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.\" Text automatically generated by txt2man
.TH AUBIOTRACK 1 "22 July 2023" "aubio 0.4.9" "aubio User's manual"
.SH NAME
\fBaubiotrack \fP- a command line tool to extract musical beats from audio signals
\fB
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C

\fBaubiotrack\fP \fIsource\fP
\fBaubiotrack\fP [[\fB-i\fP] \fIsource\fP] [\fB-o\fP \fIsink\fP]
           [\fB-r\fP \fIrate\fP] [\fB-B\fP \fIwin\fP] [\fB-H\fP \fIhop\fP]
           [\fB-T\fP \fItime-format\fP]
           [\fB-s\fP \fIsil\fP] [\fB-m\fP]
           [\fB-j\fP] [\fB-N\fP \fImiditap-note\fP] [\fB-V\fP \fImiditap-velo\fP]
           [\fB-v\fP] [\fB-h\fP]

.fam T
.fi
.fam T
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION

\fBaubiotrack\fP attempts to detect beats, the time where one would intuitively be
tapping his foot.
.PP
When started with an input \fIsource\fP (\fB-i\fP/\fB--input\fP), the detected beats are given
on the console, in seconds.
.PP
When started without an input \fIsource\fP, or with the jack option (\fB-j\fP/\fB--jack\fP),
\fBaubiotrack\fP starts in jack mode.
.SH OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (--). A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B
\fB-i\fP, \fB--input\fP \fIsource\fP
Run analysis on this audio file. Most uncompressed and
compressed are supported, depending on how aubio was built.
.TP
.B
\fB-o\fP, \fB--output\fP \fIsink\fP
Save results in this file. The file will be created on the
model of the input file. Beats are marked by a short wood-block like sound.
.TP
.B
\fB-r\fP, \fB--samplerate\fP \fIrate\fP
Fetch the input \fIsource\fP, resampled at the given
sampling \fIrate\fP. The \fIrate\fP should be specified in Hertz as an integer. If 0,
the sampling \fIrate\fP of the original \fIsource\fP will be used. Defaults to 0.
.TP
.B
\fB-B\fP, \fB--bufsize\fP \fIwin\fP
The size of the buffer to analyze, that is the length
of the window used for spectral and temporal computations. Defaults to 512.
.TP
.B
\fB-H\fP, \fB--hopsize\fP \fIhop\fP
The number of samples between two consecutive analysis.
Defaults to 256.
.TP
.B
\fB-s\fP, \fB--silence\fP \fIsil\fP
Set the silence threshold, in dB, under which the pitch
will not be detected. A value of \fB-20.0\fP would eliminate most onsets but the
loudest ones. A value of \fB-90.0\fP would select all onsets. Defaults to \fB-90.0\fP.
.TP
.B
\fB-m\fP, \fB--mix-input\fP
Mix \fIsource\fP signal to the output signal before writing to
\fIsink\fP.
.TP
.B
\fB-f\fP, \fB--force-overwrite\fP
Overwrite output file if it already exists.
.TP
.B
\fB-j\fP, \fB--jack\fP
Use Jack input/output. You will need a Jack connection
controller to feed aubio some signal and listen to its output.
.TP
.B
\fB-N\fP, --\fImiditap-note\fP
Override note value for MIDI tap. Defaults to 69.
.TP
.B
\fB-V\fP, \fB--miditap-velop\fP
Override velocity value for MIDI tap. Defaults to 65.
.TP
.B
\fB-T\fP, \fB--timeformat\fP format
Set time format (samples, ms, seconds). Defaults to
seconds.
.TP
.B
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP
Print a short help message and exit.
.TP
.B
\fB-v\fP, \fB--verbose\fP
Be verbose.
.SH BEAT TRACKING METHODS

Aubio currently implements one the causal beat tracking algorithm designed by
Matthew Davies and described in the following articles:
.PP
Matthew E. P. Davies and Mark D. Plumbley. Causal tempo tracking of audio.
In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Music Information Retrieval
(ISMIR), pages 164­169, Barcelona, Spain, 2004.
.PP
Matthew E. P. Davies, Paul Brossier, and Mark D. Plumbley. Beat tracking
towards automatic musical accompaniment. In Proceedings of the Audio
Engineering Society 118th Convention, Barcelona, Spain, May 2005.
.SH SEE ALSO

\fBaubioonset\fP(1),
\fBaubiopitch\fP(1),
\fBaubionotes\fP(1),
\fBaubioquiet\fP(1),
\fBaubiomfcc\fP(1),
and
\fBaubiocut\fP(1).
.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Paul Brossier <piem@aubio.org>. Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of
the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.