I use a 200 dollar linux laptop (Emachines E-250) with www.baudline.com ana=
lyser - which is also available now for mac os x.
SciLab, Baudline - ultimately it depends on the processing needed and if so=
mething like baudline or jaaa analyser will work for you.
Analysis - baudline - free (but not open source)
Analysis - SciLab - free (not sure of source status)
Presentation, open office - free.
Try baudline.
-Mike.
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>
> Approaching year two of my PhD program and the beginning of data
> collection. For all this will entail, especially with storing and
> analyzing audio files, my 17GB hard drive isn't going to cut it. iMac =
> here I come (I think) but how much to invest in each of those three - =
> hard drive capacity, memory, & processing speed needs...
>
> Anywhere from 500GB to 2TB drive
> either 4 or 8 GB RAM
> either 3.06, 3.2, or 3.6GHz
>
> Advice from those who've been working with audio files and analysis
> software on top of other analysis and data management/presentation
> needs is greatly appreciated. "What you can afford" doesn't help
> given that I didn't find work this summer and it's all coming out of
> that inherited 'emergency' fund...
>
> Bioacoustician wannabe,
> Jodi
>
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