The AI Ear: enterprise-grade multi-modal AI audio listening system by Copilot · Pull Request #1 · MASSIVEMAGNETICS/the-ai-ear

Copilot · 2026-03-07T18:02:06Z

AI that truly hears — not just transcribes. Every audio window is concurrently analysed for speech, emotion, acoustic environment, and music, fused into a typed result with a temporal memory layer that produces LLM-ready context summaries.

Core architecture

AudioListener — asyncio-native mic capture (sounddevice) + file ingestion; C audio thread bridged to event loop via call_soon_threadsafe with QueueFull drop-and-log protection
AudioPipeline — fans out AudioChunk to all analysers via asyncio.gather; dispatches AnalysisResult + AuralEvent to registered callbacks; detects state transitions (speech started/ended, music onset, env change, alarm); event state tracked per source_id to eliminate cross-talk between concurrent sources; on_result()/on_event() return unsubscribe callables for leak-free teardown; add_analyzer() schedules load() automatically when the pipeline is already running
AuralMemory — bounded rolling store with context_summary() returning a structured dict ready for LLM system-prompt injection, plus transcript, event log, and acoustic fingerprint registry
Pydantic models throughout — AudioChunk, AnalysisResult, SpeechSegment, EmotionProfile, EnvironmentSnapshot, MusicProfile, AuralEvent
Settings — full pydantic-settings config, all values overridable via AIEAR_* env vars

Analysers (all pluggable via `BaseAnalyzer`)

Analyser	Approach
`SpeechAnalyzer`	OpenAI Whisper — word timestamps, auto language detection, graceful no-network fallback
`EmotionAnalyzer`	wav2vec2 SER — discrete labels + continuous arousal/valence
`EnvironmentAnalyzer`	Numpy heuristics — silence / speech / music / alarm / crowd / traffic; no GPU required
`MusicAnalyzer`	librosa — tempo (BPM), key via chroma template matching with root-energy tiebreaker, genre hints

All analysers use nullable ThreadPoolExecutor instances that are safely recreated on load() after unload(), enabling full pipeline restart.

Enterprise API

FastAPI REST + WebSocket server: POST /analyse, GET /memory/context, GET /memory/transcript, GET /memory/events, GET /pipeline/stats, WS /stream (raw PCM float32 frames → streaming JSON results). WebSocket per-connection callbacks are automatically unregistered on disconnect.

BYOM example

class MyKeywordSpotter(BaseAnalyzer):
    name = "keyword_spotter"

    async def load(self):
        self._model = load_my_model()

    async def analyse(self, chunk: AudioChunk) -> SpeechResult:
        kw = self._model.detect(chunk.samples)
        return SpeechResult(segment=SpeechSegment(text=kw or ""), confidence=0.95 if kw else 0.0)

pipeline = AudioPipeline(analyzers=[MyKeywordSpotter(), EnvironmentAnalyzer(), MusicAnalyzer()])

LLM context injection

context = memory.context_summary(window_s=60)
system_prompt = f"""
You have been listening for {context['window_s']:.0f}s.
Heard: "{context['transcript']}"
Mood: {context['dominant_emotions'][0][0]}
Environment: {context['dominant_environments'][0][0]}
"""

Documentation

Full technical documentation in docs/:

Document	Description
`architecture.md`	System design, data flow diagram, threading model
`user_guide.md`	8 step-by-step guides: file analysis, mic listening, real-time alerting, LLM injection, API server, WebSocket streaming, callback unsubscription, BYOM
`api_reference.md`	Complete REST + WebSocket endpoint spec with all data model schemas
`configuration.md`	Every `AIEAR_*` env var with types, defaults, and examples
`extending.md`	BYOM guide with 3 complete examples (keyword spotter, YAMNet DNN, custom modality)
`deployment.md`	Docker, Kubernetes, production tuning, model caching

Tests

119 tests passing, including a dedicated tests/test_smoke.py with end-to-end smoke tests covering the full pipeline, memory, event generation, REST API, and file ingestion.

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MASSIVEMAGNETICS · 2026-03-08T22:10:45Z

LETS ADD FULL TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION WITH USER GUIDES AND SMONE TESTS

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Pull request overview

Introduces the initial end-to-end “AI Ear” implementation: an asyncio-based audio ingestion + concurrent analysis pipeline with typed Pydantic models, a temporal memory layer, and a FastAPI REST/WebSocket API, plus docs/examples/tests to exercise the stack.

Changes:

Added core runtime modules: listener (mic/file), pipeline (fan-out + fusion + events), memory (rolling context), and shared Pydantic models/settings.
Added analyzers for speech (Whisper), emotion (Transformers), environment (heuristics), and music (librosa/heuristics).
Added FastAPI server endpoints, examples, and a full pytest suite; updated packaging/dependencies and README.

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File	Description
tests/test_pipeline.py	Tests pipeline lifecycle, fusion, callbacks, event detection, and tag derivation.
tests/test_models.py	Validates Pydantic model defaults, bounds, and serialization.
tests/test_memory.py	Tests result/event storage, eviction, and context summary synthesis.
tests/test_audio_utils.py	Tests numpy-only DSP utilities and signal generators.
tests/test_api.py	Tests REST endpoints and file upload analysis behavior.
tests/test_analyzers.py	Tests environment/music analyzers with synthetic audio.
tests/init.py	Declares tests as a package.
requirements.txt	Adds runtime + dev dependency list.
pyproject.toml	Defines project metadata, dependencies, and tooling (ruff/pytest/mypy).
examples/enterprise_integration.py	Demonstrates BYOM analyzer injection, alerting, LLM prompt building, and programmatic serving.
examples/basic_listening.py	Provides minimal demo for synthetic chunks and file ingestion.
ai_ear/utils/audio.py	Adds numpy-only audio feature extraction + test signal generators.
ai_ear/utils/init.py	Re-exports audio utilities.
ai_ear/core/pipeline.py	Implements concurrent analysis, fusion into AnalysisResult, event derivation, and stats.
ai_ear/core/models.py	Adds shared Pydantic models for chunks, results, and events.
ai_ear/core/memory.py	Implements rolling storage and LLM-ready context summaries.
ai_ear/core/listener.py	Implements mic capture via sounddevice and file ingestion via soundfile with optional resampling.
ai_ear/core/config.py	Adds pydantic-settings configuration with AIEAR_* env overrides.
ai_ear/core/init.py	Re-exports core components.
ai_ear/api/server.py	Implements REST endpoints + WebSocket streaming and pipeline lifecycle integration.
ai_ear/api/init.py	Exposes app factory.
ai_ear/analyzers/speech.py	Implements Whisper-based transcription in a thread executor.
ai_ear/analyzers/music.py	Implements librosa/heuristic music profiling (tempo/key/energy/genre hints).
ai_ear/analyzers/environment.py	Implements heuristic environment classification.
ai_ear/analyzers/emotion.py	Implements Transformers-based SER with fallback behavior.
ai_ear/analyzers/base.py	Defines analyzer lifecycle contract and typed partial result models.
ai_ear/analyzers/init.py	Re-exports analyzers and result types.
ai_ear/main.py	Adds CLI entry point for serving the API.
ai_ear/init.py	Adds package exports and version.
README.md	Replaces placeholder README with full architecture/usage documentation.
.gitignore	Adds Python, env, cache, and tool ignore patterns.

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Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:26Z

+        async for chunk in chunks:
+            if not self._running:
+                break
+            asyncio.create_task(self._process_and_dispatch(chunk))


process_stream() schedules a new task per incoming chunk without any bounding or awaiting, which can accumulate an unbounded number of pending tasks if input outpaces processing (even with the semaphore). Consider awaiting process(), using a bounded internal queue/worker pool, or tracking and applying backpressure/cancellation to avoid unbounded task growth.

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asyncio.create_task(self._process_and_dispatch(chunk))

await self._process_and_dispatch(chunk)

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:27Z

+        if chunk is None:
+            raise HTTPException(status_code=422, detail="Could not decode audio file")
+
+        from ai_ear.core.models import AudioChunk


This local import of AudioChunk is unused and will fail Ruff F401. It can be removed since chunk is already produced by _load_audio_bytes().

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from ai_ear.core.models import AudioChunk

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:27Z

+
+        if sr != target_sr:
+            try:
+                import librosa  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
+                mono = librosa.resample(mono, orig_sr=sr, target_sr=target_sr)
+            except ImportError:
+                pass  # best-effort
+
+        from ai_ear.core.models import AudioChunk
+        return AudioChunk(samples=mono, sample_rate=target_sr, source_id=source_id)


If the uploaded audio sample rate (sr) differs from target_sr and librosa is unavailable, the code falls back to "pass" (no resample) but still returns an AudioChunk labeled with sample_rate=target_sr. This mislabels the audio and can break downstream analysers expecting the declared sample rate. If resampling can't be performed, either return sample_rate=sr or fail with a clear error (e.g., require librosa for resampling).

Suggested change

if sr != target_sr:

try:

import librosa # type: ignore[import-untyped]

mono = librosa.resample(mono, orig_sr=sr, target_sr=target_sr)

except ImportError:

pass # best-effort

from ai_ear.core.models import AudioChunk

return AudioChunk(samples=mono, sample_rate=target_sr, source_id=source_id)

effective_sr = sr

if sr != target_sr:

try:

import librosa # type: ignore[import-untyped]

mono = librosa.resample(mono, orig_sr=sr, target_sr=target_sr)

effective_sr = target_sr

except ImportError:

# Best-effort: keep original sample rate if resampling is unavailable

log.warning(

"librosa is not installed; returning audio at original sample rate %d "

"instead of requested %d",

sr,

target_sr,

)

from ai_ear.core.models import AudioChunk

return AudioChunk(samples=mono, sample_rate=effective_sr, source_id=source_id)

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:27Z

+        self._model = None
+        self._executor.shutdown(wait=False)


unload() shuts down the ThreadPoolExecutor. If the pipeline/analyzer instance is later started again, subsequent load()/analyse() calls will fail because run_in_executor cannot schedule work on a shutdown executor. Either recreate the executor on load(), or avoid shutting it down unless the analyzer instance will never be reused.

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self._model = None

self._executor.shutdown(wait=False)

# Release the loaded model but keep the executor alive so this

# analyzer instance can be safely reused with future load()/analyse() calls.

self._model = None

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:28Z

+import asyncio
+import io
+import struct
+import time
+
+import numpy as np
+import pytest
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from httpx import AsyncClient, ASGITransport


Several imports in this test module are unused (asyncio, struct, AsyncClient, ASGITransport). With Ruff lint selecting F rules, these will fail F401. Remove unused imports or add coverage that actually uses the async httpx client if intended.

Suggested change

import asyncio

import io

import struct

import time

import numpy as np

import pytest

from fastapi.testclient import TestClient

from httpx import AsyncClient, ASGITransport

import io

import time

import numpy as np

import pytest

from fastapi.testclient import TestClient

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:30Z

+import asyncio
+


asyncio is imported but unused in this test module. With Ruff F rules enabled, this will fail lint (F401). Remove the unused import.

Suggested change

import asyncio

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:30Z

+
+import asyncio
+import time
+import uuid


uuid is imported but not used in this module, which will fail Ruff F401. Please remove the unused import (or use it if you intended to attach unique IDs to chunks).

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import uuid

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:30Z

+* **Back-pressure aware** – if the result queue fills up, older results are
+  silently dropped rather than blocking the audio thread.


The module docstring claims the pipeline is "back-pressure aware" and drops results when a "result queue" fills up, but there is no result queue or drop logic implemented in this file. Either implement the described bounded queue/drop policy or adjust the docstring to match the current semaphore-based concurrency limiting behavior.

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* **Back-pressure aware** – if the result queue fills up, older results are

silently dropped rather than blocking the audio thread.

* **Concurrency-limited** – an internal semaphore caps the number of in-flight

analyses, naturally applying back-pressure without unbounded queuing.

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:30Z

+import asyncio
+import hashlib
+import logging
+import time
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine
+from typing import Any
+
+from ai_ear.core.models import (
+    AnalysisResult,
+    AudioChunk,
+    AuralEvent,
+    AuralEventType,
+    EnvironmentLabel,
+    MusicProfile,
+    SpeechSegment,
+)


There are several unused imports here (e.g., uuid, MusicProfile, SpeechSegment), which will fail Ruff's F401 checks per pyproject.toml. Please remove unused imports or use them.

Copilot · 2026-03-08T22:16:30Z

+            if self._loop is not None:
+                self._loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self._queue.put_nowait, chunk)
+


call_soon_threadsafe(self._queue.put_nowait, chunk) can raise asyncio.QueueFull in the event loop thread if the queue is at maxsize, which will surface as an unhandled exception. If the intent is backpressure/drop behavior, wrap put_nowait in a small helper that catches QueueFull and drops/logs the chunk.

MASSIVEMAGNETICS · 2026-03-09T07:20:29Z

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Copilot · 2026-03-09T07:40:54Z

@copilot apply changes based on the comments in this thread

Applied all changes from the review thread in commit cc178e9. Here's a summary of what was fixed:

Unused imports removed across pipeline, listener, emotion, speech, server, and test files
Docstring fixed: pipeline accurately describes semaphore-based back-pressure (not a drop queue)
process_stream() now awaits directly instead of creating unbounded background tasks
WebSocket now awaits pipeline.process() directly (no unbounded tasks) and the per-connection result callback is unregistered on disconnect via the new unsubscribe callable returned by on_result()/on_event()
Event state cross-talk eliminated: pipeline now tracks _prev_env_by_source, _prev_speech_active_by_source, _prev_music_active_by_source keyed by source_id
add_analyzer() schedules load() as a background task when the pipeline is already running
All analyser executors (emotion, environment, music) are now nullable and recreated on load() after unload(), enabling safe restart; speech analyser keeps its executor alive (never shuts it down)
_load_audio_bytes uses effective_sr to correctly label audio when librosa is unavailable
listener.py call_soon_threadsafe now calls _enqueue_chunk() which catches and logs QueueFull instead of raising
raise HTTPException inside except ValueError now uses raise ... from exc
contextlib.suppress used in pipeline unsubscribe callbacks and WebSocket dispatch

LETS ADD FULL TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION WITH USER GUIDES AND SMONE TESTS

Added in commit cc178e9:

Full technical documentation (docs/):

architecture.md — system design, data flow diagram, threading model
user_guide.md — 8 step-by-step guides (file analysis, mic listening, real-time alerting, LLM context injection, API server, WebSocket streaming, callback unsubscription, BYOM)
api_reference.md — complete REST + WebSocket endpoint spec with all data model schemas
configuration.md — every AIEAR_* env var with types, defaults, and usage examples
extending.md — BYOM guide with 3 complete examples (keyword spotter, YAMNet DNN, custom modality)
deployment.md — Docker, Kubernetes, production tuning, model caching

22 new smoke/integration tests (tests/test_smoke.py + additions to existing files):

Pipeline + memory end-to-end flow (silence, tone, noise, context summary, streaming)
Event generation smoke tests
Memory context as LLM prompt material
AudioListener file ingestion
REST API smoke tests (health, context, transcript, events, stats, valid + invalid audio upload)
Analyser restart tests (unload → load cycle)
Per-source-id event isolation tests
Callback unsubscription tests

Total: 119 tests passing

MASSIVEMAGNETICS · 2026-03-10T06:01:10Z

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T06:05:28Z

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All changes from that review thread were already applied in commit cc178e9. The 119 tests continue to pass and Ruff reports no new lint errors. Nothing further to do here.

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+        async def _dispatch(result: AnalysisResult) -> None:
+            with suppress(Exception):
+                await websocket.send_json(result.model_dump())


Scope WebSocket dispatch to the originating source

The stream() handler subscribes _dispatch to the pipeline’s global result bus, and _dispatch forwards every AnalysisResult to this socket without checking result.source_id. In multi-client runs (or while /analyse requests are processed), one connection will receive other sources’ results, which mixes streams and can leak another client’s audio-derived data; filter on the connection’s source_id before sending.

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		silently dropped rather than blocking the audio thread.

		if self._loop is not None:
		self._loop.call_soon_threadsafe(self._queue.put_nowait, chunk)

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