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Learning audio classification models on generated data using a sequential encoder enhanced self-supervised audio spectrogram transformer

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Xinzhou Xu *
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Meng Tang
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Han Xu
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Zixing Zhang
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Haiyan Guo
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Björn Schuller
DOI:10.1007/s00530-026-02755-3delete
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Audio-classification tasks usually confront a lack of high-quality training samples especially for specific cases with rare categories of sounds. Hence, to ensure sufficient available data for learning audio-classification models, one may resort to audio generative models for obtaining training audio samples with supervision and variance. Nevertheless, current Transformer-based models for audio processing usually fail to optimise sequential relationships between patches in a spectrogram. In this regard, we propose a Sequential Encoder enhanced Self-Supervised Audio Spectrogram Transformer (SE-SSAST) for learning audio classification models on generated data. The proposed approach consists of a spectrogram Transformer module and a sequential encoder module, focusing on learning and patches’ representations and performing inter-patch encoding. Then, the experimental results for the models evaluated on real-world audio classification datasets indicate effectiveness for the proposed approach, through employing models learnt on generated audio data.
Keywords:
Audio classification
Generated data
Sequential encoder
Spectrogram transformer
Self-supervision

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Multimedia Systems cover
Multimedia Systems
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Technische Universität München
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