Automatic Musical Instrument Recognition

First and foremost, I wish to express my gratitude to Mr Anssi Klapuri, who was the initiator of this research and provided guidance, advice and support of all kinds for this work. I wish to thank Professor Jaakko Astola for his advice and comments. I am grateful for the staff at the Audio Research Group and Insitute of Signal Processing for providing a stimulating working atmosphere. During the recent years, many persons have become as much friends as colleagues. I want to thank Mr Jari Yli-Hietanen and Professor Pauli Kuosmanen for providing the opportunity to start working at the Audio Research Group even before I had learned the basics of DSP. I wish to thank my parents for understanding the long periods I have been working and not having time to visit them. Finally, I wish to thank Katri for her love and support.