Osu2MIR: Beat Tracking Dataset Derived From Osu! Data

Abstract

In this work, we explore the use of Osu!, a community-based rhythm game, as an alternative source of beat and downbeat annotations. Osu! beatmaps are created and refined by a large, diverse community and span underrepresented genres such as anime, Vocaloid, and video game music. We introduce a pipeline for extracting annotations from Osu! beatmaps and partition them into meaningful subsets. Through manual analysis, we find that beatmaps with a single timing point or widely spaced multiple timing points (>=5 seconds apart) provide reliable annotations, while closely spaced timing points (<5 seconds apart) often require additional curation. We also observe high consistency across multiple annotations of the same song. This study demonstrates the potential of Osu! data as a scalable, diverse, and community-driven resource for MIR research. We release our pipeline and a high-quality subset osu2beat2025 to support further exploration: https://github.com/ziyunliu4444/osu2mir.