Groove MIDI Dataset

dataset·drum performance midi·active

Human-performed expressive drum MIDI with aligned synthesized audio and performance metadata.

Recorded facts

Official site	https://magenta.tensorflow.org/datasets/groove ↗
Geography	United States
size	measures: over 22000 · midi files: 1150 · duration hours: 13.6
scope	Tempo-aligned expressive drumming performed by human drummers.
genres	multiple drum styles
license	CC BY 4.0
steward	Google Magenta
creators	Jon Gillick; Adam Roberts; Jesse Engel; Douglas Eck; David Bamman
versions	canonical release
languages	not_applicable
modalities	MIDI; synthesized audio; CSV metadata
geographies	United States
access method	Direct archive and TensorFlow Dataset access.
intended uses	drum generation; groove modeling; drum performance analysis
related papers	Learning to Groove with Inverse Sequence Transformations
annotation method	MIDI preserves note events, velocity, tempo, meter and hi-hat control data.
collection method	Performances recorded on a Roland TD-11 electronic drum kit.
current availability	Official download page active.
commercial use limits	No dataset-level noncommercial restriction stated; attribution required.
us market scope basis	Publicly available or materially used in US-facing music/audio-AI research.
limitations biases disputes	Electronic-kit capture limits acoustic recording diversity.
redistribution restrictions	CC BY 4.0 attribution applies.