Towards Speeding Audio EQ Interface Building with Transfer Learning
Bryan Pardo, David Little, and Darren Gergle
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
- Year: 2012
- Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Keywords: Human computer interaction, music, multimedia production, transfer learning
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1180563 (Link to paper)
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Abstract
Potential users of audio production software, such as parametric audio equalizers, may be discouraged by the complexity of the interface. A new approach creates a personalized on-screen slider that lets the user manipulate the audio in terms of a descriptive term (e.g. "warm"), without the user needing to learn or use the interface of an equalizer. This system learns mappings by presenting a sequence of sounds to the user and correlating the gain in each frequency band with the user's preference rating. The system speeds learning through transfer learning. Results on a study of 35 participants show how an effective, personalized audio manipulation tool can be automatically built after only three ratings from the user.
Citation
Bryan Pardo, David Little, and Darren Gergle. 2012. Towards Speeding Audio EQ Interface Building with Transfer Learning. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1180563
BibTeX Entry
@inproceedings{Pardo2012, abstract = {Potential users of audio production software, such as parametric audio equalizers, may be discouraged by the complexity of the interface. A new approach creates a personalized on-screen slider that lets the user manipulate the audio in terms of a descriptive term (e.g. "warm"), without the user needing to learn or use the interface of an equalizer. This system learns mappings by presenting a sequence of sounds to the user and correlating the gain in each frequency band with the user's preference rating. The system speeds learning through transfer learning. Results on a study of 35 participants show how an effective, personalized audio manipulation tool can be automatically built after only three ratings from the user.}, address = {Ann Arbor, Michigan}, author = {Bryan Pardo and David Little and Darren Gergle}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1180563}, issn = {2220-4806}, keywords = {Human computer interaction, music, multimedia production, transfer learning}, publisher = {University of Michigan}, title = {Towards Speeding Audio EQ Interface Building with Transfer Learning}, url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2012/nime2012_74.pdf}, year = {2012} }