SPL MRPP PhaVoRIT Traktor Pitch'n Time MPEX-2
mean score 5,5573 5,7704 6,4262 6,2622 6,4590 2,3278
std. deviation 3,0029 2,6101 1,8926 2,5684 2,5597 2,1191
per-song mean values comments
Lovesong 1,7 2 7,7 8,2 7 5,1 rapid transients
Smooth Sailing 4,3 4,8 4,8 9 8,1 1,6 sharp transients
Radetzky March 8,4545 8,3636 6,1818 4,7272 4,1818 1,7272 dense arrangement
Narcotic 6 6,1 6,7 6 7,2 1,3 duet vocals
Poison 4,2 5,2 6,6 6,2 7,4 3 noisy characteristic
Kl. Nachtmusik 8,4 7,9 6,6 3,6 5,1 1,3 no transients
Table 2: List of the mean grades for each algorithm. Grades are from 1 (worst) to 10 (best).
Maestro! interactive conducting exhibit. The audio quality
of PhaVoRIT was assessed in a formal user listening test and
has been found to be comparable to some of the best commercially available time-stretching systems.
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