EGFxSet: Electric guitar tones processed through real effects of distortion, modulation, delay and reverb

EGFxSet (Electric Guitar Effects dataset) features recordings for all clean tones in a 22-fret Stratocaster, recorded with 5 different pickup configurations, also processed through 12 popular guitar effects. Our dataset was recorded in real hardware, making it relevant for music information retrieval tasks on real music. We also include annotations for parameter settings of the effects we used.

More details can be found in egfxset.github.io

The dataset can also be accessed with mirdata

Effects and parameters included:

Effect
Model
Effect Type
Knob Names
Knob Type
Setting

blues driver
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver
distortion
['level', 'tone', 'gain']
['volume','eq','effect amount']
[0.5,0.5,1.0]

tube screamer
Ibanez Mini Tube Screamer
distortion
['tone', 'overdrive', 'level']
['eq','effect amount','volume']
[0.5,1.0,0.5]

distortion
Pro Co Sound RAT2 Distortion
distortion
['distortion', 'filter', 'volume']
['effect amount','eq','volume']
[1.0, 0.5,1.0]

chorus
Boss CE-3 Chorus
modulation
['rate', 'depth', 'stereo mode']
['rate','effect amount','selector']
['120 bpm', 1.0, False]

flanger
Mooer E-Lady
modulation
['color', 'type', 'range', 'rate']
['eq','selector','effect amount','rate']
[0.5, 'normal', 1.0, '120 bpm']

phaser
MXR Phase 45
modulation
['speed']
['rate']
['120 bpm']

tape echo
Line 6 DL4 Delay
delay
['effect selector', 'delay time', 'repeats', 'tweak (bass)', 'tweez (treble)', 'mix']
['selector', 'rate', 'effect decay', 'eq', 'eq', 'effect amount']
['tape echo', '120 bpm', 0.6, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5]

digital delay
Line 6 DL4 Delay
delay
['effect selector', 'delay time', 'repeats', 'tweak (bass)', 'tweez (treble)', 'mix']
['selector', 'rate', 'effect decay', 'eq', 'eq', 'effect amount']
['digital delay', '120 bpm', 0.6, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5]

sweep echo
Line 6 DL4 Delay
delay
['effect selector', 'delay time', 'repeats', 'tweak (sweep speed)', 'tweez (sweep depth)', 'mix']
['selector', 'rate', 'effect decay', 'rate', 'effect amount', 'effect amount']
['sweep echo', '120 bpm', 0.6, '120 bpm',1.0,0.5]

plate reverb
Orange CR-60 Combo Amplifier
reverb
['volume', 'bass', 'treble', 'type', 'reverb', 'master volume', 'clean']
['volume','eq','eq','selector','effect amount', 'volume', 'selector']
[0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 'plate', 1.0, 0.2, True]

hall reverb
Orange CR-60 Combo Amplifier
reverb
['volume', 'bass', 'treble', 'type', 'reverb', 'master volume', 'clean']
['volume','eq','eq','selector','effect amount', 'volume', 'selector']
[0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 'hall', 1.0, 0.2, True]

spring reverb
Orange CR-60 Combo Amplifier
reverb
['volume', 'bass', 'treble', 'type', 'reverb', 'master volume', 'clean']
['volume','eq','eq','selector','effect amount', 'volume', 'selector']
[0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 'spring', 1.0, 0.2, True]

Please cite these papers if using EGFxSet:

Pedroza HE, Abreu W, Corey R, Roman IR. "Leveraging real electric guitar tones and effects to improve robustness in guitar tablature transcription modeling." In 27th International Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx), 2024.

Pedroza, Hegel, Gerardo Meza, and Iran R. Roman. "EGFxSet: Electric guitar tones processed through real effects of distortion, modulation, delay and reverb." ISMIR Late Breaking Demo, 2022.