Three readily-available pitch detection algorithms implemented as unit generators in the SuperCollider programming language are evaluated and compared with regard to their accuracy and latency for a variety of test signals consisting of both harmonic and non-harmonic content. Suggestions are made for the type of signal on which each algorithm performs well.

Author: Kermit-Canfield, Elliot
Affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
AES Convention: 137 (October 2014) Paper Number: 9200
Publication Date: October 8, 2014
Subject: Applications in Audio

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