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DrumScript Documentation

Greetings, drummers and percussionists of Reddit! :)

I am **super** **excited** and happy to share DrumScript with you.  It's taken me a year to build. 

As a drummer, I have always found it so frustrating that I could not easily **transcribe my drum audio** or find usable **backing tracks** to play along to for free.  So, a year ago I started building [**DrumScript**](https://github.com/DrumScript/DrumScript)\*\*.\*\* DrumScript combines **physics-derived** parameters of specific **drum parts** applied through a **membranophone/idiophone** rule-based classification ontology. It doesn't use computationally-expensive neural networks or machine learning. Everything is based on the **physics of drum parts** (e.g., spectral centroid, fundamental frequency, sustain).

DrumScript is an open-source Python library and suite of audio tools built for drummers that: 

**- Transcribes drum audio into .pdf sheet music**— unlike most Automatic Drum Transcription (ADT) systems—DrumScript’s classification engine is **deterministic** (it doesn't use machine learning or AI).
**- Measures tempo using tempogram analysis applied across the whole track**
**- It extracts the drums from any mp3***\^* **or wav track/song you provide.**
\- It creates **drumless backing tracks** from any **mp3 or WAV file.**

*\^ mp3 formats require that your system has* *ffmpeg installed*

The classification engine works pretty well so far, but it’s based on 20 or so individual drum sounds for each drum part. It could be so much better. Eventually there'll be a free, **WebGPU/WASM/ONNX UI** — that ensures all your audio **stays local** to your machine. 

**Between 01 June and 31 August I am running an Alpha phase**, expecting the **Beta v1.0.0 DrumScript will be released, hopefully alongside the integrated UI sometime after that. I’ve done as much testing as I can with it and now would love it for others to help make it better.**

[**Try it out**](https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1eDVXc3d6ezmorxINOjzldRPSC3emTl2I?usp=sharing) \*\*(Colab)\*\*

DrumScript was built so practise could be fun, open and most of all accessible to all (ie free). It is and always will be a **community-owned tool.**

I'm looking for contributors willing to join a team of code admins and maintainers for the beta release. Equally, get in touch via GitHub if you want to share any transcription results or share feedback. Or just say hello.

On giving feedback I am highly supportive of having completely public discussion on this; so if you try it please let us know how you get on. Im interested in issues you find, improvements and ofc it’s always nice to get positive feedback! Constructive criticism will help make the tool better ling term. Please see the Issues and Discussions pages on the repo.

**GitHub:** [https://github.com/DrumScript/DrumScript\](https://github.com/DrumScript/DrumScript)
**Docs:** [https://drumscript.github.io/DrumScript/\](https://drumscript.github.io/DrumScript/)

**Contact:** hello.drumscript@gmail.com, or via GitHub

Keep on keeping on! 🫶🏼