[aubio-user] Using Aubioonset with Jack and a shotgun microphone

[Paul Brossier]

Hi Brian and all,

On 06/20/2016 07:55 PM, Brian Ogden wrote:
> Hi, I am using aubioonset to detect onsets.
> 
> I am using the default settings, so I just cmd line do:
> 
> aubioonset 
> 
> No arguments because I am using Jack Audio Connection Kit.
> 
> I was using a cheap 11 dollar Sony microphone and captured many onsets.
> I have switch to a shotgun microphone and now am not capturing any
> onsets at all.
> 
> So I changed the threshold of aubioonset to
> 
> aubioonset -t 0.001
> 
> Is there any to talk to the running aubioonset process and see its
> current configuration settings from cmd line? (I am using Ubuntu)

Yes, you can see the settings using the verbose mode:

    aubioonset --verbose

> Is there any other settings you could suggest I tweak to start getting
> onsets with my shotgun microphone?

Try first adjusting the input gain of your microphone, using the default
threshold (0.3). Also check the --silence option.

> Thanks much!

You're welcome, sorry I forgot to reply to your mail until now.

Let us know how it works for you!

Best, Paul

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