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This research introduces V2N, a novel Visual Piano Transcription system that leverages multi-task learning to accurately detect key offsets and note velocity from video inputs. By utilizing a shared temporal backbone with per-frame supervision, the model addresses significant limitations in existing systems regarding sustain pedal interpretation and performance on standard benchmarks like PianoVAM. The work represents a substantive advancement in applying computer vision techniques specifically for high-fidelity audio transcription tasks within AI research.
Multi-Task Multi-Frame Visual Piano Transcription
arXiv:2608.03419v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Audio-based piano transcription performs well on onset, pitch, and velocity, but the sustain pedal lets sound persist long after key release, so audio systems predict pedal-extended offsets rather than physical key release. Yet existing Visual Piano Transcription (VPT) systems focus on onset detection from short video windows, offset accuracy lags onset by a wide margin, and note-level velocity has not been reported. To address these gaps, we present V2N (Video to Notes), the first complete VPT system: a shared temporal backbone feeds task-specific heads for onset, offset, key hold, and velocity, jointly trained with per-frame supervision rather than only at the window center. Ablations show that multi-task supervision enables offset and velocity prediction while improving onset accuracy; longer temporal context yields further improvements. V2N sets new state-of-the-art results on PianoVAM and R3.
Abstract:Audio-based piano transcription performs well on onset, pitch, and velocity, but the sustain pedal lets sound persist long after key release, so audio systems predict pedal-extended offsets rather than physical key release. Yet existing Visual Piano Transcription (VPT) systems focus on onset detection from short video windows, offset accuracy lags onset by a wide margin, and note-level velocity has not been reported. To address these gaps, we present V2N (Video to Notes), the first complete VPT system: a shared temporal backbone feeds task-specific heads for onset, offset, key hold, and velocity, jointly trained with per-frame supervision rather than only at the window center. Ablations show that multi-task supervision enables offset and velocity prediction while improving onset accuracy; longer temporal context yields further improvements. V2N sets new state-of-the-art results on PianoVAM and R3.
Sound (cs.SD); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); Multimedia (cs.MM); Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
arXiv:2608.03419 [cs.SD]
(or arXiv:2608.03419v1 [cs.SD] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.03419 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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