What can you do with this server?

The MCP Music Analysis server provides audio analysis capabilities using librosa to process audio files from local paths, URLs, or YouTube links. Main features: * Load Audio: Load audio files or specific segments with optional offset and duration * Download: Download audio from direct URLs or YouTube links * Analysis Functions: * Get total duration of audio files * Estimate tempo (BPM) * Compute Chroma Constant-Q Transform (CQT) for chromatic content * Compute Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) for spectral content * Compute beat track for rhythmic content analysis

How do I use mcp-audio-analysis?

1. Click on "Install Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@mcp-audio-analysis analyze the tempo and key of my song.mp3" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

MCP Music Analysis

This repository contains a Model Context Provider (MCP) that uses MCP and librosa for audio analysis on audio in local, youtube link, or audio link.

Usage with Claude Desktop

Related MCP server: ZIP-MCP

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Music Analysis for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @hugohow/mcp-music-analysis --client claude

Manual Installation

# Clone repository
git clone git@github.com:hugohow/mcp-music-analysis.git
cd mcp-music-analysis

# Create virtual environment and install
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -e .

Usage with Claude Desktop

Locate Configuration File

The configuration file location depends on your operating system:

macOS:

~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows:

%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Linux:

~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "music-analysis": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["-n", "mcp-music-analysis"]
    }
  }
}

Example Prompts

Here are some sample prompts you might use in a conversational or chat-based context once the server is running. The MCP will understand these requests and execute the relevant tools:

Can you analyze the beat of /Users/hugohow-choong/Desktop/sample-6s.mp3?
Could you give me the duration of https://download.samplelib.com/mp3/sample-15s.mp3 ?
Please compute the MFCC for this file: /path/to/another_audio.mp3
What are the spectral centroid values for /path/to/music.wav?
I'd like to know the onset times for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HFiFd9vx1c