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.TH AUBIO 1 "22 July 2023" "aubio 0.4.9" "aubio User's manual"
.SH NAME
\fBaubio \fP- a command line tool to extract information from sound files
\fB
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C
\fBaubio\fP [\fB-h\fP] [\fB-V\fP] <command> \.\.\.
.fam T
.fi
.fam T
.fi
.SH COMMANDS
The general syntax is "\fBaubio\fP <command> <soundfile> [options]". The following
commands are available:
.TP
.B
onset
get onset times
.TP
.B
pitch
extract fundamental frequency
.TP
.B
beat
get locations of beats
.TP
.B
tempo
get overall tempo in bpm
.TP
.B
notes
get midi-like notes
.TP
.B
mfcc
extract mel-frequency cepstrum coefficients
.TP
.B
melbands
extract mel-frequency energies per band
.PP
For a list of available commands, use "\fBaubio\fP \fB-h\fP". For more info about each
command, use "\fBaubio\fP <command> \fB--help\fP".
.SH GENERAL OPTIONS
These options can be used before any command has been specified.
.TP
.B
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP
show help message and exit
.TP
.B
\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
show version
.SH COMMON OPTIONS
The following options can be used with all commands:
.TP
.B
<source_uri>, \fB-i\fP <source_uri>, \fB--input\fP <source_uri>
input sound file to
analyse (required)
.TP
.B
\fB-r\fP <freq>, \fB--samplerate\fP <freq>
samplerate at which the file should be
represented (default: 0, e.g. samplerate of the input sound)
.TP
.B
\fB-H\fP <size>, \fB--hopsize\fP <size>
overlap size, number of samples between two
consecutive analysis (default: 256)
.TP
.B
\fB-B\fP <size>, \fB--bufsize\fP <size>
buffer size, number of samples used for each
analysis, (e.g. FFT length, default: 512)
.TP
.B
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP
show help message and exit
.TP
.B
\fB-T\fP format, \fB--time-format\fP format
select time values output format (samples,
ms, seconds) (default: seconds)
.TP
.B
\fB-v\fP, \fB--verbose\fP
be verbose (increment verbosity by 1, default: 1)
.TP
.B
\fB-q\fP, \fB--quiet\fP
be quiet (set verbosity to 0)
.SH ONSET
The following additional options can be used with the "onset" subcommand.
.TP
.B
\fB-m\fP <method>, \fB--method\fP <method>
onset novelty function
<default|energy|hfc|complex|phase|specdiff|kl|mkl|specflux> (default:
default)
.TP
.B
\fB-t\fP <threshold>, \fB--threshold\fP <threshold>
threshold (default: unset)
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP <value>, \fB--silence\fP <value>
silence threshold, in dB (default: \fB-70\fP)
.TP
.B
\fB-M\fP <value>, \fB--minioi\fP <value>
minimum Inter-Onset Interval (default: 12ms)
.SH PITCH
The following additional options can be used with the "pitch" subcommand.
.TP
.B
\fB-m\fP <method>, \fB--method\fP <method>
pitch detection method
<default|yinfft|yin|mcomb|fcomb|schmitt> (default: default, e.g. yinfft)
.TP
.B
\fB-t\fP <threshold>, \fB--threshold\fP <threshold>
tolerance (default: unset)
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP <value>, \fB--silence\fP <value>
silence threshold, in dB (default: \fB-70\fP)
.PP
The default buffer size for the beat algorithm is 2048. The default hop size
is 256.
.SH BEAT
The "beat" command accepts all common options and no additional options.
.PP
The default buffer size for the beat algorithm is 1024. The default hop size
is 512.
.SH TEMPO
The "tempo" command accepts all common options and no additional options.
.PP
The default buffer size for the beat algorithm is 1024. The default hop size
is 512.
.SH NOTES
The following additional options can be used with the "notes" subcommand.
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP <value>, \fB--silence\fP <value>
silence threshold, in dB (default: \fB-70\fP)
.TP
.B
\fB-d\fP <value>, \fB--release-drop\fP <value>
release drop level, in dB. If the level
drops more than this amount since the last note started, the note will be
turned off (default: 10).
.SH MFCC
The "mfcc" command accepts all common options and no additional options.
.SH MELBANDS
The "melbands" command accepts all common options and no additional options.
.SH EXAMPLES
Extract onsets using a minimum inter-onset interval of 30ms:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
aubio onset /path/to/input_file -M 30ms
.fam T
.fi
Extract pitch with method "mcomb" and a silence threshold of \fB-90dB\fP:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
aubio pitch /path/to/input_file -m mcomb -s -90.0
.fam T
.fi
Extract MFCC using the standard Slaney implementation:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
aubio mfcc /path/to/input_file -r 44100
.fam T
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBaubiocut\fP(1)
.SH 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.