I can see that it would be useful for short listing sections to include in an
edited version, but remember that the original request was for methods of
finding owl calls in long recordings.
Peter Shute
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On 08/04/2013, at 11:14 PM, "rapsac"
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Well, you don't get much of an impression from a single fragment, but
you get a feeling for changes over time and if anything stands out you
can just stop skipping. It's not a great method but it saves the time of
trying to think of a smart solution ;)
Caspar
Peter Shute skrev 2013-04-08 12:46:
> Caspar, are you listening to a short burst every few seconds though the
> recording? What sort of impression can you get from a fraction of a second?
>
> Peter Shute
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> On 08/04/2013, at 6:28 PM, "rapsac"
> <<rapsac%40bredband.net><m("bredband.net","rapsac");"><rapsac%40bredband.net>>>
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> Hi,
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> I first divide the recording into shorter manageable files, then scan
> them using Sound Forge by clicking through the waveform while playing
> back. With some practice you only need to listen to a fraction of a
> second for each "click".
>
> Caspar
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> chrishails50 wrote 2013-04-07 18:20:
>> Dear all
>>
>> Related to my last question, I wonder if anyone has any great tricks for
>> reviewing long duration recordings ?
>>
>> I have over the years amassed enough reasonable mics and machines to have at
>> least two sets (and maybe a third) that can be left out unattended
>> overnight. I would like to survey my local woods and forests and catch some
>> of the owls that are out there that I have not yet recorded.
>>
>> But my question is how to review an 8-10 hour session efficiently ? In the
>> past I have had them playing background whilst I do other tasks, but
>> normally I can only spend maybe 2 hours doing that. I then moved on to
>> scanning the waveform files (for night-time this works I think): I apply a
>> 100% notch filter below 600Hz to get rid of passing planes and boy racers
>> then scroll the waveform (I use Audition 3)and look for peaks that could be
>> interesting sounds. But as I have just discovered even this takes a chunk of
>> time if I have two machines running overnight.
>>
>> I know a real field guy would spend the night wandering the forest with his
>> parabola, but I have a day job too.....has anyone else faced this ?
>>
>> Thanks for any tips or ideas.
>>
>> Chris
>> http://www.wildechoes.org
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