Outputs (11)

Cadenza Challenge (CAD2): databases for lyric intelligibility task (2024)
Data

This is the training and validation data for the lyric intelligibility task from the Second Cadenza Machine Learning Challenge (CAD2).

The Cadenza Challenges are improving music production and processing for people with a hearing loss. According t... Read More about Cadenza Challenge (CAD2): databases for lyric intelligibility task.

Cadenza Challenge (CAD2): databases for rebalancing classical music task (2024)
Data

This is the training and validation data for the rebalancing classic music task from the Second Cadenza Machine Learning Challenge (CAD2).

The Cadenza Challenges are improving music production and processing for people with a hearing loss. Accordi... Read More about Cadenza Challenge (CAD2): databases for rebalancing classical music task.

The cadenza woodwind dataset: Synthesised quartets for music information retrieval and machine learning. (2024)
Journal Article

This paper presents the Cadenza Woodwind Dataset. This publicly available data is synthesised audio for woodwind quartets including renderings of each instrument in isolation. The data was created to be used as training data within Cadenza's second o... Read More about The cadenza woodwind dataset: Synthesised quartets for music information retrieval and machine learning..

Understanding human responses to air source heat pump noise: examining tonal changes and operating cycles (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Air Source Heat Pumps are pivotal in the Government of the United Kingdom's target of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. However, their widespread adoption faces challenges, with noise being among the main barriers to entry and a restrictin... Read More about Understanding human responses to air source heat pump noise: examining tonal changes and operating cycles.

Higher-fidelity analysis of air source heat pump noise via scanning intensity measurement (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The need to shift to reduce carbon emissions to hit Net Zero is currently driving plans for large scale rollouts of Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs), due to their increased thermal efficiency and lack of direct carbon emissions. Concern exists, however,... Read More about Higher-fidelity analysis of air source heat pump noise via scanning intensity measurement.

Cadenza Challenge (CAD1): databases for the First Cadenza Challenge - Task2 (2024)
Data

This is the training, validation and evaluation data for the First Cadenza Challenge - Task 2 listening music in a car.

The Cadenza Challenges are improving music production and processing for people with a hearing loss. According to The World Hea... Read More about Cadenza Challenge (CAD1): databases for the First Cadenza Challenge - Task2.

Cadenza Challenge (CAD1): databases for the First Cadenza Challenge - Task1 (2024)
Data

This is the training, validation and evaluation data for the First Cadenza Challenge - Task 1.

The Cadenza Challenges are improving music production and processing for people with a hearing loss. According to The World Health Organization, 430 mil... Read More about Cadenza Challenge (CAD1): databases for the First Cadenza Challenge - Task1.

Cadenza Challenge (ICASSP24): databases for ICASSP 2024 Cadenza Grand Challenge (2024)
Data

This is the training, validation and evaluation data for the ICASSP 2024 Cadenza Grand Challenge.

The Cadenza Challenges are improving music production and processing for people with a hearing loss. According to The World Health Organization, 430... Read More about Cadenza Challenge (ICASSP24): databases for ICASSP 2024 Cadenza Grand Challenge.

The 2nd Clarity Prediction Challenge: A Machine Learning Challenge for Hearing Aid Intelligibility Prediction (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on the design and outcomes of the 2nd Clarity Prediction Challenge (CPC2) for predicting the intelligibility of hearing aid processed signals heard by individuals with a hearing impairment. The challenge was designed to promote new... Read More about The 2nd Clarity Prediction Challenge: A Machine Learning Challenge for Hearing Aid Intelligibility Prediction.

The ICASSP SP Cadenza Challenge: Music Demixing/Remixing for Hearing Aids (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on the design and results of the 2024 ICASSP SP Cadenza Challenge: Music Demixing/Remixing for Hearing Aids. The Cadenza project is working to enhance the audio quality of music for those with a hearing loss. The scenario for the c... Read More about The ICASSP SP Cadenza Challenge: Music Demixing/Remixing for Hearing Aids.