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Version: 14.0.13

How to visualise a dataset

You have your .json and .h5 files.

Preparing for exploration​

  • Start the SoundScapeExplorer Icon standalone app
  • In the Audio section, either
    • Fill the audio path by inputting one of your files (1)
    • Or enter the path manually (2)
  • Click on the start button (3)
  • The audio engine will start (4)
  • Allowing you to click on the Visualisation > Explore button (5)

Standalone app default screen with audio engine OFF
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On Windows systems, you might get a firewall notification. Accept the prompt.

Loading your dataset​

A new visualisation window opens after clicking on the Explore button.

Visualisation app default Open screen

One more final step...

Choose your .h5 and load it.

The Open panel will close and the View one will open.

Visualisation app View panel

This is where you select your:

  • Extraction
  • Band
  • Integration
  • Reducer

Once your selection done, the View panel automatically closes and data starts loading.

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Depending on your dataset size, data can take minutes to load entirely.

Exploring​

Data loading is complete!

You can now see the scatter plot.

Visualisation app with scatter plot loaded

This screen has three main parts:

  • The scatter (1)
  • The camera controls and quick actions (2)
  • The panel buttons (3) (reference)
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In the center, the scatter (1) plots points, either in 2D or 3D depending on your reducer setting.

Each of these points represents an audio interval, with the length of your Integration value.

The underlying represented data for each interval depends on your actual Extractor setting.

This can be either neural network embeddings that have been reduced, or a combination of them, or even with raw or acoustic indices mixed in.