README.md

Single Note Database

The SNDB [1] contains of 30883 single tones from 4 datasets [2-5] holding 11 orchestra instruments: piano, violin, cello, contrabass, trumpet, trombone, horn, oboe, bassoon, clarinet and flute. There are 5 different dynamics (pp, p, mf, f and ff) and 42 different articulations which are explained more fully in the datasheets of the original databases [2,3,5].

Building

Please refer to build/README.md on how to create the SNDB out of the original datasets [2-5].

Usage

The file SNDB.json contains all items and their attributes:

artic	db	dyn	instr	instr_nr	is_ot	midi	multiples_nr	name	string
np	F	f_	Pia	1	False	13	0	01Pia1F013f_np___0.wav	_
np	F	m_	Pia	1	False	13	0	01Pia1F013m_np___0.wav	_
sp	R	m_	Cel	1	False	51	0	03Cel1R051m_sp___0.wav	_
tr	R	m_	Cel	1	False	56	0	03Cel1R056m_tr___0.wav	_
sp	R	f_	Cel	2	False	77	0	03Cel2R077f_sp___0.wav	_
...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...

All attributes and their meaning are described in the accompanying paper [1].

You can read this file into Pandas using

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_json('SNDB.json')

References

1. E. F. Feichtner and B. Edler, “Description of the Single Note Database SNDB,” in Audio Engineering Society Convention 145, New York, NY, USA, 2018.
2. M. Goto, H. Hashiguchi, T. Nishimura, and R. Oka, “RWC music database: Music genre database and musical instrument sound database,” 2003.
3. F. Opolko and J. Wapnick, “Mcgill university master samples (MUMS). 11 cd-rom set,” Faculty of Music, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1989.
4. "Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition 1 & 2," 2002.
5. L. Fritts, “University of Iowa musical instrument samples,” http://theremin.music.uiowa.edu/MIS.html, 1997.