MULTIPLE FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY ESTIMATION USING SPECTRAL STRUCTURE AND TEMPORAL EVOLUTION RULES

This paper describes a method submitted for the MIREX 2010 Multiple Fundamental Frequency Estimation & Tracking Task 1, which uses pitch candidate selection rules employing spectral structure and temporal evolution. For preprocessing, the Resonator Time-Frequency Image of the input signal is employed as a time-frequency representation, a noise suppression model is used, and a spectral whitening procedure is performed. Also, tuning and inharmonicity parameters are extracted for the complete recording and a frame-by-frame pitch salience function is generated. Pitch presence tests are performed utilizing informa tion from the spectral structure of pitch candidates, aimin g to suppress errors occurring at multiples and sub-multiples of the true pitches. Additional tests for the estimation of harmonically related F0s are performed over time, based on the common amplitude modulation assumption.