NAME

       aubioonset - a command line tool to extract musical onset times

SYNOPSIS

       aubioonset source
       aubioonset [[-i] source] [-o sink]
                  [-r rate] [-B win] [-H hop]
                  [-O method] [-t thres]
                  [-s sil] [-m] [-f]
                  [-j] [-v] [-h]

DESCRIPTION

       aubioonset  attempts  to  detect  onset  times, the beginning of discrete sound events, in
       audio signals.

       When started with an input source (-i/--input), the detected onset times are given on  the
       console, in seconds.

       When  started  without  an  input  source, or with the jack option (-j/--jack), aubioonset
       starts in jack mode.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long  options  starting  with
       two dashes (--). A summary of options is included below.

       -i, --input source
              Run  analysis  on  this audio file. Most uncompressed and compressed are supported,
              depending on how aubio was built.

       -o, --output sink
              Save results in this file. The file will be created on the model of the input file.
              Onset times are marked by a short wood-block like sound.

       -r, --samplerate rate
              Fetch  the  input  source, resampled at the given sampling rate. The rate should be
              specified in Hertz as an integer. If 0, the sampling rate of  the  original  source
              will be used. Defaults to 0.

       -B, --bufsize win
              The  size  of  the  buffer  to  analyze,  that is the length of the window used for
              spectral and temporal computations. Defaults to 512.

       -H, --hopsize hop
              The number of samples between two consecutive analysis.  Defaults to 256.

       -O, --onset method
              The onset detection method to use. See ONSET METHODS below. Defaults to 'default'.

       -t, --onset-threshold thres
              Set the threshold value for the onset peak picking. Typical  values  are  typically
              within  0.001  and 0.900. Defaults to 0.1. Lower threshold values imply more onsets
              detected. Try 0.5 in case of over-detections. Defaults to 0.3.

       -s, --silence sil
              Set the silence threshold, in dB, under which the pitch will  not  be  detected.  A
              value  of  -20.0 would eliminate most onsets but the loudest ones. A value of -90.0
              would select all onsets. Defaults to -90.0.

       -m, --mix-input
              Mix source signal to the output signal before writing to sink.

       -f, --force-overwrite
              Overwrite output file if it already exists.

       -j, --jack
              Use Jack input/output. You will need a Jack connection  controller  to  feed  aubio
              some signal and listen to its output.

       -h, --help
              Print a short help message and exit.

       -v, --verbose
              Be verbose.

ONSET METHODS

       Available methods are:

       default
              Default distance, currently hfc

       Default: 'default' (currently set to hfc)

       energy Energy based distance

       This function calculates the local energy of the input spectral frame.

       hfc    High-Frequency content

       This  method  computes  the  High Frequency Content (HFC) of the input spectral frame. The
       resulting function is efficient at detecting percussive onsets.

       Paul Masri. Computer modeling of Sound for Transformation and Synthesis of Musical Signal.
       PhD dissertation, University of Bristol, UK, 1996.

       complex
              Complex domain onset detection function

       This  function uses information both in frequency and in phase to determine changes in the
       spectral content that might correspond to musical onsets.  It is best suited  for  complex
       signals such as polyphonic recordings.

       Christopher Duxbury, Mike E. Davies, and Mark B. Sandler.
              Complex  domain  onset detection for musical signals. In Proceedings of the Digital
              Audio Effects Conference, DAFx-03, pages 90-93, London, UK, 2003.

       phase  Phase based onset detection function

       This function uses information both in frequency and in phase to determine changes in  the
       spectral  content  that  might correspond to musical onsets. It is best suited for complex
       signals such as polyphonic recordings.

       Juan-Pablo Bello, Mike P. Davies, and Mark B. Sandler.
              Phase-based note onset detection for music signals.  In  Proceedings  of  the  IEEE
              International  Conference  on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing, pages 441444,
              Hong-Kong, 2003.

       specdiff
              Spectral difference onset detection function

       Jonhatan Foote and Shingo Uchihashi. The beat spectrum: a new approach to rhythm analysis.
       In  IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME 2001), pages 881884, Tokyo,
       Japan, August 2001.

       kl     Kulback-Liebler onset detection function

       Stephen Hainsworth and  Malcom  Macleod.  Onset  detection  in  music  audio  signals.  In
       Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), Singapore, 2003.

       mkl    Modified Kulback-Liebler onset detection function

       Paul  Brossier, ``Automatic annotation of musical audio for interactive systems'', Chapter
       2, Temporal segmentation, PhD thesis, Centre for Digital music, Queen Mary  University  of
       London, London, UK, 2006.

       specflux
              Spectral flux

       Simon  Dixon,  Onset  Detection  Revisited,  in  ``Proceedings  of  the  9th International
       Conference on Digital Audio Effects'' (DAFx-06), Montreal, Canada, 2006.

SEE ALSO

       aubiopitch(1), aubiotrack(1), aubionotes(1), aubioquiet(1), aubiomfcc(1), and aubiocut(1).

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Paul Brossier <piem@aubio.org>. Permission is  granted  to
       copy,  distribute  and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,  or
       (at your option) any later version.