Multi-Task Multi-Frame Visual Piano Transcription

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This paper introduces V2N, the first complete visual piano transcription system that jointly predicts onset, offset, keyhold, and velocity from video, achieving state-of-the-art results on PianoVAM and R3 benchmarks.

Audio-based piano transcription performs well on onset, pitch, and velocity, but the sustain pedal lets sound persist long after key release, so audio systems predict pedal-extended offsets rather than physical key release. Yet existing Visual Piano Transcription (VPT) systems focus on onset detection from short video windows, offset accuracy lags onset by a wide margin, and note-level velocity has not been reported. To address these gaps, we present V2N (Video to Notes), the first complete VPT system: a shared temporal backbone feeds task-specific heads for onset, offset, key hold, and velocity, jointly trained with per-frame supervision rather than only at the window center. Ablations show that multi-task supervision enables offset and velocity prediction while improving onset accuracy; longer temporal context yields further improvements. V2N sets new state-of-the-art results on PianoVAM and R3.
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Audio-basedpianotranscriptionperformswellononset,pitch,andvelocity,butthesustainpedalletssoundpersistlongafterkeyrelease,soaudiosystemspredictpedal-extendedoffsetsratherthanphysicalkeyrelease.YetexistingVisualPianoTranscription(VPT)systemsfocusononsetdetectionfromshortvideowindows,offsetaccuracylagsonsetbyawidemargin,andnote-levelvelocityhasnotbeenreported.Toaddressthesegaps,wepresentV2N(VideotoNotes),thefirstcompleteVPTsystem:asharedtemporalbackbonefeedstask-specificheadsforonset,offset,keyhold,andvelocity,jointlytrainedwithper-framesupervisionratherthanonlyatthewindowcenter.Ablationsshowthatmulti-tasksupervisionenablesoffsetandvelocitypredictionwhileimprovingonsetaccuracy;longertemporalcontextyieldsfurtherimprovements.V2Nsetsnewstate-of-the-artresultsonPianoVAMandR3.

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