Goldsmiths, Department of Computing
Dr. Michael A. Casey
CIS320 Final Year Computing Project 2006/2007
These ideas are to help you define your own project. Make an
appointment with me to discuss any of these, or to suggest your own version.
Multimedia Database Interface
The aim of this project is to import XML-Schema based descriptions of
digital video and audio into a database and to use the database to
retrieve video clips based on various SQL queries.
XML, SQL, JAVA
Multimedia Retrieval Engine
The aim of this project is to develop highly optimised internal
representations of media segments and their metadata for digital video
and audio. An intelligent multimedia database retrieval interface will
use the database engine to retrieve video clips based on various SQL
queries.
XML, SQL, Java
VST/DirextX Plugin for Sound Un-mixing
Musical audio is composed of simultaneously sounding sources
(instruments). Using advanced signal processing techniques we can undo
some of the mixing of the instruments to recover individual parts
(under some important constraints).
The goal of this project is to take the existing signal processing
code and integrate it into a professional music / digital audio
editing environment.
C++ in Windows, with a willingness develop using DirectX or the VST libraries.
The Intelligent Music Player
Many people have large music collections stored on hard-drives often
consisting of thousands of songs. The problem is to find the music
that you want when you want it. In this project you will implement a
system for retrieving music by "mood", "style" or "genre" based on a library
of automatic music annotation tools developed at Goldsmiths.
Good JAVA or C++ skills and a keen interest in any kind of music.
Automatic Music Generator
Using ideas from Cellular Automata and Autonomous Agents research,
this project is to generate music using a set of simple rules applied to MIDI
instruments. The music can be in any style: e.g. classical, jazz, dance music or blues.
Good programming skills. AI/Agents. knowledge of MIDI. Understanding of music.
Music structure analysis tool
Musicologists spend many years learning the intricacies of musical
scores in order to make comparative evaluations between composers,
styles and pieces. This project aims to provide a tool for
automatically visualizing the structure of a musical piece using
simple schematic diagrams and graphics. This tool could be used for educational or research purposes.
good JAVA programming skills. Interface design. Some understanding of music.
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