Archive for October 12th, 2009
Bat call analysis using free software
October 12th, 2009 | Author: David Tipping
For those of you who may be interested in the analysis of bat calls and would like to have a go there is a free software package called Wavesurfer available. Wavesurfer is an open source tool for sound visualization and manipulation. Many people use this software to view bat recordings and it seems fantastically powerful and free. The software is available to download here: http://www.speech.kth.se/wavesurfer/
Configuration instructions for setting up the software available here: http://www.avonbatgroup.org.uk/resources/Wavesurfer+instructions-draft.pdf There is a bit of tuning to get it set up but once you are there you can save the configuration and apply it whenever you are looking at bats.
I have set this up on my home computer that is still running windows XP and although not completely familiar with the software I can get it to open and display files to a point where identification of the species is possible. Please message me on this forum if you are having problems setting it up or want some calls to have a go with. If you get it up and running I would love to know.
David 
