SignalTrain LA2A Dataset

AudioCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalIntroduced 2019-05-28

LA-2A Compressor data to accompany the paper "SignalTrain: Profiling Audio Compressors with Deep Neural Networks," https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.11928

Accompanying computer code: https://github.com/drscotthawley/signaltrain

A collection of recorded data from an analog Teletronix LA-2A opto-electronic compressor, for various settings of the Peak Reduction knob. Other knobs were kept constant.

Audio samples present in these files are either 'randomly generated', or downloaded audio clips with Create Commons licenses, or are property of Scott Hawley freely distributed as part of this dataset.

Data taken by Ben Colburn, supervised by Scott Hawley

Dataset used in:

  • "Efficient neural networks for real-time analog audio effect modeling" by C. Steinmetz & J. Reiss, 2021. https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.06200

  • “Exploring quality and generalizability in parameterized neural audio effects," by W. Mitchell and S. H. Hawley, 149th Audio Engineering Society Convention (AES), 2020. https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.05584

  • "SignalTrain: Profiling Audio Compressors with Deep Neural Networks," 147th Audio Engineering Society Convention (AES), 2019. https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.11928