Symbolic Guitar Music Style Transfer with Playable Guitar Tablatures

In the task of music style transfer, the symbolic music representation based on Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) files has always been a popular research medium. By using such representation, some mature models for image style transfer can also be applied to this scenario, such as Cycle-consistent Generative Adversarial Networks ...

A heuristic approach to spatial audio using consumer loudspeaker systems

The work presented in this thesis investigates the creation of virtual sound sources in a room equipped with a limited number of loudspeakers. This limited number of loudspeakers is typical for consumer loudspeaker systems. Ideally, these systems can provide a listening experience in which localisation cues are completely present. However, in...

Low complexity crosstalk cancellation algorithm for consumer audio systems: Optimizing crosstalk cancellation from a human sound perception perspective

Over the past decade, spatial audio awareness evolved into an in-demand feature in audio entertainment. The addition of sound source locations to, for instance, movies or music adds a level of auditory envelopment and spatial awareness to the audio experience. Expensive setups present in, for instance, cinema's, are able to create this...

Optimisation of subwoofer placement using a finite-difference time-domain acoustic simulation

The placement of a subwoofer has significant impact on the quality of its sound reproduction. This paper present a method to optimise subwoofer placement in a room. Resonances caused by room boundaries (called "room modes") cause localised peaks and lows for specific lower frequencies. The goal is to minimize the simulated frequency response...

An Analysis of the Computational Efficiency Gains from the Incorporation of Importance Sampling in Determining Optimal Sound Source Location

A novel approach for determining the optimal location of a sound source within an acoustic environment is proposed. This approach involves the application of Importance Sampling to improve the efficiency of the existing method of acoustic ray-tracing for finding the frequency response at various listening locations. The results of this study do...

Predicting noise attenuation level in the earplugs using Gaussian Process Regression

The earplug development followed by ALPINE, a hearing protection company is a trial and error method. This method leads to high material wastage. It is also a time-consuming and expensive development process. So, the objective of this thesis is to ease the error earplug development process by implementing a prediction model. The research is...

IoT-Based Smart Classroom: Networking, BSc Graduation Project

Technology is playing an increasingly important role in education, partially thanks to emerging teaching methods such as hybrid education. Smart classrooms equipped with technology can make the lives of the educators and students easier, and aid in the switch to hybrid education. In this work we propose an IoT based smart classroom framework to...

IoT-Based Smart Classroom: Hardware, BSc Graduation Project

In this work, we propose an IoT smart classroom framework which will be the base for smart classroom and hybrid teaching applications. The prototype introduces sensor readout capabilities, which can be used to monitor: temperature, humidity, and loudness in a classroom. Furthermore, the prototype introduces capabilities to collect and display...

Towards Gridless Sound Field Reconstruction

Sound pressure varies over space and time. Knowledge about this exact behavior has many applications, e.g., room compensation, dereverberation and sound field reconstruction. Inside enclosures, the sound field is influenced by the surroundings, such as the geometry of the enclosure and the materials used.<br/>Reconstructing a satisfying sound...

Sound Zones with a Cost Function based on Human Hearing

With the aid of an array of loudspeakers, sound zone algorithms seek to reproduce multiple distinct zones of audio inside an enclosure. Typical approaches determine the loudspeaker inputs by optimizing over a cost function that models the sound pressure inside the enclosure. However, recent methods propose cost functions that include a...