International Audio Laboratories Erlangen

Publications

  1. Xavier Serra, Vinoo Alluri, Stefan Balke, Juan Pablo Bello, Emmanouil Benetos, Dmitry Bogdanov, Johanna Devaney, Simon Dixon, Zhiyao Duan, George Fazekas, Arthur Flexer, Frederic Font, Magdalena Fuentes, Ichiro Fujinaga, Emilia Gómez, Masataka Goto, Romain Hennequin, Dorien Herremans, Xiao Hu, Dasaem Jeong, Peter Knees, Filip Korzeniowski, Stefan Lattner, Jin Ha Lee, Alexander Lerch, Cynthia Liem, Brian McFee, Emilio Molina, Meinard Müller, Tomoyasu Nakano, Juhan Nam, Oriol Nieto, Sergio Oramas, Bryan Pardo, Geoffroy Peeters, Preeti Rao, Gaël Richard, Martín Rocamora, Ajay Srinivasamurthy, Li Su, Bob L. T. Sturm, George Tzanetakis, Anja Volk, Ye Wang, Gerhard Widmer, Frans Wiering, Christof Weiß, Yi-Hsuan Yang, and Eva Zangerle
    AI and Music at a Crossroads: The Role of the Music Information Retrieval (MIR) Community in Shaping Trustworthy, Open, and Culturally Inclusive Music-AI
    Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval, 9(1): 510–525, 2026. PDF DOI 
    @article{SerraEtAl26_MusicAICrossroads_TISMIR,
author = {Xavier Serra and Vinoo Alluri and Stefan Balke and Juan Pablo Bello and Emmanouil Benetos and Dmitry Bogdanov and Johanna Devaney and Simon Dixon and Zhiyao Duan and George Fazekas and Arthur Flexer and Frederic Font and Magdalena Fuentes and Ichiro Fujinaga and Emilia Gómez and Masataka Goto and Romain Hennequin and Dorien Herremans and Xiao Hu and Dasaem Jeong and Peter Knees and Filip Korzeniowski and Stefan Lattner and Jin Ha Lee and Alexander Lerch and Cynthia Liem and Brian McFee and Emilio Molina and Meinard Müller and Tomoyasu Nakano and Juhan Nam and Oriol Nieto and Sergio Oramas and Bryan Pardo and Geoffroy Peeters and Preeti Rao and Gaël Richard and Martín Rocamora and Ajay Srinivasamurthy and Li Su and Bob L. T. Sturm and George Tzanetakis and Anja Volk and Ye Wang and Gerhard Widmer and Frans Wiering and Christof Weiß and Yi-Hsuan Yang and Eva Zangerle},
title = {AI and Music at a Crossroads: The Role of the Music Information Retrieval (MIR) Community in Shaping Trustworthy, Open, and Culturally Inclusive Music-AI},
journal = {Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval},
pages = {510--525},
volume = {9},
number = {1},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.5334/tismir.372},
url-pdf = {2026_SerraEtAl_MusicAICrossroads_TISMIR_ePrint.pdf}
}
  2. Christian Dittmar, Simon Schwär, Manuel Peters, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Pulsetable Synthesis of Wind Instrument Tones
    In Demo Papers of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), 2026. PDF Details 
    @inproceedings{DittmarSPBM26_PulsetableSynthesis_DAFx,
author    = {Christian Dittmar and Simon Schw{\"a}r and Manuel Peters and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title     = {Pulsetable Synthesis of Wind Instrument Tones},
booktitle = {Demo Papers of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects ({DAFx})},
year      = {2026},
address   = {Boston, MA, USA},
url-pdf   = {2026_DittmarSBM_PulsetableSynthesis_DAFxDemo.pdf},
url-details = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2026_DittmarSBM_PulsetableSynthesis_DAFx},
}
  3. Stefan Balke, Johannes Zeitler, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Brian McFee, Tomoyasu Nakano, Masataka Goto, and Meinard Müller
    RWC Revisited: Towards a Community-Driven MIR Corpus
    Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval, 9: 21–35, 2026. PDF Details Demo Code DOI 
    @article{BalkeZAMTGM26_RWCRevisited_TISMIR,
author = {Stefan Balke and Johannes Zeitler and Vlora Arifi-Müller and Brian McFee and Tomoyasu Nakano and Masataka Goto and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{RWC} Revisited: {T}owards a Community-Driven {MIR} Corpus},
journal = {Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval},
volume = {9},
issue = {1},
pages = {21--35},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.5334/tismir.326},
url-pdf = {2026_BalkeZAMTGM26_RWCRevisited_TISMIR_ePrint.pdf},
url-demo = {https://zenodo.org/communities/rwc-music/},
url-code = {https://github.com/rwc-music/rwc-annotations},
url-details={https://transactions.ismir.net/articles/10.5334/tismir.326}
}
  4. Axel Berndt, Aida Amiryan-Stein, Manuel Peters, Meinard Müller, and Stefan Balke
    ChoraleWind: An Expressive Wind-Quartet Dataset for End-to-End Rendering from the Neues Thüringer Choralbuch
    In Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC): 43–50, 2026. PDF Details 
    @inproceedings{BerndtAPMB26_ChoraleWind_ICMC,
author    = {Axel Berndt and Aida Amiryan-Stein and Manuel Peters and Meinard M{\"u}ller and Stefan Balke},
title     = {ChoraleWind: An Expressive Wind-Quartet Dataset for End-to-End Rendering from the Neues Th{\"u}ringer Choralbuch},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference ({ICMC})},
address   = {Hamburg, Germany},
year      = {2026},
pages     = {43--50},
url-pdf = {2026_BerndAPMB_ChoraleWind_ICMC.pdf},
url-details = {https://audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2026-ChoraleWind},
}
  5. Simon Schwär, Christian Dittmar, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Differentiable Pulsetable Synthesis for Wind Instrument Modeling
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 14792–14796, 2026. Details DOI 
    @inproceedings{SchwaerDBM26_DiffPulse_ICASSP,
author    = {Simon Schw{\"a}r and Christian Dittmar and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title     = {Differentiable Pulsetable Synthesis for Wind Instrument Modeling},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
year      = {2026},
pages     = {14792--14796},
address   = {Barcelona, Spain},
doi = {10.1109/ICASSP55912.2026.11462505},
url-details = {https://audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2026-ICASSP-DiffPulse},
}
  6. Stefan Balke, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Simon Schwär, and Meinard Müller
    Analyse durch Synthese: Musikverarbeitung von Blasmusikaufnahmen
    In Proceedings of the Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 935–939, 2026. PDF 
    @inproceedings{BalkeASM26_AnalysisBySynthesis_DAGA,
author = {Stefan Balke and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Simon Schw{\"a}r and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Analyse durch Synthese: Musikverarbeitung von Blasmusikaufnahmen},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik ({DAGA})},
year = {2026},
pages = {935--939},
address = {Dresden, Germany},
url-pdf = {2026_BalkeASM_AnalyseDurchSynthese_DAGA.pdf},
}
  7. Stefan Balke, Axel Berndt, and Meinard Müller
    ChoraleBricks: A Modular Multitrack Dataset for Wind Music Research
    Transaction of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), 8(1): 39–54, 2025. PDF Details Demo Code DOI 
    @article{BalkeBM25_ChoraleBricks_TISMIR,
author = {Stefan Balke and Axel Berndt and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{ChoraleBricks}: {A} Modular Multitrack Dataset for Wind Music Research},
journal = {Transaction of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval ({TISMIR})},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {39--54},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.5334/tismir.252},
url-pdf = {2025_BalkeBM_ChoraleBricks_TISMIR_ePrint.pdf},
url-demo = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2025-ChoraleBricks},
url-code = {https://github.com/stefan-balke/choralebricks},
url-details={https://transactions.ismir.net/articles/10.5334/tismir.252}
}
  8. Simon Schwär, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Measuring Sensory Dissonance in Multi-Track Music Recordings: A Case Study with Wind Quartets
    In Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR): 1–8, 2025. PDF Demo 
    @inproceedings{SchwaerBM25_SensoryDissonance_ISMIR,
author    = {Simon Schw{\"a}r and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title     = {Measuring Sensory Dissonance in Multi-Track Music Recordings: {A} Case Study with Wind Quartets},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
pages     = {1--8},
address   = {Daejeon, South Korea},
year      = {2025},
url-pdf   = {2025_SchwaerBM_SensoryDissonance_ISMIR.pdf},
url-demo  = {https://audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2025-ISMIR-SD}
}
  9. Christian Dittmar, Johannes Zeitler, Stefan Balke, Simon Schwär, and Meinard Müller
    PULSE-IT: Lightweight and Expressive Synthesis of Wind Instrument Playing
    In Late-Breaking and Demo Session of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 1–3, 2025. PDF Demo 
    @inproceedings{DittmarZBSM25_PulseIt_ISMIR-LBD,
author = {Christian Dittmar and Johannes Zeitler and Stefan Balke and Simon Schw{\"a}r and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{PULSE-IT}: Lightweight and Expressive Synthesis of Wind Instrument Playing},
booktitle = {Late-Breaking and Demo Session of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {Daejeon, South Korea},
pages     = {1--3},
year = {2025},
url-pdf = {2025_DittmarZBSM_PulseIt_ISMIR-LBD.pdf},
url-demo= {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2025_DittmarZBSM_WindInstrumentSynth_ISMIR-LBD}
}
  10. Peter Meier, Sebastian Strahl, Simon Schwär, Meinard Müller, and Stefan Balke
    Pitch estimation in real time: Revisiting SWIPE with causal windowing
    In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research (CMMR): 285–297, 2025. PDF Demo Code DOI 
    @inproceedings{MeierSSMB25_RealTimeSWIPE_CMMR,
author    = {Peter Meier and Sebastian Strahl and Simon Schw{\"a}r and Meinard M{\"u}ller and Stefan Balke},
title     = {Pitch estimation in real time: Revisiting {SWIPE} with causal windowing},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research ({CMMR})},
address   = {London, UK},
year      = {2025},
pages     = {285--297},
doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.17496630},
url-pdf   = {2025_MeierSSMB_RealTimeSWIPE_CMMR.pdf},
url-demo  = {https://audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2025-CMMR-RTSWIPE},
url-code  = {https://github.com/groupmm/real_time_swipe}
}
  11. Stefan Balke, Peter Meier, and Meinard Müller
    Practicing Alone, Playing Together: A Persona-Based Design Approach for Amateur Wind Musicians
    In Proceedings of the Workshop for Innovative Computer-based Music Interfaces (ICMI): 1–4, 2025. PDF DOI 
    @inproceedings{BalkeMM25_PersonaDesignWindMusic_ICMI,
author      = {Stefan Balke and Peter Meier and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title       = {Practicing Alone, Playing Together: A Persona-Based Design Approach for Amateur Wind Musicians},
booktitle   = {Proceedings of the Workshop for Innovative Computer-based Music Interfaces ({ICMI})},
address     = {Chemnitz, Germany},
year        = {2025},
pages       = {1--4},
doi         = {10.18420/muc2025-mci-ws06-199},
url-pdf     = {2025_BalkeMM_PersonaDesignWindMusic_ICMI.pdf}
}
  12. Peter Meier, Meinard Müller, and Stefan Balke
    A Multi-User Interface for Real-Time Intonation Monitoring in Music Ensembles
    In Proceedings of the Workshop for Innovative Computer-based Music Interfaces (ICMI): 1–4, 2025. PDF Demo DOI 
    @inproceedings{MeierMB25_IntonationMonitoring_ICMI,
author      = {Peter Meier and Meinard M{\"u}ller and Stefan Balke},
title       = {A Multi-User Interface for Real-Time Intonation Monitoring in Music Ensembles},
booktitle   = {Proceedings of the Workshop for Innovative Computer-based Music Interfaces ({ICMI})},
address     = {Chemnitz, Germany},
year        = {2025},
pages       = {1--4},
doi         = {10.18420/muc2025-mci-ws06-202},
url-demo    = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2025-ICMI-Intonation},
url-pdf     = {2025_MeierMB_IntonationMonitoring_ICMI.pdf}
}
  13. Meinard Müller, Stefan Balke, and Masataka Goto
    The Story Behind the RWC Music Database: An Interview with Masataka Goto
    Transaction of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), 8(1): 154–164, 2025. PDF Details Demo DOI 
    @article{MuellerBG25_RWCStory_TISMIR,
author = {Meinard M{\"u}ller and Stefan Balke and Masataka Goto},
title = {The Story Behind the RWC Music Database: An Interview with Masataka Goto},
journal = {Transaction of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval ({TISMIR})},
volume = {8},
number = {1},
pages = {154--164},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.5334/tismir.261},
url-pdf   = {2025_MuellerBG_RWCStory_TISMIR_ePrint.pdf},
url-details={https://transactions.ismir.net/articles/10.5334/tismir.261},
url-demo = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5bGqHJjONA&list=PLpaL3fT5fH2ohNCY3nw_k63H7ozkixvp5}
}
  14. Peter Meier, Meinard Müller, and Stefan Balke
    Analyzing Pitch Estimation Accuracy in Cross-Talk Scenarios: A Study with Wind Instruments
    In Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference (SMC): 3–10, 2025. PDF Details Demo DOI 
    @inproceedings{MeierMB25_WindPitchEstimation_SMC,
author    = {Peter Meier and  Meinard M{\"u}ller and Stefan Balke},
title     = {Analyzing Pitch Estimation Accuracy in Cross-Talk Scenarios: {A} Study with Wind Instruments},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Sound and Music Computing Conference ({SMC})},
address   = {Graz, Austria},
year      = {2025},
pages     = {3--10},
doi       = {10.5281/zenodo.15835032},
url-pdf   = {2025_MeierMB_WindPitchEstimation_SMC.pdf},
url-demo  = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2025-SMC-PitchCrosstalk},
url-details={https://zenodo.org/records/15835033}
}
  15. Martin Vogt, Abrar Ahmed, Stefan Balke, Simone Bast, and Saskia Laufer
    Wieso erkennt Alexa meine Stimme? Soundanalyse im Mathematikunterricht
    Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik(118): 14–20, 2025. PDF 
    @article{VogtABBL25_WiesoErkenntAlexaMeineStimme_GfdM,
title={Wieso erkennt Alexa meine Stimme? Soundanalyse im Mathematikunterricht},
author={Martin Vogt and Abrar Ahmed and Stefan Balke and Simone Bast and Saskia Laufer},
journal={Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Didaktik der Mathematik},
number={118},
pages={14--20},
year={2025},
publisher={Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Didaktik der Mathematik e.V.},
url-pdf   = {2025_VogtABBL_WiesoErkenntAlexaMeineStimme_GfdM.pdf},
}
  16. Stefan Balke and Adrian Maiworm
    Digitalisierung in der Amateurmusik
    In Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung: 841–850, 2023. PDF DOI 
    @inproceedings{BalkeM23_DigAmateurmusik_GI,
author       = {Stefan Balke and Adrian Maiworm},
title        = {Digitalisierung in der Amateurmusik},
booktitle    = {Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung},
series       = {{LNI}},
volume       = {{P-337}},
pages        = {841--850},
publisher    = {Gesellschaft f{\"{u}}r Informatik, Bonn},
year         = {2023},
doi          = {10.18420/INF2023_94},
url-pdf      = {2023_BalkeM_DigitalesNotenarchiv_GI.pdf}
}
  17. Stefan Balke
    Sinfonische Blasmusik als neuer Anwendungsfall in der automatisierten Musikverarbeitung
    In Proceedings of the Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 1366–1369, 2023. PDF 
    @inproceedings{Balke23_SinfonischeBlasmusikBeats_DAGA,
title = {Sinfonische {Blasmusik} als neuer {Anwendungsfall} in der automatisierten {Musikverarbeitung}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {Deutsche} {Jahrestagung} für {Akustik} ({DAGA})},
address = {Hamburg, Germany},
author = {Stefan Balke},
year = {2023},
pages = {1366--1369},
url-pdf = {2023_Balke_SinfonischeBlasmusik_DAGA.pdf},
}
  18. Saskia Meissner, Arnold Meissner, Christoph Karle, and Stefan Balke
    MusikRaumAkustik: Ein Pilotprojekt zur Verbesserung der Akustik in Proben- und Aufführungsräumen der Amateurmusik
    In Proceedings of the Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 1255–1257, 2023. PDF 
    @inproceedings{MeissnerMKB23_Musikraumakustik_DAGA,
title = {{MusikRaumAkustik}: {Ein} {Pilotprojekt} zur {Verbesserung} der {Akustik} in {Proben}- und {Aufführungsräumen} der {Amateurmusik}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {Deutsche} {Jahrestagung} für {Akustik} ({DAGA})},
address = {Hamburg, Germany},
author = {Saskia Meissner and Arnold Meissner and Christoph Karle and Stefan Balke},
year = {2023},
pages = {1255--1257},
url-pdf = {2023_MeissnerMKB_MusikRaumAkustik_DAGA.pdf},
}
  19. Stefan Balke, Julian Reck, Christof Weiß, Jakob Abeßer, and Meinard Müller
    JSD: A Dataset for Structure Analysis in Jazz Music
    Transaction of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), 5(1): 156–172, 2022. PDF DOI 
    @article{BalkeRWAM22_JSD_TISMIR,
title = {{JSD}: {A} {Dataset} for {Structure} {Analysis} in {Jazz} {Music}},
volume = {5},
doi = {doi.org/10.5334/tismir.131},
number = {1},
journal = {Transaction of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval ({TISMIR})},
author = {Stefan Balke and Julian Reck and Christof Weiß and Jakob Abeßer and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
year = {2022},
pages = {156--172},
url-pdf = {2022_BalkeRWAM_JSD_TISMIR.pdf},
}
  20. Hamada M. Zahera, Stefan Heindorf, Stefan Balke, Jonas Haupt, Martin Voigt, Carolin Walter, Fabian Witter, and Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
    Tab2Onto: Unsupervised Semantification with Knowledge Graph Embeddings
    In Proceedings of the European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 2022. 
    @inproceedings{Zahera2022Tab2Onto,
author = {Hamada M. Zahera and Stefan Heindorf and Stefan Balke and Jonas Haupt and Martin Voigt and Carolin Walter and Fabian Witter and Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo},
title = {{Tab2Onto:} {U}nsupervised Semantification with Knowledge Graph Embeddings},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the European Semantic Web Conference ({ESWC})},
url = {https://papers.dice-research.org/2022/ESWC_Tab2Onto/Tab2Onto_public.pdf},
year = {2022}
}
  21. Stefan Balke, Joseph Horgan, Pascal Schulz, and Sascha Henzgen
    Datendribble: Die Bedeutung von Daten und Machine Learning im Sport
    CFO aktuell - Zeitschrift für Finance und Controlling, 16(2): 70–72, 2022. 
    @article{BalkeHSH22_DatendribbleSoccerAnalytics_cfo,
author = {Stefan Balke and Joseph Horgan and Pascal Schulz and Sascha Henzgen},
title = {Datendribble: Die Bedeutung von Daten und Machine Learning im Sport},
journal = {CFO aktuell - Zeitschrift für Finance und Controlling},
volume = {16},
number = {2},
pages = {70--72},
year = {2022}
}
  22. Frank Zalkow, Stefan Balke, Vlora Arifi-Müller, and Meinard Müller
    MTD: A Multimodal Dataset of Musical Themes for MIR Research
    Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), 3(1): 180–192, 2020. DOI 
    @article{ZalkowBAM20_MTD_TISMIR,
title = {{MTD}: {A} Multimodal Dataset of Musical Themes for {MIR} Research},
author = {Frank Zalkow and Stefan Balke and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
journal = {Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval ({TISMIR})},
volume = {3},
number = {1},
year = {2020},
pages = {180--192},
doi = {10.5334/tismir.68},
}
  23. Florian Henkel, Stefan Balke, Matthias Dorfer, and Gerhard Widmer
    Score Following as a Multi-Modal Reinforcement Learning Problem
    Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (TISMIR), 2(1): 67–81, 2019. DOI 
    @article{HenkelBDW_ScoFoRL_TISMIR,
author = {Florian Henkel and Stefan Balke and Matthias Dorfer and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {Score Following as a Multi-Modal Reinforcement Learning Problem},
journal = {Transactions of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval ({TISMIR})},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
pages = {67--81},
year = {2019},
doi = {http://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.31}
}
  24. Meinard Müller, Andreas Arzt, Stefan Balke, Matthias Dorfer, and Gerhard Widmer
    Cross-Modal Music Retrieval and Applications: An Overview of Key Methodologies
    IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, 36(1): 52–62, 2019. DOI 
    @article{MuellerABDW19_MusicRetrieval_IEEE-SPM,
author = {Meinard M{\"u}ller and Andreas Arzt and Stefan Balke and Matthias Dorfer and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {Cross-Modal Music Retrieval and Applications: An Overview of Key Methodologies},
journal = {{IEEE} Signal Processing Magazine},
volume = {36},
number = {1},
pages = {52--62},
year = {2019},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/MSP.2018.2868887},
doi = {10.1109/MSP.2018.2868887}
}
  25. Stefan Balke, Matthias Dorfer, Luis Carvalho, Andreas Arzt, and Gerhard Widmer
    Learning Soft-Attention Models for Tempo-invariant Audio-Sheet Music Retrieval
    In Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 216–222, 2019. 
    @inproceedings{BalkeDCAW_LearningSoftAtt_ISMIR,
author = {Stefan Balke and Matthias Dorfer and Luis Carvalho and Andreas Arzt and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {Learning Soft-Attention Models for Tempo-invariant Audio-Sheet Music Retrieval},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {Delft, The Netherlands},
month = {November},
year = {2019},
pages = {216--222}
}
  26. Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacon, Stefan Balke, Florian Henkel, Christian Stussak, and Gerhard Widmer
    The Con Espressione! Exhibit: Exploring Human-Machine Collaboration in Expressive Performance
    In Late-Breaking and Demo Session of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR), 2019. 
    @inproceedings{CancinoBHSW_ConEspressioneDemo_ISMIR-LBD,
author = {Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacon and Stefan Balke and Florian Henkel and Christian Stussak and Gerhard Widmer},
title = {The Con Espressione! Exhibit: Exploring Human-Machine Collaboration in Expressive Performance},
booktitle = {Late-Breaking and Demo Session of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {Delft, The Netherlands},
year = {2019}
}
  27. Frank Zalkow, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Evaluating Salience Representations for Cross-Modal Retrieval of Western Classical Music Recordings
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 331–335, 2019. DOI 
    @inproceedings{ZalkowBM19_SalienceRep_ICASSP,
author = {Frank Zalkow and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Evaluating Salience Representations for Cross-Modal Retrieval of Western Classical Music Recordings},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
address = {Brighton, UK},
month = {May},
year = {2019},
pages = {331--335},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2019.8683609}
}
  28. Stefan Balke
    Multimedia Processing Techniques for Retrieving, Extracting, and Accessing Musical Content
    PhD Thesis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 2018. Details 
    @phdthesis{Balke18_Thesis_PhD,
author = {Stefan Balke},
title = {Multimedia Processing Techniques for Retrieving, Extracting, and Accessing Musical Content},
school = {Friedrich-Alexander-Universit{\"a}t Erlangen-N{\"u}rnberg (FAU)},
type = {doctoralthesis},
pages = {146},
address = {Erlangen, Germany},
year = {2018},
url-details = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:29-opus4-96358}
}
  29. Jakob Abeßer, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    Improving Bass Saliency Estimation using Label Propagation and Transfer Learning
    In Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR): 306–312, 2018. 
    @inproceedings{AbesserBM18_BassSaliency_ISMIR,
author = {Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Improving Bass Saliency Estimation using Label Propagation and Transfer Learning},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
pages = {306--312},
address = {Paris, France},
year = {2018}
}
  30. Christof Weiß, Stefan Balke, Jakob Abeßer, and Meinard Müller
    Computational Corpus Analysis: A Case Study on Jazz Solos
    In Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR): 416–423, 2018. 
    @inproceedings{WeissBAM18_JazzComplexity_ISMIR,
author = {Christof Wei{\ss} and Stefan Balke and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Computational Corpus Analysis: A Case Study on Jazz Solos},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
pages = {416--423},
address = {Paris, France},
year = {2018}
}
  31. Stefan Balke, Christian Dittmar, and Meinard Müller
    Ansätze zur datengetriebenen Transkription einstimmiger Jazzsoli
    In Proceedings of the Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 1530–1532, 2018. PDF 
    @inproceedings{BalkeDM18_TranskriptionJazzsoli_DAGA,
author = {Stefan Balke and Christian Dittmar and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{A}ns{\"a}tze zur datengetriebenen {T}ranskription einstimmiger {J}azzsoli},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {D}eutsche {J}ahrestagung f{\"u}r {A}kustik ({DAGA})},
address = {M{\"u}nchen, Germany},
year = {2018},
pages = {1530--1532},
url-pdf = {2018_BalkeDM_TranskriptionJazzsoli_DAGA_PrintedVersion.pdf}
}
  32. Stefan Balke, Christian Dittmar, Jakob Abeßer, Klaus Frieler, Martin Pfleiderer, and Meinard Müller
    Bridging the Gap: Enriching YouTube Videos with Jazz Music Annotations
    Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5: 1–11, 2018. PDF Details DOI 
    @article{BalkeDAFPM17_JazzYoutube_Frontiers,
author = {Stefan Balke and Christian Dittmar and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Klaus Frieler and Martin Pfleiderer and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Bridging the {G}ap: {E}nriching {Y}ou{T}ube Videos with Jazz Music Annotations},
journal = {Frontiers in Digital Humanities},
volume = {5},
number = {},
pages = {1--11},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.3389/fdigh.2018.00001},
url-details = {http://mir.audiolabs.uni-erlangen.de/jazztube},
url-pdf = {2018_BalkeDAFPM_JazzMultimedia_Frontier.pdf}
}
  33. Christian Dittmar, Martin Pfleiderer, Stefan Balke, and Meinard Müller
    A Swingogram Representation for Tracking Micro-Rhythmic Variation in Jazz Performances
    Journal of New Music Research, 47(2): 97–113, 2018. Details DOI 
    @article{DittmarPBM17_SwingRatio_JNMR,
author = {Christian Dittmar and Martin Pfleiderer and Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {A Swingogram Representation for Tracking Micro-Rhythmic Variation in Jazz Performances},
journal = {Journal of New Music Research},
volume = {47},
number = {2},
pages = {97--113},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1080/09298215.2017.1367405},
url-details = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-JNMR-SwingRatio}
}
  34. Stefan Balke and Meinard Müller
    JazzTube: Linking the Weimar Jazz Database with YouTube
    In Martin Pfleiderer and Klaus Frieler and Jakob Jakob Abeßer and Wolf-Georg Zaddach and Benjamin Burkhart (ed.): Inside the Jazzomat. New perspectives for jazz research, Schott Campus: 315–317, 2017. Details 
    @incollection{BalkeM17_JazztubeInsideTheJazzomat_Schott,
author = {Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{J}azz{T}ube: {L}inking the {W}eimar {J}azz {D}atabase with {Y}ou{T}ube},
pages = {315--317},
editor = {Martin Pfleiderer and Klaus Frieler and Jakob Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Wolf-Georg Zaddach and Benjamin Burkhart},
booktitle = {Inside the {J}azzomat. {N}ew perspectives for jazz research},
publisher = {{S}chott {C}ampus},
address = {Mainz, Germany},
year = {2017},
isbn = {978-3-95983-124-6},
url-details = {http://schott-campus.com/jazzomat/}
}
  35. Stefan Balke, Paul Bießmann, Sebastian Trump, and Meinard Müller
    Konzeption und Umsetzung webbasierter Werkzeuge für das Erlernen von Jazz-Piano
    In Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung: 61–73, 2017. PDF Demo DOI Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeBTM17_JazzPiano_GI,
author = {Stefan Balke and Paul Bie{\ss}mann and Sebastian Trump and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Konzeption und Umsetzung webbasierter Werkzeuge für das Erlernen von Jazz-Piano},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung},
pages = {61--73},
location = {Chemnitz, Germany},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.18420/in2017_03},
url-demo = {http://mir.audiolabs.uni-erlangen.de/jazz-piano/},
url-presentation = {2017_BalkeBTM_JazzPiano_GI_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2017_BalkeBTM_JazzPiano_GI.pdf}
}
  36. Stefan Balke, Manuel Hiemer, Peter Schwab, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Klaus Meyer-Wegener, and Meinard Müller
    Die Oper als Multimedia Szenario: Wagners Walküren gehen online
    In Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung: 75–86, 2017. PDF Demo DOI Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeHSAMM17_WalkuerenOnline_GI,
author = {Stefan Balke and Manuel Hiemer and Peter Schwab and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Klaus Meyer-Wegener and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Die Oper als Multimedia Szenario: Wagners Walk{\"u}ren gehen online},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the GI Jahrestagung},
pages = {75--86},
location = {Chemnitz, Germany},
year = {2017},
doi = {10.18420/in2017_04},
url-demo = {http://mir.audiolabs.uni-erlangen.de/jazz-piano/},
url-presentation = {2017_BalkeHSAMM_OpernInterface_GI_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2017_BalkeHSAMM_OpernInterface_GI.pdf}
}
  37. Nils Werner, Stefan Balke, Fabian-Robert Stöter, Meinard Müller, and Bernd Edler
    trackswitch.js: A Versatile Web-Based Audio Player for Presenting Scientific Results
    In Proceedings of the Web Audio Conference, 2017. PDF Details 
    @inproceedings{WernerBSME17_TrackswitchJSPlayer_WAC,
author = {Nils Werner and Stefan Balke and Fabian-Robert St{\"o}ter and Meinard M{\"u}ller and Bernd Edler},
title = {trackswitch.js: A Versatile Web-Based Audio Player for Presenting Scientific Results},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Web Audio Conference},
location = {London, UK},
year = {2017},
url-details = {https://github.com/audiolabs/trackswitch.js},
url-pdf = {2017_WernerBSME_TrackswitchJSPlayer_WAC}
}
  38. Jakob Abeßer, Stefan Balke, Klaus Frieler, Martin Pfleiderer, and Meinard Müller
    Deep Learning for Jazz Walking Bass Transcription
    In Proceedings of the AES International Conference on Semantic Audio: 202–209, 2017. PDF Details Presentation 
    @inproceedings{AbesserBFPM_JazzWalkingBassTrans_AES,
author = {Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Stefan Balke and Klaus Frieler and Martin Pfleiderer and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Deep Learning for Jazz Walking Bass Transcription},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {AES} International Conference on Semantic Audio},
pages = {202--209},
location = {Erlangen, Germany},
year = {2017},
url-details={https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-AES-WalkingBassTranscription},
url-presentation = {2017_AbesserBFPM_JazzWalkingBass_AES_presentation.pdf},
url-pdf = {2017_AbesserBFPM_JazzWalkingBass_AES.pdf}
}
  39. Stefan Balke, Christian Dittmar, Jakob Abeßer, and Meinard Müller
    Data-Driven Solo Voice Enhancement for Jazz Music Retrieval
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 196–200, 2017. PDF Details Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeDAM_SoloVoiceEnhancement_ICASSP,
author = {Stefan Balke and Christian Dittmar and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Data-Driven Solo Voice Enhancement for Jazz Music Retrieval},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
pages = {196--200},
location = {New Orleans, USA},
year = {2017},
url-details={https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2017-ICASSP-SoloVoiceEnhancement},
url-pdf = {2017_BalkeDAM_SoloVoiceEnhancement_ICASSP.pdf},
url-presentation = {2017_BalkeDAM_SoloVoiceEnhancement_ICASSP_presentation.pdf}
}
  40. Stefan Balke, Jakob Abeßer, Jonathan Driedger, Christian Dittmar, and Meinard Müller
    Towards Evaluating Multiple Predominant Melody Annotations in Jazz Recordings
    In Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 246–252, 2016. PDF Details Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeADDM16_FundFreq_ISMIR,
author = {Stefan Balke and Jakob Abe{\ss}er and Jonathan Driedger and Christian Dittmar and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Towards Evaluating Multiple Predominant Melody Annotations in Jazz Recordings},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2016},
pages = {246--252},
url-pdf = {2016_BalkeADDM_JazzSoloAnnotations_ISMIR.pdf},
url-presentation = {2016_BalkeADDM_JazzSoloAnnotations_ISMIR_poster.pdf},
url-details = {https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2016-ISMIR-Multiple-Annotations}
}
  41. Jonathan Driedger, Stefan Balke, Sebastian Ewert, and Meinard Müller
    Template-Based Vibrato Analysis of Music Signals
    In Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR): 239–245, 2016. PDF Details 
    @inproceedings{DriedgerBEM16_Vibrato_ISMIR,
author = {Jonathan Driedger and Stefan Balke and Sebastian Ewert and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Template-Based Vibrato Analysis of Music Signals},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Music Information Retrieval ({ISMIR})},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2016},
pages = {239--245},
url-pdf = {2016_DriedgerBEM_VibratoDetection_ISMIR.pdf},
url-details={https://www.audiolabs-erlangen.de/resources/MIR/2016-ISMIR-Vibrato}
}
  42. Stefan Balke, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Lukas Lamprecht, and Meinard Müller
    Retrieving Audio Recordings Using Musical Themes
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 281–285, 2016. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeALM16_BarlowRetrieval_ICASSP,
author = {Stefan Balke and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Lukas Lamprecht and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Retrieving Audio Recordings Using Musical Themes},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
address = {Shanghai, China},
year = {2016},
pages = {281--285},
url-presentation = {2016_BalkeALM_Matching_ICASSP_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2016_BalkeALM_Matching_ICASSP.pdf}
}
  43. Stefan Balke and Meinard Müller
    A Graphical User Interface for Understanding Audio Retrieval Results
    In Demos and Late Breaking News of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR), 2015. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeM15_EvalGUI_ISMIR-LBD,
author = {Stefan Balke and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {A Graphical User Interface for Understanding Audio Retrieval Results},
booktitle = {Demos and Late Breaking News of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference ({ISMIR})},
address = {Mal{\'a}ga, Spain},
year = {2015},
url-presentation = {2015_BalkeM_EvalGUI_ISMIR-LBD_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2015_BalkeM_EvalGUI_ISMIR-LBD.pdf}
}
  44. Stefan Balke, Sanu Pulimootil Achankunju, and Meinard Müller
    Matching Musical Themes based on Noisy OCR and OMR Input
    In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP): 703–707, 2015. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkePM15_MatchingMusicalThemes_ICASSP,
author = {Stefan Balke and Sanu Pulimootil Achankunju and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {Matching Musical Themes based on Noisy {OCR} and {OMR} Input},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {IEEE} International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing ({ICASSP})},
address = {Brisbane, Australia},
year = {2015},
pages = {703--707},
url-presentation = {2015_BalkePulimootilMueller_MusicRetrieval_ICASSP_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2015_BalkePulimootilMueller_MusicRetrieval_ICASSP.pdf}
}
  45. Stefan Balke, Lukas Lamprecht, Vlora Arifi-Müller, Thomas Prätzlich, and Meinard Müller
    Automatisierte Identifikation von Audioaufnahmen anhand symbolisch codierter musikalischer Themen
    In Proceedings of the 41st Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik (DAGA): 1521–1524, 2015. PDF Presentation 
    @inproceedings{BalkeLMPM15_Themen-Identifikation_DAGA,
author = {Stefan Balke and Lukas Lamprecht and Vlora Arifi-M{\"u}ller and Thomas Pr{\"a}tzlich and Meinard M{\"u}ller},
title = {{A}utomatisierte {I}dentifikation von {A}udioaufnahmen anhand symbolisch codierter musikalischer {T}hemen},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 41st Deutsche Jahrestagung f{\"u}r Akustik (DAGA)},
address = {N{\"u}rnberg, Germany},
year = {2015},
pages = {1521--1524},
url-presentation = {2015_BalkeLMPM_ThemaAudioID_DAGA_poster.pdf},
url-pdf = {2015_BalkeLMPM_ThemaAudioID_DAGA.pdf}
}
  46. Frederik Nagel, Fabian-Robert Stöter, Norberto Degara, Stefan Balke, and David Worrall
    Fast and accurate guidance - response times to navigational sounds
    In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), 2014. PDF 
    @inproceedings{NagelSDBW14_Accurate-Guidance_ICAD,
author = {Frederik Nagel and Fabian-Robert St{\"o}ter and Norberto Degara and Stefan Balke and David Worrall},
title = {Fast and accurate guidance - response times to navigational sounds},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Auditory Display ({ICAD})},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2014},
url-pdf = {2014_NagelSWB_Response-Time_ICAD.pdf}
}
  47. Johann-Markus Batke, Stefan Abeling, Stefan Balke, and Gerald Enzner
    Investigation of HRTF Sets Using Content with Limited Spatial Resolution
    In Proceedings of the 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention, 2013. 
    @inproceedings{BatkeABE14_HRTF-resolution_AES,
author = {Johann-Markus Batke and Stefan Abeling and Stefan Balke and Gerald Enzner},
Title = {Investigation of HRTF Sets Using Content with Limited Spatial Resolution},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention},
organization = {Audio Engineering Society},
address = {New York, USA},
year = {2013}
}
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