naqchoalimehdi/SoundPlot-An-Open-Source-Framework-for-Birdsong-Acoustic-Analysis-and-Neural-Synthesis-: SoundPlot: Birdsong Acoustic Analysis & Neural Synthesis Framework

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Authors: Naqcho Ali Mehdi
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Abstract

We present SoundPlot, an open-source framework for analyzing avian vocalizations through acoustic feature extraction, dimensionality reduction, and neural audio synthesis. The system transforms audio signals into a multi-dimensional acoustic feature space, enabling real-time visualization of temporal dynamics in 3D using web-based interactive graphics. Our framework implements a complete analysis-synthesis pipeline that extracts spectral features (centroid, bandwidth, contrast), pitch contours via probabilistic YIN (pYIN), and mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs), mapping them to a unified timbre space for visualization. Audio reconstruction employs the Griffin Lim phase estimation algorithm applied to mel spectrograms. The accompanying Three.js-based interface provides dual viewport visualization comparing original and synthesized audio trajectories with independent playback controls. We demonstrate the framework's capabilities through comprehensive waveform analysis, spectrogram comparisons, and feature space evaluation using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Quantitative evaluation shows mel spectrogram correlation scores exceeding 0.92, indicating high-fidelity preservation of perceptual acoustic structure. SoundPlot is released under the MIT License to facilitate research in bioacoustics, audio signal processing, and computational ethology. The complete source code, documentation, and demonstration data are publicly available at: Repo.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Music and Audio Processing Music Technology and Sound Studies Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
19 January 2026