Comments on: Song Visualizations with Echo Nest

By: Steve Reich, Pulses - Visualmotive Blog

Steve Reich, Pulses - Visualmotive Blog — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:58:03 +0000

[...] See also, Song Visualizations with Echo Nest. [...]

By: Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:46:42 +0000

I wonder if there’s a way to filter out some of the harmonics in the plot. You can clearly see the octaving F bassline in the Crystal Method but a lot of the pitches that fill in the rest of the scale must be from the drums and percussion.

Alternatively, it might be interesting to see how the pitch usage from the score compares with the harmonic textures actually produced by the instruments – it’s most marked in the John Williams, which you’d kinda expect for film music.

By: Song Visualizations « Music Machinery

Song Visualizations « Music Machinery — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:52:26 +0000

[...] A couple of people sent me this link today: Song Visualizations with Echo Nest.These are song plots made using the Echo Nest Analyze API. They are quite aesthically pleasing. [...]

By: Chris Mueller

Chris Mueller — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:37:38 +0000

Thanks Adam!

The code has been updated to use LocalAnalysis.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:26:27 +0000

Really attractive plots there, Chris. Aesthetics count for a lot.

You can start the echonest stuff off with

> audio.LocalAnalysis( input_filename )

…because you’re not outputting any audio. Should make it faster and a *lot* more memory-friendly.