MIR Toolbox: Error using check_order - mirsimatrix

Hi,

this is my first time posting and also my first day with matlab, so any hints are welcome!

I'd like to use the MIR Toolbox ( https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24583-mirtoolbox ) for the extraction of musical features - ultimately, i'd like to use "mirnovelty".

But with "mirnovelty" as well as with "mirsimatrix" (which is used by "mirnovelty") i run into following error after prompting (File name changed). I am on R2025b and Mac OS 15.7.4.

Thank you!

Leo

>> mirsimatrix('file.wav')
Computing miraudio related to file.wav...
Computing mirsum related to file.wav...
Computing mirspectrum related to file.wav...
Computing mirsimatrix related to file.wav...
Error using check_order
Expected N to be finite.

Error in check_order (line 22)
validateattributes(n_in,{'numeric'},{'scalar','finite','real','nonnegative'},'check_order','N');
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in hanning (line 25)
[n,wt,trivialwin] = check_order(varargin{1});
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in window (line 59)
    w = winfun(N,varargin{:});
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirsimatrix>main (line 288)
                        win = window(@hanning,lK);
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirfunction (line 187)
        o = main(orig,during,after);
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirsimatrix (line 113)
varargout = mirfunction(@mirsimatrix,orig,varargin,nargout,specif,@init,@main);
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirdesign/evaleach>evalnow (line 760)
    [y argin] = d.method(argin,d.option,d.postoption);
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirdesign/evaleach (line 269)
        [y d2] = evalnow(d);
                 ^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirevalaudiofile (line 82)
        v = evaleach(d,single,name);
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mireval (line 158)
        yf = mirevalaudiofile(d,a{f},sr(f),lg(f),w(:,f),{},0,f,single,'',ch);
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirfunction (line 74)
            o = mireval(o,filename,nout);
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirsimatrix (line 113)
varargout = mirfunction(@mirsimatrix,orig,varargin,nargout,specif,@init,@main);
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            
            

[Torsten]

The input file "file.wav" is necessary to diagnoze the problem.

I assume you have MATLAB's Signal Processing toolbox licenced and installed ?

[Walter Roberson]

The version of mirsimatrix that is available at https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24583-mirtoolbox/files/MIRtoolbox1.3.4_matlabcentral/MIRToolbox/@mirsimatrix/mirsimatrix.m has no calls to window() at all.

If I load in the toolbox from the Add-On manager, then it contains no lines at all of the form

win = window(@hanning,lK);

@mirspectrum/mirspectrum.m and @mirautocor/mirautocor.m does contain a call

w = window(winf,N);

and in each case, @hanning is a possible value for winf -- but those are the only possible references to hanning and it is not inside mirsimatrix

[Leonard]

Thank you both for the quick replies!

@Torsten I tried several audio files - i can't attach .wav files, so here is a download-link to a very short audio file that's legal to share: https://we.tl/t-E5n3NFkrOO

Signal Processing Toolbox is licensed & installed.

@Walter Roberson the version you posted the link to is part of the old mirtoolbox 1.2, i used 1.8 https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/mutku/en/research/materials/mirtoolbox/Download

I installed mirtoolbox 1.2 and tried if that works - but here the error appears much earlier: the file can't be read at all (see Error below). As i am new to Matlab i don't fully understand your comment.

>> miraudio('file.wav')
Here are the error message returned by each reader:
Undefined function 'wavread' for input arguments of type 'char'.
Undefined function 'auread' for input arguments of type 'char'.
Error using mp3read>mysystem (line 306)
unable to execute "/Users/username/Documents/MATLAB/MIRToolbox 1_2/mp3info.maca64" -r m -p "%Q %u %b %r %v * %C %e %E %L %O %o %p" "file.wav" (zsh:1: no such file or directory: /Users/username/Documents/MATLAB/MIRToolbox 1_2/mp3info.maca64
)
Error using aiffread (line 127)
Unknown file extension '.wav'.
Error using mirerror (line 4)
ERROR using MIRREAD: Cannot open file file.wav

Error in mirread>misread (line 142)
mirerror('MIRREAD',['Cannot open file ',file]);
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirread (line 57)
                        misread(orig, err);
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mireval (line 68)
    [d1,tp1,fp1,f1,lg,b,n,ch] = mirread([],file,0,0,0);
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirfunction (line 69)
            o = mireval(o,filename,nout);
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in miraudio (line 170)
    varargout = mirfunction(@miraudio,orig,varargin,nargout,specif,@init,@main);
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Torsten]

I suggest you start with the toolbox examples provided. Do they work or do you still encounter problems ? If this is the case, you should contact the authors of the toolbox.

Did you read the chapter "Installation" in "manual.pdf" ?

[Leonard]

@Torsten thanks for the hint with the demo-examples. Still running into problems after re-reading the manual multiple times, so i'm gonna contact the authors.

[Leonard]

Using the demo8classification.m i get the following error:

>> a = miraudio('czardas.wav','Sampling',11025);
Computing miraudio related to czardas.wav...
Computing mirsum related to czardas.wav...
Elapsed time is 0.060331 seconds.
>> f = mirframe(a,2,.1);
>> n = mirnovelty(mirkeystrength(f),'KernelSize',5)
p = mirpeaks(n)
s = mirsegment(a,p)
Computing mirspectrum related to czardas.wav...
Computing mirchromagram related to czardas.wav...
Computing mirkeystrength related to czardas.wav...
Error using miroptions (line 491)
SYNTAX ERROR IN mirsimatrix: Unknown parameter Half

Error in mirfunction (line 40)
[orig during after] = miroptions(method,orig,specif,varg);
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirsimatrix (line 79)
varargout = mirfunction(@mirsimatrix,orig,varargin,nargout,specif,@init,@main);
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirnovelty>init (line 125)
    x = mirsimatrix(x,'Distance',option.dist,'Similarity',option.sm,...
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirfunction (line 144)
        orig = init(orig,during);
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Error in mirnovelty (line 108)
varargout = mirfunction(@mirnovelty,orig,varargin,nargout,specif,@init,@main);
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

[Torsten]

Maybe you mix files of different releases of the mirtoolbox ? "mirsimatrix" is called with a parameter "Half", but this parameter is unknown. This could be an indication for an incompatibility between calling and called program.

[Leonard]

@Torsten thank you, I don't know how I did that, but after re-installing everything it works. Thanks a lot!