, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Lukas Lamprecht, and Meinard Müller
    Retrieving Audio Recordings Using Musical Themes
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 281–285, 2016. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeALM16_BarlowRetrieval_ICASSP,
author = {Stefan Balke and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Lukas Lamprecht and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Retrieving Audio Recordings Using Musical Themes},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
address = {Shanghai, China},
year = {2016},
pages = {281--285},
url-presentation = {2016_BalkeALM_Matching_ICASSP_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2016_BalkeALM_Matching_ICASSP.pdf}
}
  21. Stefan Balke and Meinard Müller
    A Graphical User Interface for Understanding Audio Retrieval Results
    In Demos and Late Breaking News of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR), 2015. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeM15_EvalGUI_ISMIR-LBD,
author = {Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {A Graphical User Interface for Understanding Audio Retrieval Results},
booktitle = {Demos and Late Breaking News of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
address = {Mal{\'a}ga, Spain},
year = {2015},
url-presentation = {2015_BalkeM_EvalGUI_ISMIR-LBD_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2015_BalkeM_EvalGUI_ISMIR-LBD.pdf}
}
  22. Stefan Balke, Sanu Pulimootil Achankunju, and Meinard Müller
    Matching Musical Themes based on Noisy OCR and OMR Input
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 703–707, 2015. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkePM15_MatchingMusicalThemes_ICASSP,
author = {Stefan Balke and Sanu Pulimootil Achankunju and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Matching Musical Themes based on Noisy {OCR} and {OMR} Input},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
address = {Brisbane, Australia},
year = {2015},
pages = {703--707},
url-presentation = {2015_BalkePulimootilMueller_MusicRetrieval_ICASSP_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2015_BalkePulimootilMueller_MusicRetrieval_ICASSP.pdf}
}
  23. Stefan Balke, Lukas Lamprecht, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Thomas Prätzlich, and Meinard Müller
    Automatisierte Identifikation von Audioaufnahmen anhand symbolisch codierter musikalischer Themen
    In Proceedings of the 41st Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 1521–1524, 2015. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeLMPM15_Themen-Identifikation_DAGA,
author = {Stefan Balke and Lukas Lamprecht and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Thomas Pr{\"a}tzlich and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{A}utomatisierte {I}dentifikation von {A}udioaufnahmen anhand symbolisch codierter musikalischer {T}hemen},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 41st Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik (DAGA)},
address = {N{\"u}rnberg, Germany},
year = {2015},
pages = {1521--1524},
url-presentation = {2015_BalkeLMPM_ThemaAudioID_DAGA_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2015_BalkeLMPM_ThemaAudioID_DAGA.pdf}
}
  24. Frederik Nagel, Fabian-Robert Stöter, Norberto Degara, Stefan Balke, and David Worrall
    Fast and accurate guidance - response times to navigational sounds
    In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), 2014. PDF 
    @inproceedings{NagelSDBW14_Accurate-Guidance_ICAD,
author = {Frederik Nagel and Fabian-Robert St{\"o}ter and Norberto Degara and Stefan Balke and David Worrall},
title = {Fast and accurate guidance - response times to navigational sounds},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Auditory Display ({ICAD})},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2014},
url-pdf = {2014_NagelSWB_Response-Time_ICAD.pdf}
}
  25. Johann-Markus Batke, Stefan Abeling, Stefan Balke, and Gerald Enzner
    Investigation of HRTF Sets Using Content with Limited Spatial Resolution
    In Proceedings of the 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention, 2013. 
    @inproceedings{BatkeABE14_HRTF-resolution_AES,
author = {Johann-Markus Batke and Stefan Abeling and Stefan Balke and Gerald Enzner},
Title = {Investigation of HRTF Sets Using Content with Limited Spatial Resolution},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention},
organization = {Audio Engineering Society},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2013}
}
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