Combination of K-Means Clustering and Support Vector Machine for Instrument Detection

K-Means clustering and SVM (support vector machine) are both very different methods of classification. The purpose of the work discussed in this paper is to detect the played musical instrument, separately using K-Means clustering and SVM for various levels of clustering and classification. The research was started by detecting the onset in the audio signal to get the instances where the instrument(s) are played and then segregating them depending on the played instrument. The Mel frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs) are then collected and eventually graded to detect the instrument used with the assistance of K-Means and SVM. Finally, the results obtained by individual SVM and K-Means clustering are constantly compared to obtain more accurate result. It is assumed at the end that the difference in results is due to the fundamental difference between how SVM and K-Means function and identify the instances.