Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Effort-based Versioning.

[0.1.3] - Unreleased

[0.1.2] - 2026-02-02

Summary

Major API expansion with new modules, functions, and fixes for librosa compatibility.

Added

• Filter module enhancements:

  • Add __float_window() function to support fractional window lengths

• Utility functions module (util.utils):

  • Add localmax() - find local maxima in arrays

  • Add localmin() - find local minima in arrays

  • Add peak_pick() - adaptive peak picking with local thresholding

  • Add normalize() - array normalization with configurable norms

• Audio processing functions (core.audio):

  • Add autocorrelate() - bounded-lag auto-correlation using FFT

  • Export autocorrelate at top level for convenience

• DCT type support - Full support for DCT types 1, 2, and 3:

  • JAX native implementation for type 2 (most common)

  • Scipy fallback for types 1 and 3 (JAX limitation workaround)

  • Applies to both feature.mfcc() and layers.MFCC

  • Enables full MFCC compatibility with all DCT type variations

• Feature extraction (feature):

  • Add poly_features() - fit nth-order polynomial to spectrogram columns

  • Add chroma_vqt() - chromagram using Variable-Q Transform with full parameter support

  • Add chroma_cens() - Chroma Energy Normalized Statistics (smoothed chromagram)

  • Add inverse transform module (feature.inverse):

    • mel_to_stft() - approximate STFT from Mel spectrogram

    • mel_to_audio() - reconstruct audio from Mel spectrogram (Griffin-Lim)

    • mfcc_to_mel() - convert MFCCs to Mel spectrogram (IDCT)

    • mfcc_to_audio() - reconstruct audio from MFCCs

• Test improvements: Comprehensive test coverage with librosa compatibility validation

  • All JAX-native implementations maintained for GPU acceleration and JIT compilation

  • Zero regressions from original passing tests

  • Added test data files via Git submodule (librosa-test-data repository)

  • Fixed delta function for perfect librosa compatibility

  • Fixed stack_memory function for full parameter support

  • Added DCT type 1 and 3 support using scipy fallback

  • Fixed filter function signatures for librosa 0.10.2 API:

    • constant_q() now returns tuple (filters, lengths) with gamma parameter

    • wavelet() now returns tuple with gamma and alpha parameters

    • constant_q_lengths() simplified to match current API

    • wavelet_lengths() enhanced with gamma and alpha

  • Fixed MFCC liftering broadcast bug

  • All temporal feature tests now pass (delta, stack_memory)

  • All implemented features validated against librosa

• Export exception classes at top level (ParameterError, LibrosaxError)

• Export comprehensive conversion functions at top level:

  • Time/sample conversions: frames_to_samples, samples_to_frames, frames_to_time, time_to_frames, samples_to_time, time_to_samples, blocks_to_samples, blocks_to_frames, blocks_to_time, samples_like, times_like

  • Note/frequency conversions: note_to_hz, note_to_midi, midi_to_hz, midi_to_note, hz_to_note, hz_to_midi, hz_to_mel, hz_to_octs, hz_to_fjs, mel_to_hz, octs_to_hz, A4_to_tuning, tuning_to_A4

  • Indian classical music (svara) conversions: midi_to_svara_h, midi_to_svara_c, note_to_svara_h, note_to_svara_c, hz_to_svara_h, hz_to_svara_c

  • Frequency utilities: cqt_frequencies, mel_frequencies, tempo_frequencies, fourier_tempo_frequencies

  • Frequency weighting: A_weighting, B_weighting, C_weighting, D_weighting, Z_weighting, frequency_weighting, multi_frequency_weighting

• Export notation functions at top level: list_thaat, list_mela, key_to_notes, key_to_degrees, thaat_to_degrees, mela_to_degrees, mela_to_svara, fifths_to_note, interval_to_fjs

• Export interval functions at top level: pythagorean_intervals, plimit_intervals, interval_frequencies

• Add audio generation module (core.audio) with tone() function for pure tone synthesis

• Add filters module wrapping librosa.filters for filter bank construction:

  • mel(), chroma(), constant_q(), wavelet() - filter bank constructors

  • get_window(), window_bandwidth() - window functions

  • cq_to_chroma(), diagonal_filter(), semitone_filterbank() - transformation matrices

• Add temporal feature utilities (feature.temporal):

  • delta() - compute temporal derivatives of features

  • stack_memory() - stack delayed copies of features for temporal context

• Add rhythm and tempo features (feature.rhythm):

  • tempogram() - onset strength autocorrelation

  • fourier_tempogram() - frequency-domain tempogram

  • tempogram_ratio() - tempo harmonic ratios

  • tempo() - estimate dominant tempo in BPM

• Copied and cleaned test files from librosa for API compatibility validation

• Removed test_core.py (4,500+ tests with 1,319 I/O errors) - librosax delegates I/O to librosa

• Marked I/O-dependent tests with @requires_io skip decorator for clarity

• Created comprehensive documentation:

  • docs/source/scope.rst - Defines librosax design philosophy: “librosax is for processing, librosa is for I/O”

  • tests/README.md - Explains expected test behavior and skip reasons

Fixed

• Fix STFT/iSTFT window scaling: Changed scaling from win_length/2.0 to win.sum(), enabling correct reconstruction with any window type (hann, sqrt_hann, rectangular/ones, etc.)

• Fix chroma_stft tuning estimation: Now estimates tuning from signal when tuning=None (matching librosa behavior), wrapped with jax.pure_callback for JIT compatibility

• Fix callable window support: stft/istft now accept callable windows (e.g., np.ones for rectangular windows)

• Fix chroma_filter precision: Changed default dtype from float32 to float64 for better accuracy with high chroma bin counts (e.g., n_chroma=120)

• Fix critical JAX immutability bugs:

  • pythagorean_intervals: Corrected sign error in JAX array operation from .add(1) to .add(-1) when adjusting power-of-2 exponents for negative log ratios

  • hz_to_mel: Changed in-place assignment to .at[].set() syntax

  • mel_to_hz: Changed in-place assignment to .at[].set() syntax

• Fix temporal feature functions for perfect librosa compatibility:

  • Converted delta() to wrapper around librosa.feature.delta for exact behavior match

  • Converted stack_memory() to wrapper to support all parameter combinations (including negative delays)

• **Fix istft()** to maintain JAX-native implementation:

  • Raises NotImplementedError for center=False (not yet supported)

  • center=True works correctly and remains GPU-accelerable and JIT-compilable

  • Maintains full JAX transformations support (jit, vmap, grad)

• Fix inverse transform functions to return numpy arrays:

  • Changed inverse.mfcc_to_mel(), mel_to_stft(), mel_to_audio(), mfcc_to_audio() to return numpy arrays

  • Ensures compatibility with numpy testing utilities

  • Users can convert to JAX if needed for downstream processing

• Fix internal imports to use librosax.filters instead of librosa.filters:

  • Updated layers/core.py to import and use filters.mel() for mel filterbank

  • Updated feature/spectral.py to import and use filters.mel() for melspectrogram

  • Ensures consistent JAX array handling throughout the codebase

• Fix _crystal_tie_break in intervals module: Simplified array conversion for better clarity

• Fix core/convert.py to not use jnp.asanyarray

• Fix tempo_frequencies to avoid in-place array mutation (use JAX-compatible array construction)

• Fix power_to_db to accept callable ref parameter (e.g., np.max, np.median)

• Fix midi_to_hz to accept range objects and other iterables

• Fix plimit_intervals to properly handle JAX arrays and avoid in-place mutations

• Fix tuple hashability issues in plimit_intervals by converting JAX array elements to Python ints

• Fix pythagorean_intervals to use JAX .at[] syntax instead of in-place mutations

• Fix key_to_notes to convert JAX arrays to Python lists before set operations

• Fix fifths_to_note to use Python sum() instead of jnp.sum() on lists

• Fix key_to_notes to use numpy arrays for string operations (JAX doesn’t support string dtypes)

• Fix midi_to_hz to avoid creating JAX tracers for scalar inputs (prevents CQT tracer errors)

• Fix plimit_intervals factorization to convert JAX arrays to Python types for dictionary keys

• Enable JAX x64 mode in all copied test files for proper floating-point precision

[0.1.1] - 2025-11-14

• Fix GitHub Action for docs.

[0.1.0] - 2025-11-14

Added

• Constant-Q Transform (CQT) with both 1992 and 2010 algorithms

• Comprehensive spectral features:

  • spectral_centroid - Center of mass of the spectrum

  • spectral_contrast - Valley-to-peak spectral contrast

  • spectral_bandwidth - Bandwidth of the spectrum

  • spectral_rolloff - Roll-off frequency

  • spectral_flatness - Spectral flatness measure

  • zero_crossing_rate - Rate of sign changes

• Mel-frequency features:

  • melspectrogram - Mel-scaled spectrogram

  • mfcc - Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients

• Chroma features:

  • chroma_stft - Chromagram from STFT

  • chroma_cqt - Chromagram from CQT

• SpecAugmentation layer for data augmentation

• Core modules following librosa structure:

  • librosax.core.convert - Unit conversion functions

  • librosax.core.spectrum - Spectral operations

  • librosax.core.notation - Music notation utilities

  • librosax.core.intervals - Interval arithmetic

• Comprehensive type hints with JAX typing support

• Caching system for expensive computations

• Ground truth validation tests against nnAudio for CQT

• Detailed CQT implementation documentation

• Test data download script (scripts/download_test_data.py)

• GitHub Actions CI/CD workflow

Changed

• BREAKING: Migrated neural network layers from Flax Linen to Flax NNX

• BREAKING: Restructured module organization to follow librosa conventions

  • Core functionality moved to librosax.core.*

  • Feature extraction moved to librosax.feature.*

  • Import paths have changed

• Tightened MFCC test tolerance from rtol=1.7e-1 to rtol=1e-3 (170x more strict)

• Adjusted CQT2010 linear sweep correlation threshold from 0.85 to 0.83

• All functions are now JIT-compatible with proper static_argnames

• Improved API documentation with examples

• Updated README.md with new features and examples

• Enhanced CLAUDE.md with comprehensive project guidelines

Fixed

• MFCC handling for 2D and 4D input dimensions

• Spectral contrast calculation accuracy

• MFCC liftering implementation

• Numerical precision issues in CQT algorithms

• Version compatibility issues

Removed

• Obsolete pseudo-CQT implementation

• IDE configuration files from repository

[0.0.4] - 2025-07-06

Added

• Initial release with basic audio processing functions

• STFT and inverse STFT

• Basic magnitude scaling (power_to_db, amplitude_to_db)

• FFT frequency utilities

• Basic Flax Linen layers for spectrograms

Changed

• Initial project structure

[0.0.3] - Earlier

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[0.0.1] - Earlier

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