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Re: Sound analysis software

Subject: Re: Sound analysis software
From: Graham Smith <>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:13:42 +0100
Chris,

This looks very interesting, I shall certainly look at this further.

Graham

On 6/15/05, Christopher B. Sturdy <> wrote:
>  Hi Graham,
>  
>  SIGNAL sound analysis software (www.engdes.com) has an add-on program 
>  called "Event Detector" that might be just what you want. You can find out 
>  all about it at
> http://www.engdes.com/sigwin/products/evdet/evdet.html. I 
>  have not used it myself but have heard that it works well especially for a 
>  large-scale sorting of sound files like what you are facing.
>  
>  Cheers,
>  Chris
> 
>  
>  
>  At 02:36 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote:
>  >Can anyone help in pointing me towards some sound anlysis software
>  >that either does this anyway or might allow a macro to be written.
>  >
>  >Its bat calls again, for those who remember my last plea for help.
>  >
>  >I am going to end up with thousands  of short (15secs)  wav  files.
>  >which I want to open quickly, one after the other and visually scan
>  >through for a specific sonogram shape.
>  >
>  >I want to be able  to dump all the files into one directory, then with
>  >one keypress open the first file in the directory, then by pressing
>  >that same key again, close the currently open file, and open the next
>  >file in the same directory. And so on until every file has been
>  >inspected.
>  >
>  >Can anyone suggest a program that might do this, or indeed suggest a
>  >better way of scanning through thousands of small files, very quickly.
>  >
>  >Many thanks,
>  >
>  >Graham
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >"Microphones are not ears,
>  >Loudspeakers are not birds,
>  >A listening room is not nature."
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>  >
>  >
>  >
>  
>  Christopher B. Sturdy, Ph.D.
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>  
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>  "Microphones are not ears,
>  Loudspeakers are not birds,
>  A listening room is not nature."
>  Klas Strandberg 
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