Audio Analysis

Hi,

I am looking for a web site, book, tutorial, or other to teach me how
to analyze audio streams being inputed to a computer or through files
already in place (MP3, WAV, etc.). I have not worked with Audio
before but have read up enough that I should not have to start at the
basics.

The reason behind me learning this is so that I will be able to
implement it into my program that will analyze a voice stream and
detect certain qualities that are standard and unique to a person's
voice. This will then be inputed to a database along with the
person's identification. Basicly, a Voice Print Identification system
using Biometrics.

If anyone is able to help with this I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you very much,

- D

> web site
Try google

> book
Try a local university library

Seriously, if you can't figure that out, the problems you face are beyond you.

wow, obviously i've tried google. Of course, once I got past the first 50 results of nothing, I decided I would try and get other people's opinions on where to go

Library - never have time to go.

So try being a little more helpful next time

http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~gtzan/marsyas.html
http://www.eas.asu.edu/~midle/jdsp/p...003-SPEECH.pdf

its free and is used to classify and analyze music and speech

> I decided I would try and get other people's opinions on where to go
Which is exactly what you got, and now you're moaning about it.

You only stated your problem, not what you had already done about it. So I took a shot and guessed that you had done nothing.

Now if you had said that the first 50 hits of "Voice Print Identification system" on google provided no useful information, then that would have at least given us something to work with. But 50 hits of one search term really doesn't sound like much effort on your part either.
You didn't even mention what search term you had actually tried. For all I know, it could have been "tom and jerry episode guide".

Not that it would help much, because there's still the small matter of your skill level, despite what you presume of yourself ("but have read up enough that I should not have to start at the basics.")
Anything we suggest would fall into one of 3 categories
- "too easy" - yeah, thanks, I knew that already
- "too hard" - geez, slow down buddy, thats way over my head
- "just right"
So that would be a 66% chance of another round of people trying to help you and you not getting anywhere.

So saying something like
I tried this site but it was too difficult for me to follow would have given us an objective calibration of your skill level.

Oh yeah, you were massively off topic posting this on the C++ board in the first place.

How is it off-topic? It's a C++ Program.

And that long lecture you gave just wasted everyone's time, including yours. Why didn't you just say somethin like "OK whatever"?

And to manofsteel972, thanks. Those links should help me a bit.