Your comment reminds me of a mini rant I put in a blog post of mine about my irritations in academia. Maybe a tad over-emotional but I stand by the lack of open

Your comment reminds me of a mini rant I put in a blog post of mine about my irritations in academia. Maybe a tad over-emotional but I stand by the lack of openness as an issue. >Regarding headbang.py and beat tracking, I tried to find some "open" beat tracking datasets used in ISMIR and MIREX, and actually couldn't! I even emailed the task captain. Ludicrous. Hidden algorithms with hidden code using hidden datasets peer reviewed by the same hidden cabal that peer-review each others' beat tracking papers. Good job, you solved beat tracking . Dear Sevag, I am sorry to tell you that I don't have/know those datasets. I was the captain on the downbeat estimation task. For the beat estimation, you can email <redacted>. Maybe he can help you. Unfortunately, even as task captains, we don't have access to the datasets used for the evaluation. I am not sure if <redacted> will be able to give these to you but he might be able to guide you toward other datasets. Good luck, <redacted> Hello <redacted>, I was able to find the SMC12 dataset (hosted by SMC), but I'm having a harder time finding any copies of the MCK 06 and MAZ 09 datasets available for download. Are those available?