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8. Re: Sonograms of long recordings [was nature recordists group]

Subject: 8. Re: Sonograms of long recordings [was nature recordists group]
From: "chrishails50" chrishails50
Date: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:41 pm ((PST))

I put working sonograms on my website by making them using Raven Lite and a 
screen capture programme (Camtasia), see some examples on this page: 
http://tinyurl.com/78z2kdg

It takes time and some practise to get the right sound and image though, and 
the simpler flash player is better for longer sounds.

Chris
http://www.wildechoes.org


--- In  Peter Shute <> wrote:
>
> You've embedded the soundcloud thingy on your own webpage, and simply added 
> the sonogram underneath. That's a good, simple way to solve the problem, it 
> doesn't matter if the cursor isn't showing on the sonogram itself if it's 
> right above it.
> 
> To fix the problem of the sonogram being too squashed to see detail, I 
> suppose you could divide the track into shorter sections, and show them one 
> above the other with their sonograms in between. Maybe putting it together as 
> a soundcloud album would let them play sequentially, although I'd guess 
> there'd be a slight pause between sections.
> 
> Peter Shute
> 
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> > I'd say that the owners of Soundcloud could probably offer the
> > choice of a sonogram with just a few lines of code if they can get
> > hold of a program to create the images for them. I imagine licensing
> > might be their biggest difficulty. Perhaps if enough of us requested
> > it then they'd do it.
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Audacity is open source and has quite a good sonogram. I don't know
> what rights would be involved in using their code.
> 
> I generated a sonogram image matching one of my tracks and placed it
> under the Soundcloud code. There was too much going on to see a clear
> sonogram. It would have to be dynamic and scrolling with the playback.
> 
> Screenshot:
> http://www.stowford.org/sounds/aprildawnscreenshot.gif
> 
> David
> 
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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