Rhythm Classification

by Noah Vawter

The point of this project:

In predicting the quality of computer-generated musical rhythms, to explore what classification methods are most useful and why.

951 random patterns of drum sounds were generated and human-labeled. 8 algorithms were then trained to predict the human rating. Each algorithm's performance was reviewed.

Bad Rhythms vs. Good Rhythms

Click here to hear a "bad" rhythm.

Click here to hear a "good" rhythm.

--->Data Collection

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