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Re: Re: Sound analysis software

Subject: Re: Re: Sound analysis software
From: Graham Smith <>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:59:43 +0100
Bill,

Thanks for these links, they look useful.

Graham

On 6/17/05, werainey <> wrote:
>  Graham, 
>  If you have time to peruse the almost dizzying array of 
>  bioacoustic/signal analysis programs you could get a start on 
>  the task via Steven Hopp's web site: 
>  <http://zeeman.ehc.edu/envs/Hopp/sound.html>
>  
>  As previously mentioned, Kim Beeman's program 'Signal' has a 
>  module that seems matched to  your task  and is highly 
>  regarded and widely used in academia and elsewhere.
>  
>  David Mellinger's freeware program Ishmael  lists automated 
>  call recognition among its capabilities  
>  <http://cetus.pmel.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/MobySoft.pl>
>  
>  Could you offer  more information about the new bat detector you 
>  mentioned? It seems quite interesting.
>  Bill
>  > Bill,
>  > 
>  > No these are wav files, I have been using Anabats with 
>  Analook, but
>  > the first proptotype of our new bat detector should be up and 
>  "sort
>  > of"  running in a week or so and it uses wav files saved to an 
>  SD
>  > card.
>  > 
>  > However, I didn't realise yuu could constrcut a filter with 
>  Analook,
>  > and as I am still using Anabats I will give that a look.
>  > 
>  > Thanks,
>  > 
>  > Graham
>  > 
>  > On 6/16/05, werainey <> wrote:
>  > >  Graham:
>  > >  Are these wav files or Anabat files? If they are Anabat files 
>  and 
>  > >  you are wish to detect a constant frequency call as you did 
>  > >  previously, there are several free programs on Chris 
>  Corben's 
>  > >  web site (<www. hoarybat.com>,both the DOS and Windows 
>  > >  versions of Analook) in which you can construct a filter which 
>  > >  recognizes those calls, then use it to screen either single 
>  > >  directories or a directory hierarchy. The identified files then 
>  can 
>  > >  be visually examined to see how well the filter is working 
>  and 
>  > >  perhaps iteratively improved by tweaking parameter settings.
>  > >  
>  > >  There is also a simple scripting system in the Windows 
>  version 
>  > >  that will yield text files that include the times of all
>  selected 
>  > >  detections either individually or aggregated by ten minutes, 
>  one 
>  > >  hour, etc.
>  > >  
>  > >  The system is under construction and thus isn't without 
>  wrinkles, 
>  > >  but it is powerful for many tasks in this arena. One virtue of 
>  > >  working with these simplified files is speed even on low end 
>  > >  computers. I use a several year old laptop to initially screen 
>  data 
>  > >  sets of a year or more containing many tens of thousands of 
>  > >  files, most with multiple bat calls, in ten or fifteen minutes.
>  If 
>  you 
>  > >  want to look at each 'hit' it will take a while, but you can 
>  visually 
>  > >  assess several per minute, until RSI forces you to do 
>  something 
>  > >  else for a while.
>  > >  
>  > >  Best,
>  > >  Bill Rainey
>  > >  
>  > >  --- In  Graham Smith
>  > >  <> 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."
>  > >  Klas Strandberg 
>  > > 
>  > >  
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