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Journal of New Music Research Volume 36, 2007 - Issue 1: Algorithms for Beat Tracking and Tempo Extraction
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Evaluation of Audio Beat Tracking and Music Tempo Extraction Algorithms

M. F. McKinney Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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D. Moelants Ghent University, Belgium
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M. E. P. Davies Queen Mary University of London, UK
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A. Klapuri Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Pages 1-16 | Published online: 31 May 2008

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