text: from data_utils.parse_files import *
  import config.nn_config as nn_config
  
  config = nn_config.get_neural_net_configuration()
  
  # Here, the freq, input_directory and output_filename are initialized as per the configured neural network
  
  input_directory = config['dataset_directory']
  output_filename = config['model_file'] 
  
  freq = config['sampling_frequency'] # sample frequency in Hz
  
  # The author defines "clip_len", "block_size" and "max_seq_len"
  
  clip_len = 10 		    # length of clips for training. Defined in seconds
  block_size = freq / 4  # block sizes used for training - this defines the size of our input state
  max_seq_len = int(round((freq * clip_len) / block_size))  # Used later for zero-padding song sequences
  # Step 1 - convert MP3s to WAVs
  new_directory = convert_folder_to_wav(input_directory, freq)
  # Step 2 - convert WAVs to frequency domain with mean 0 and standard deviation of 1
  convert_wav_files_to_nptensor(new_directory, block_size, max_seq_len, output_filename)
  