{
  "id": 492732,
  "title": "\"Big Bird\" Mel Spectrogram Dataset / \"Look and Listen\"",
  "url": "/competitions/birdclef-2024/discussion/492732",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2024-04-10T18:41:12.592781700Z",
  "votes": 6,
  "comment_count": 3,
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  "content": "<p>I just made public a large Mel Spectrogram dataset:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-big-bird-193k-mel-spectrograms\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-big-bird-193k-mel-spectrograms</a></p>\n<p>Over 193,000 224x224 Mel Spectrograms for your model-training-adventures.</p>\n<p>I've also created a notebook that lets you preview Mel images and audio for all species:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/big-bird-spectrograms-look-and-listen\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/big-bird-spectrograms-look-and-listen</a></p>\n<p>(if you only see samples for a few species - give it a minute to load - it's a big!)</p>\n<p>I actually find browsing through the images and audio to be an enjoyable experience.  A nice break from pretending to know anything about ML / data-science.</p>\n<p>A much smaller version of this dataset is available here:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-mel-spectrograms\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-mel-spectrograms</a><br>\n(if you are training your model for the first time - I'd honestly start with the small version)</p>\n<p>Both of these were generated with:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator</a></p>\n<p>Hope this is useful to someone!</p>\n<p>-Rich</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "2745685",
      "postDate": "04/10/2024 18:41:12",
      "content": "<p>I just made public a large Mel Spectrogram dataset:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-big-bird-193k-mel-spectrograms\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-big-bird-193k-mel-spectrograms</a></p>\n<p>Over 193,000 224x224 Mel Spectrograms for your model-training-adventures.</p>\n<p>I've also created a notebook that lets you preview Mel images and audio for all species:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/big-bird-spectrograms-look-and-listen\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/big-bird-spectrograms-look-and-listen</a></p>\n<p>(if you only see samples for a few species - give it a minute to load - it's a big!)</p>\n<p>I actually find browsing through the images and audio to be an enjoyable experience.  A nice break from pretending to know anything about ML / data-science.</p>\n<p>A much smaller version of this dataset is available here:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-mel-spectrograms\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-mel-spectrograms</a><br>\n(if you are training your model for the first time - I'd honestly start with the small version)</p>\n<p>Both of these were generated with:<br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator</a></p>\n<p>Hope this is useful to someone!</p>\n<p>-Rich</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I just made public a large Mel Spectrogram dataset:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-big-bird-193k-mel-spectrograms\n\nOver 193,000 224x224 Mel Spectrograms for your model-training-adventures.\n\nI've also created a notebook that lets you preview Mel images and audio for all species:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/big-bird-spectrograms-look-and-listen\n\n(if you only see samples for a few species - give it a minute to load - it's a big!)\n\nI actually find browsing through the images and audio to be an enjoyable experience.  A nice break from pretending to know anything about ML / data-science.\n\nA much smaller version of this dataset is available here:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-mel-spectrograms\n(if you are training your model for the first time - I'd honestly start with the small version)\n\nBoth of these were generated with:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator\n\nHope this is useful to someone!\n\n-Rich",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2746926",
      "postDate": "04/11/2024 14:40:56",
      "content": "<p>Could you please clarify the reason to choose 224x224 size? Thank you!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Could you please clarify the reason to choose 224x224 size? Thank you!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2747143",
      "postDate": "04/11/2024 17:40:48",
      "content": "<p>it's a common input size for small ImageNets:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://keras.io/api/applications/mobilenet/\" target=\"_blank\">https://keras.io/api/applications/mobilenet/</a></p>\n<p>If you'd like a different size -you can easily make your own dataset using: <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "it's a common input size for small ImageNets:\n\nhttps://keras.io/api/applications/mobilenet/\n\nIf you'd like a different size -you can easily make your own dataset using: \nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2747184",
      "postDate": "04/11/2024 18:17:29",
      "content": "<p>Thank you <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/richolson\" target=\"_blank\">@richolson</a> </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thank you @richolson",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2746926,
      "author_name": "samvelkoch",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "04/11/2024 14:40:56",
      "content": "<p>Could you please clarify the reason to choose 224x224 size? Thank you!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 2747143,
          "author_name": "richolson",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "04/11/2024 17:40:48",
          "content": "<p>it's a common input size for small ImageNets:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://keras.io/api/applications/mobilenet/\" target=\"_blank\">https://keras.io/api/applications/mobilenet/</a></p>\n<p>If you'd like a different size -you can easily make your own dataset using: <br>\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator</a></p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 2747184,
              "author_name": "samvelkoch",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "04/11/2024 18:17:29",
              "content": "<p>Thank you <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/richolson\" target=\"_blank\">@richolson</a> </p>",
              "votes": null,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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    "2745685": "I just made public a large Mel Spectrogram dataset:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-big-bird-193k-mel-spectrograms\n\nOver 193,000 224x224 Mel Spectrograms for your model-training-adventures.\n\nI've also created a notebook that lets you preview Mel images and audio for all species:\n\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/big-bird-spectrograms-look-and-listen\n\n(if you only see samples for a few species - give it a minute to load - it's a big!)\n\nI actually find browsing through the images and audio to be an enjoyable experience.  A nice break from pretending to know anything about ML / data-science.\n\nA much smaller version of this dataset is available here:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/datasets/richolson/birdclef-2024-mel-spectrograms\n(if you are training your model for the first time - I'd honestly start with the small version)\n\nBoth of these were generated with:\nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator\n\nHope this is useful to someone!\n\n-Rich",
    "2746926": "Could you please clarify the reason to choose 224x224 size? Thank you!",
    "2747143": "it's a common input size for small ImageNets:\n\nhttps://keras.io/api/applications/mobilenet/\n\nIf you'd like a different size -you can easily make your own dataset using: \nhttps://www.kaggle.com/code/richolson/birdclef-2024-simple-mel-spectrogram-generator",
    "2747184": "Thank you @richolson"
  },
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