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license: mit
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# UrbanSound8K

This is an audio classification dataset for **Sound Event Classification**.

**Classes = 10    ,    Split = Ten-Fold** 


## Structure
- `audios` folder contains audio files.
- `csv_files` folder contains CSV files for **ten-fold** cross-validation.
- To perform cross-validation on fold 1, `train_1.csv` will be used for the training split and `test_1.csv` for the testing split, with the same pattern followed for the other folds.
- To perform training and testing **witout cross-validation**, use `csv_files/train.csv` and `csv_files/test.csv` files respectively.

## Download
```python
import os
import huggingface_hub
audio_datasets_path = "DATASET_PATH/Audio-Datasets"
if not os.path.exists(audio_datasets_path): print(f"Given {audio_datasets_path=} does not exist. Specify a valid path ending with 'Audio-Datasets' folder.")
huggingface_hub.snapshot_download(repo_id="MahiA/UrbanSound8K", repo_type="dataset", local_dir=os.path.join(audio_datasets_path, "UrbanSound8K"))
```


## Acknowledgment
This dataset is a slightly processed/restructured version of data originally released by [Source](https://urbansounddataset.weebly.com/urbansound8k.html).<br>
Please refer to the respective source for their licensing details and any additional information.



## Contact
For questions or feedback, please create an issue.