References on Estimation

An often-cited book on classical methods for pitch detection, particularly for voice, is that by Hess [101]. The harmonic-comb method can be considered an approximate maximum-likelihood estimator for fundamental frequency, and more accurate maximum-likelihood methods have been worked out [64,276,217,218]. More recently, Klapuri has been developing some promising methods for multiple pitch estimation [120,119,117].^10.2Another promising approach to multiple pitch estimation was presented by Smaragdis at Acoustics'08 in Paris (abstract only); the full paper is in review at the time of this writing.

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About the Author: Julius Orion Smith III
Julius Smith's background is in electrical engineering (BS Rice 1975, PhD Stanford 1983). He is presently Professor of Music and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), teaching courses and pursuing research related to signal processing applied to music and audio systems. See http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/ for details.