Grading an Audio Project

Using Modules Versus Doing Analysis

Note that to do a music project, one must have some module to import sound data, like PyAudio.

Addtionally, Aubio, and Sound Analyse are great ways to make a cool music project. However, unlike PyAudio, many of their functions can be reproduced by taking in the raw sound data, using Numpy to do fourier transformations for pitch detection. If one takes the time to learn how to do this analysis instead of using a module, they will be graded higher.

Still, that is not a good reason to spend a lot of time learning the sound analysis if it's not interesting. Many great projects use modules to do pitch detection in clever ways and receive very high scores. The key is to integrate it well into the project to create an awesome user experience.