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

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}
}