MUSIC GENRE CLASSIFICATION WITH MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES

To use this work on your researches or projects you need:

• Python 3.5.2
• Python packages:
  • IPython
  • Numpy
  • Scipy
  • Pandas
  • Scikit-learn
  • Librosa
  • Matplotlib
  • Pydub
• Jupyter Notebook (with IPython kernel)

To install Python:

First, check if you already have it installed or not.

python3 --version

If you don't have python 3 in your computer you can use the code below:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python3

To install packages via pip install:

sudo pip3 install ipython scipy numpy pandas scikit-learn librosa matplotlib jupyter pydub

If you haven't installed pip, you can use the codes below in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install python3-pip

You should check and update your pip:

pip3 install --upgrade pip

INFORMATION ABOUT THE REPOSITORY

• config.py file includes some properties like dataset directory, test directory and some properties for signal processing and feature extraction.

• CreateDataset.py file is used for feature extraction and creating dataset.

• ModelTrain.py file is used for creating and training a model.

• GenreRecognition.py file is for predicting the genres of test music files.

• CreateThenTrain.py file runs CreateDataset.py and ModelTrain.py sequentially.

• Jupyter Notebook files give useful information and tutorials about signal analysis and music genre classification.