Harmonic Frontier Audio - Bagpipes - Scottish Smallpipes in A (Preview Pack, v0.9)

Harmonic Frontier Audio – Scottish Smallpipes in A (Preview Pack, v0.9) Currently trending on Hugging Face Audio Datasets (Aug. 2025) Scottish Smallpipes in A, a preview dataset, created by Harmonic Frontier Audio.It provides developers, researchers, and musicians with a compact reference set, demonstrating the quality and format of the full Harmonic Frontier Audio bagpipe dataset series. About This Dataset This dataset was published by Harmonic Frontier Audio, founded by Blake Pullen — a creative technologist, filmmaker, producer, and musician, and founder of Harmonic Frontier Audio, Planet Vegas, and Digital Piper’s Lab. Author Site: blakepullen.com Official HFA Site: https://harmonicfrontieraudio.com/ More Datasets: Harmonic Frontier Audio on Hugging Face This Dataset on Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/Harmonic-Frontier-Audio/Bagpipes_Scottish_Smallpipes_in_A_Preview Keywords: bagpipes, smallpipes, folk instruments, audio dataset, AI training, sound design, Harmonic Frontier Audio, Blake Pullen 🎶 About the Scottish Smallpipes The Scottish smallpipes are a quieter relative of the Great Highland Bagpipe, traditionally bellows-blown though mouthblown sets are also common.They typically play in the key of A with a range from low G to high A, accompanied by three drones tuned to A.Unlike many instruments, the smallpipes produce a continuous sound with no rests, and the chanter naturally grows louder as it ascends in pitch.This continuous and dynamic quality makes them uniquely challenging — and rewarding — for audio modeling and dataset creation. 📂 Contents Audio Files (.wav) Recorded at 96 kHz / 24-bit WAV format Exported as mono or stereo (depending on mic configuration) Clean recordings with no fade-ins or fade-outs (pipes are already sounding at file start/end) High-pass filtered at ~40 Hz to remove subsonic rumble Categories in this Preview Scale Exercises No Gracenote Scale Exercise G Gracenote Scale Exercise Includes chanter-only, and stereo mix examples Sustained Notes Low A (plain sustain) C (vibrato) D (plain sustain in chanter-only mic, and stereo mix) E (vibrato) High A (plain and vibrato) Short Tune Snippet "My Gallant Hero" - Mono mix of chanter + drones (balanced, natural sound) Isolated Components Drones only (no chanter, drone mic only) Metadata (.csv)Includes structured fields for file name, instrument, category, content, note pitch, vibrato (true/false), BPM, mic position, channels, sample rate, bit depth, recording chain, and dataset version. 🎤 Recording Notes Pipes recorded in a treated room with dual mic setup: Chanter mic (Oktava MK-012) near chanter Drone mic (Rode NT1-A) near drones Stereo files are balanced mixes: Chanter = Left Drones = Right Levels are natural to the instrument — high notes peak louder than low notes, reflecting authentic dynamics. ⚡ Usage This preview pack is designed for: Evaluation of Harmonic Frontier Audio format and quality Testing workflows in ML training, sample library creation, or DSP pipelines Demonstration for developers exploring bagpipe timbres 👉 Note: This is not a full dataset. The complete Harmonic Frontier Audio dataset for Smallpipes in A will include: Full ornamentation library Sustained notes across the full range Additional exercises and variations Other smallpipes keys (C, D, B♭) and Highland Bagpipes will be released as separate datasets. 📜 License Released under CC BY-NC 4.0. Free for non-commercial use, testing, and research. Commercial licensing available via Harmonic Frontier Audio. A formal rights declaration is included in this dataset bundle. 📧 Contact Harmonic Frontier Audio📩 [e-mail]🌐 https://harmonicfrontieraudio.com/ 🔮 Future Roadmap This preview release is the first step in the Harmonic Frontier Audio Celtic Instruments Series.Upcoming planned datasets include: Full Scottish Smallpipes in A dataset (expanded embellishments and articulations) Highland Bagpipes Irish Low Whistle Irish Flute Over time, Harmonic Frontier Audio will also expand into additional world folk instruments, building the first dedicated catalog of folk/ethnic datasets for AI training, synthesis, and sound design. 🗒️ Release Notes Version 0.9 (August 2025) – Initial Preview Pack release for Scottish Smallpipes in A.See CHANGELOG.md for detailed version history.