KRAISLER: A Multi‑Track Dataset of Piano and Violin Duet Recordings for Music Information Retrieval Research
By: Hyemi Kim, Jiyun Park, Sein Lee, Taegyun Kwon, Sunjae Won and Juhan Nam
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.338 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Page range: 456 - 473
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2025
Accepted on: May 18, 2026
Published on: Aug 6, 2026
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