Sanidha

This the homepage of the Sanidha dataset. Sanidha is a dataset of performances of Carnatic Music, a companion to the larger and older Saraga dataset.

The Sanidha dataset is the first open-source Carnatic dataset featuring:

1. Studio-quality, multi-track audio recordings with minimal to no bleed.
2. High-definition videos of individual artists’ performances.

The name ‘Sanidha’ refers to the svara syllables Sa, Ni, and Dha.

Sanidha is described in detail in the article ‘Sanidha: A Studio Quality Multi-Modal Dataset for Carnatic Music’ published in the Proceedings of the International Society for Music Information Retrieval (2024).

Authors

• Venkatakrishnan Vaidyanathapuram Krishnan
• Noel Alben
• Anish Nair
• Nathaniel Condit-Schultz

About

Performers

We extend our gratitude to all the artists whose contributions have been pivotal to the creation of this dataset:

Contents

Audio Data

The dataset contains eight hours of recorded music, across the five concert sessions. The recorded audio is in WAV format, with CD-standard sampling rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit depth of 16 bits.

Video Data

The dataset contains videos recorded at 29.97 FPS in 1080p. An example snapshot of the front view videos of each instrumentalist in Concert 3 is presented below -

Supplementary Information

The dataset also provides supplementary information such as -

1. Metadata
2. Section Annotations
3. Pitch Annotations
4. Tonic Annotations

Overall Details

Downloads

Sanidha is freely shared under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Anyone accessing Sanidha must follow the terms of this license.

To download and explore the dataset, you will first need to gain access to the Georgia Tech VPN. To do so,

1. Email Nat Condit-Schultz and request access to Sanidha. Please include a very brief (1–2 sentence) description of what you intend to use Sanidha for in your email.
2. Once Nat sees your email, you should soon receive an email from Georgia Tech—follow the instructions to create a GT Guest Account.
3. Once you have an account, navigate to the Georgia Tech VPN service and log in.
4. Return here and click the link below to access Sanidha.

Sorry for the inconvenience. We are hoping to get Sanidha out from behind the VPN in the next few months.

click here.

File Arrangement

Concert0x
├── 0x-songs
│   ├── Audio-Multitracks-Clean
│   │   ├── ghatam-close.wav
│   │   ├── ghatam-far.wav
│   │   ├── mridangam-left.wav
│   │   ├── mridangam-right.wav
│   │   ├── tanpura.wav
│   │   ├── violin-1.wav
│   │   ├── violin-2.wav
│   │   └──  vocals.wav
│   ├── Audio-Multitracks-Processed
│   │   ├── ghatam-close.wav
│   │   ├── ghatam-far.wav
│   │   ├── mridangam-left.wav
│   │   ├── mridangam-right.wav
│   │   ├── tanpura.wav
│   │   ├── violin-1.wav
│   │   ├── violin-2.wav
│   │   └──  vocals.wav
│   ├── Videos
│   │   ├── ghatam.mp4
│   │   ├── mridangam.mp4
│   │   ├── video.mp4
│   │   ├── violin.mp4
│   │   ├── vocals-front.mp4
│   │   └──  vocals-side.mp4
│   ├── info.json
│   ├── sections.txt
│   ├── violin_pitch.txt
│   └── vocal_pitch.txt
├── concert_details.json
└── tonic.txt