Episode 1 - Music Information Extraction (ft. Olivier Lartillot)

Interview with Researcher and project lead Olivier Lartillot, who has been making sense of music recordings with computers and succeeding to an interesting degree.

Research Stuff with Olivier

By Finn Upham, Maham Riaz
Published Oct. 7, 2026

 

Interview with Researcher and project lead Olivier Lartillot, who has been making sense of music recordings with computers and succeeding to an interesting degree. Stream or skip to chapters: 

  • [1:10] Music and academic background 
  • [3:20] Research tools today 
  • [6:10] MIR toolbox 
  • [12:11] Example feature: Pulse Clarity 
  • [14:57] MIRAGE project, AI tools for folk music
  • [17:30] Sample of Norwegian fiddle music 
  • [22:25] Outcomes and long term goals MIRAGE project 
  • [24:45] AI and computational music analysis 
  • [29:20] Reflections on researching at RITMO, going back and forth between data mining and crafted analysis 
  • [31:40] Public Message: Technologies can help us under music, within their limitations.
  •  [33:40] Mining toolbox

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Published Oct. 7, 2026 11:38 AM - Last modified Oct. 8, 2026 7:39 PM