Welcome to the companion site for the UrbanSound and UrbanSound8K datasets and the Urban Sound Taxonomy. Here you will find information and download links for the datasets and taxonomy presented in:
J. Salamon, C. Jacoby and J. P. Bello, "A Dataset and Taxonomy for Urban Sound Research", 22nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Orlando USA, Nov. 2014.
[ACM][PDF][BibTeX]
[ACM][PDF][BibTeX]
The resources on this site include:
- The UrbanSound dataset
- The UrbanSound8K dataset
- The Urban Sound Taxonomy
- A list of our publications presenting models evaluated on these datasets
datasets created by
Justin Salamon*^, Christopher Jacoby* and Juan Pablo Bello*
* Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL), New York University
^ Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University
* Music and Audio Research Laboratory (MARL), New York University
^ Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), New York University
Please Acknowledge these datasets in Academic Research
When UrbanSound or UrbanSound8K is used for academic research, we would highly appreciate it if scientific publications of works partly based on these datasets cite the aforementioned publication.
The creation of the datasets was supported by a seed grant by NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP).
The creation of the datasets was supported by a seed grant by NYU's Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP).
Conditions of use
Datasets compiled by Justin Salamon, Christopher Jacoby and Juan Pablo Bello. All files come from www.freesound.org.
Please see FREESOUNDCREDITS.txt (included in the dataset) for an attribution list.
The UrbanSound and UrbanSound8K datasets are offered free of charge for non-commercial use only under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc), version 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
The datasets and their contents are made available on an "as is" basis and without warranties of any kind, including without limitation satisfactory quality and conformity, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or completeness, or absence of errors. Subject to any liability that may not be excluded or limited by law, NYU is not liable for, and expressly excludes, all liability for loss or damage however and whenever caused to anyone by any use of the UrbanSound or UrbanSound8K datasets or any part of them.
Please see FREESOUNDCREDITS.txt (included in the dataset) for an attribution list.
The UrbanSound and UrbanSound8K datasets are offered free of charge for non-commercial use only under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc), version 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
The datasets and their contents are made available on an "as is" basis and without warranties of any kind, including without limitation satisfactory quality and conformity, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or completeness, or absence of errors. Subject to any liability that may not be excluded or limited by law, NYU is not liable for, and expressly excludes, all liability for loss or damage however and whenever caused to anyone by any use of the UrbanSound or UrbanSound8K datasets or any part of them.
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