MagTapeDB : A dataset of historical magnetic tape recordings

Irigaray, Ignacio - Martínez, Emilio - Silvera Coeff, Diego - Biscainho, Luiz W. P.

Resumen:

We present a novel dataset designed to support the development and evaluation of audio restoration techniques focused on historical music recordings. The dataset comprises over 800 audio excerpts, including musicological tape recordings, isolated tape hiss segments, and pitchpipe tones used as tuning references. Each fragment is annotated with metadata such as instrument presence, year of recording, and tape reel number. The dataset enables a variety of restoration-related tasks, including denoising, noise profiling, instrument detection, and segmentation. We also provide baseline results for denoising using state-of-the-art deep learning models and demonstrate an application for playback speed correction using Electrical Network Frequency (ENF) analysis. Our goal is to contribute to the preservation of audio heritage by facilitating reproducible research and benchmarking in music restoration.

Detalles Bibliográficos
2025
Esta investigación fue financiada por la Comisión Sectorial de Investigación Científica (CSIC) de la Universidad de la República de Uruguay.
Luiz Biscainho agradece el apoyo del Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (CNPq) de Brasil.
Audio restoration
Magnetic tape
Cultural heritage
Deep learning
Denoising
Electrical Network Frequency
Dataset
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/53937
Acceso abierto
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución - No Comercial - Sin Derivadas (CC - By-NC-ND 4.0)
Resumen:
Sumario:We present a novel dataset designed to support the development and evaluation of audio restoration techniques focused on historical music recordings. The dataset comprises over 800 audio excerpts, including musicological tape recordings, isolated tape hiss segments, and pitchpipe tones used as tuning references. Each fragment is annotated with metadata such as instrument presence, year of recording, and tape reel number. The dataset enables a variety of restoration-related tasks, including denoising, noise profiling, instrument detection, and segmentation. We also provide baseline results for denoising using state-of-the-art deep learning models and demonstrate an application for playback speed correction using Electrical Network Frequency (ENF) analysis. Our goal is to contribute to the preservation of audio heritage by facilitating reproducible research and benchmarking in music restoration.