Dpt. Ingeniería Audiovisual y Comunicaciones

PianoUPM  Database

This is a database comprising several acoustic recordings of piano sounds. It is intended for being used by the researching community free of charge. Up to 13 acoustic pianos, both  grands and uprights, from several manufacturers have been recorded. 

Recordings for every piano include: the 88 notes played separately and 110 different chords.

Most piano recordings also include:

-The A note from the eight octaves played with four increasing forces to evaluate non-linearity effects.

-Two melodies (one-handed and two-handed) for testing detection algorithms.

Download Paper on PianoUPM

Instructions for downloading the PianoUPM database:
 

1. Download license agreement, sign two copies of it, and fax one of them to +34 91 336 7784 (Att. Luis Ortiz-Berenguer).

2. Send an email to lortiz@diac.upm.es as follows:
             Subject: [DATABASE download: PianoUPM]

           Body: Your name, e-mail, telephone number, organization, postal mail, purpose for which you will use the database, time and date at which you sent the fax with the signed license agreement

3. Send by postal mail the two original copies of your signed agreement and a self-addressed envelope to the following address:

Luis Ortiz-Berenguer.
EUIT Telecomunicación. UPM Campus Sur.
Ctra. Valencia km.7
28031 Madrid SPAIN
 

4. Once the fax copy of the license agreement has been received at UPM, you will get an email with an username and a password to download the database.

5. Download the database, free of charge, for which you will need to provide the authentication information given in step 4. After you finish the download, please notify by email that you have successfully completed the transaction

6. For more information, please contact: lortiz@diac.upm.es