LibTempo

C++ / Python library for signal processing and tempo information extraction.

CLI

MP3, FLAC and WAV audio formats are supported.

Downloads

Examples

• Megadeth - Five Magics
• Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
• DragonForce - Valley of the Damned

Usage

libtempo [audio] {OPTIONS}

    OPTIONS:

      -h, --help                        Display the help menu
      Basic
        -t[preferred_bpm],
        --preferred_bpm=[preferred_bpm]   (Default: 130) BPM around which the
                                          real bpm will be chosen.
        --bpm_rounding_precision=[bpm_rounding_precision]
                                          (Default: 0.500000) Precision of the
                                          BPM before correction..
        -s[smooth_length],
        --smooth_length=[smooth_length]   (Default: 20.000000) Length in seconds
                                          over which the tempogram will be
                                          stabilized to extract a steady tempo.
        -l[min_section_length],
        --min_section_length=[min_section_length]
                                          (Default: 10.000000) Minimum length
                                          for a tempo section in seconds.
        --max_section_length=[max_section_length]
                                          (Default: 40.000000) Maximum section
                                          length in seconds after which section
                                          is split in half.
      Advanced
        --bpm_window=[bpm_window]         BPM range which to check for tempo
                                          peaks.
        -m[tempo_multiples...],
        --tempo_multiples=[tempo_multiples...]
                                          Tempo multiples to consider when
                                          searching for correct offset
        --ref_tempo=[ref_tempo]           (Default: 60) Reference tempo defining
                                          the partition of BPM into tempo
                                          octaves for calculating cyclic
                                          tempogram.
        --tempo_window=[tempo_window]     (Default: 8) Analysis window length in
                                          seconds for calculating tempogram.
        --octave_divider=[octave_divider] (Default: 120) Number of tempo classes
                                          used for representing a tempo octave.
                                          This parameter controls the
                                          dimensionality of cyclic tempogram.
        --triplet_weight=[triplet_weight] (Default: 3.000000) Weight of the
                                          triplet intensity which will be adeed
                                          to its base intensity.
        --bpm_doubt_window=[bpm_doubt_window]
                                          (Default: 2.000000) Window around
                                          candidate bpm which to search for a
                                          more fine and correct bpm.
        --bpm_doubt_step=[bpm_doubt_step] (Default: 0.100000) Steps which to
                                          take inside the doubt window to fine
                                          tune the bpm.
        --click_track_subdivision=[click_track_subdivision]
                                          (Default: 8) Click subdivision for the
                                          click track.
      Output Flags
        -c[generate_click_track],
        --generate_click_track=[generate_click_track]
                                          (Default: 1) Wether or not a click
                                          track should be generated
        -o, --osu                         Wether or not to generate tempo data
                                          in osu format.
        --viz                             Saves a html file with useful graphs.
        -d, --dump                        Dump generated tempograms and novelty
                                          curves into a file.
      audio                             Audio file to extract tempo of.
      "--" can be used to terminate flag options and force all following
      arguments to be treated as positional options

Library

Building

Documentation

Flaws / TODO's

• BPM calculated is the percieved bpm. There is also real bpm which may be twice as high. (I would love to hear any suggestions how this could be helped)
• Pars where bpm is constantly changed are rounded away when making secions.
• Sometimes offset might be shifted by a 1/4th or 1/8th note.

References

• Tempogram & novelty curve calculation [1] [2] [3]
• Modified signal resampling code