A COMPARISON OF PROBABILISTIC MODELS FOR ONLINE PITCH TRACKING

In this study, we propose and compare two probabilistic models for online pitch tracking: Hidden Markov Model and Change Point Model. In our models each note has a certain characteristic spectral shape which we call spectral templates. Hence the system’s goal is to find the note whose template is active given the audio data. The main focus on this work is the trade off between latency and accuracy of the pitch tracking system. We present the probabilistic models and the inference schemes in detail. Encouraging results are obtained from the experiments that are done on low-pitched monophonic audio.