Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: AMFM_decompy
Version: 1.0.6.1
Summary: Package to decompose the voiced part of a speech signal into its modulated components, aka AM-FM decomposition.
Home-page: https://github.com/bjbschmitt/AMFM_decompy/
Author: Bernardo J.B. Schmitt
Author-email: bernardo.jb.schmitt@gmail.com
License: LICENSE.txt
Description: AMFM_decompy
        =============
        
        version 1.0.6.1
        
        This python package provides the tools necessary to decompose the voiced part 
        of a speech signal into its modulated components, aka AM-FM decomposition. This 
        designation is used due the fact that, in this method, the signal is modeled as 
        a sum of amplitude- and frequency-modulated components. 
        
        The goal is to overcome the drawbacks from Fourier-alike techniques, e.g. SFFT, 
        wavelets, etc, which are limited in the time-frequency analysis by the so-called 
        Heisenberg-Gabor inequality.
        
        The algorithms here implemented are the QHM (Quasi-Harmonic Model), and its 
        upgrades, aQHM (adaptive Quasi-Harmonic Model) and eaQHM (extended adaptive 
        Quasi-Harmonic Model). Their formulation can be found at references [2-4].
        
        Since that the tools mentioned above require a fundamental frequency reference, 
        the package also includes the pitch tracker YAAPT (Yet Another Algorithm for 
        Pitch Tracking) [1], which is extremely robust for both high quality and 
        telephone speech. 
        
        The study of AM-FM decomposition algorithms was the theme from my Master Thesis. 
        The original YAAPT program in MATLAB is provided for free by its authors, while 
        the QHM algorithms I implemented by myself also in MATLAB. I'm porting them now 
        to python because:
        
        * the python language is easier to share, read and understand, making it a 
          better way to distribute the codes;
        * is more resourceful than MATLAB (has different data structures, scripting 
          options, etc), which will be useful for me in future studies;
        * the computational performance from its numeric and scientific packages (numpy 
          and scipy) is equivalent to MATLAB;
        * python is free-to-use, while MATLAB is a proprietary software;
        
        Evaluations and future expansions
        =============
        
        As for the algorithms computational performance, I optimized the YAAPT code, so 
        my pyhton version runs now about twice as fast as the original MATLAB one. 
        However, the QHM algorithms still run as fast as their counterparts in MATLAB. 
        That's because the main bottleneck of both versions are the matrix dot and 
        least-squares operations. Since numpy and MATLAB are already optimized to perform 
        these tasks using internal Fortran functions, as far as I investigated there's 
        no way to speed them up using Cython, for example. Nevertheless, recently I have 
        read about numba, which could be applied to improve the AMFM_decompy performance 
        substantially. Therefore, I may run some tests using it.
        
        In [1] the YAAPT is compared with well-known pitch trackers like the YIN and 
        the RAPT, and presents the best results. In fact, so far I've been using it, 
        the algorithm has been proved to be indeed very robust. It must be emphasized 
        that I merely translated the code, so I only have an average knowledge about 
        its theoretical formulation. For deep questions concerning it, I would advise 
        to contact the original authors.
        
        The QHM-like algorithms present some stability problems concerning small 
        magnitude modulated components, which are already documented at [2,3]. In my 
        python code I implemented a workaround to this problem, but it is still a 
        sub-optimal solution. 
        
        Actually, I dedicated a chapter in my Master Thesis to a deeper study about 
        this problem and came up with a better solution. Unfortunately, due stupid 
        bureaucratic issues, I don't know if and when my work will be defended and 
        published (to be short, the deadline was expired because me and my advisor 
        needed more time to correct and improve the thesis text. Then we required a 
        prorrogation, but the lecturers board declined it. So, basically, I was expelled 
        from the post-gradute program with a finished and working thesis). Anyway, I'm 
        still trying to figure out do now with my work and as soon as find a solution, 
        I'll add my own contributions to this package.
        
        In my thesis I also ran performance tests comparing the QHM family with other two 
        AM-FM decomposition algorithms. Therefore, my next goal is to add these methods 
        to the package.
        
        Recently the original YAAPT Matlab code received an update, so I also want to 
        take a deep look on it to check if there is any necessary modification that 
        should be applied on pYAAPT. But I guess that the only substantial alteration 
        was the addition of a speed option (at the cost of accuracy), which I'm relatively
        skeptical that could benefit pYAAPT.
        
        Installation
        =============
        
        The pypi page https://pypi.python.org/pypi/AMFM_decompy/1.0.6.1 is recommended for 
        a quick installation. But you can also copy all directories here and then run 
        
        ```python setup.py install```
        
        in command line. After that, run the test script by typing 
        
        `AMFM_test.py`
        
        to check if everything is ok (it can take couple of minutes to calculate the 
        results). This script is a example about how to use the package.
        
        I've tested the installation script and the package itself in Linux and Windows 
        systems (but not in iOS) and everything went fine. So, if a problem comes up, 
        it must be probably something about python not finding the files paths.
        
        How to use
        =============
        
        Check the AMFM_decompy pdf documentation included in the docs folder or the 
        online documentation at http://bjbschmitt.github.io/AMFM_decompy. The amfm_decompy 
        folder contains the sample.wav file that is used to ilustrate the package's code 
        examples.
        
        Credits and Publications
        =============
        
        The original MATLAB YAAPT program was written by Hongbing Hu and Stephen 
        A.Zahorian from the Speech Communication Laboratory of the State University of 
        New York at Binghamton. 
        
        It is available at http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/zahorian as free software. 
        Further information about the program can be found at
        
           [1] Stephen A. Zahorian, and Hongbing Hu, "A spectral/temporal method for robust
               fundamental frequency tracking," J. Acosut. Soc. Am. 123(6), June 2008.
        
        The QHM algorithm and its upgrades are formulated and presented in the following publications:
        
           [2] Y. Pantazis, , PhD Thesis, University of Creta, 2010.
        
           [3] Y. Pantazis, O. Rosec and Y. Stylianou, , IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and 
               Language Processing, vol. 19, n 2, 2011.
        
           [4] G. P. Kafentzis, Y. Pantazis, O. Rosec and Y. Stylianou, , in IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, 
               Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), 2012.
         
        Copyright and contact
        =============
        
        The AMFM_decompy is free to use, share and modify under the terms of the MIT 
        license.
        
        Questions, comments, suggestions, and contributions are welcome. Please contact 
        me at 
        
        bernardo.jb.schmitt@gmail.com.
        
Keywords: Python,speech,pitch,QHM,YAAPT,modulated components,AM-FM decomposition
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Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Human Machine Interfaces
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
