I've conducted a bat survey at one of Tehran's Park in Iran, using Bat Logger. I use the own company software (BatExplorer). But I want to know if there are better softwares with higher accuracy and also what kind of analysis can be done with these softwares?
Hi Danial,
There is quite a list. Look at the following URL's:
http://www.batsound.com/?p=119
https://www.ritlabs.com/en/products/thebat/download.php
https://sonobat.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bat!
http://www.batdatabase.com/
http://www.batsound.com/?p=15
and so on.
Success,
Frank
Hi Danial Nayeri,
It is not clear if you are looking for open source or a payed version. In case you are looking for open source you also have a bunch of reliable software available. Personnaly I really like Kaleidoscope (free version - https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/products/kaleidoscope-pro/overview), but there are many other options:
https://www.audacityteam.org/
https://ravensoundsoftware.com/software/raven-lite/ (good for Mac)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/wavesurfer/
If you are looking for payed versions you also have many options (as shown by Frank Veroustraete), but you could go for the Kaleidoscope pro.
Cheers
Thank you Dear Professor, for the valuable links you introduce, Frank Veroustraete
All The Best,
Danial,
Thanks a lot Dear Fransisco, Actually I'm looking for open source versions, I'll check them out and will be happy to keep in touch for asking more bat related questions. Francisco Amorim
All The Best,
Danial,
Thank you very much dear Fabio Bontadina , I'll check it out. the bat logger I've used is the one that Professor Ashrafi brought it from Switzerland (I'm one of his student).
Warm Regards,
Danial,
Bat sound is good one, but it was a tipical taking much attention for data reading.
Hi Danial,
You can also look into Analook: https://www.titley-scientific.com/us/downloads/firmware-software.
This software is pretty easy to learn to use, as it mainly just has a bunch of hotkeys listed that you can use to navigate everything. This software will display the calls of most known bat species, and will let you analyze this data further using a bunch of algorithms of your choosing. You can also create specific filters to block out any extraneous noise. It's free and able to be used on both Windows and MAC I believe.
Hi Danial, I think you can also use R for most purposes. I don't really know what kind of data you get from the bat logger, but if you are limited by license fees (and the embargo situation) and you get the proper data exports managed, you might want to look into using R. Jerome Sueur has also a book written for bioacoustic analyses in R (which he has been pioneering).
You can consult the following web pages. It is important that you verify the species list of the kaleidoskope auto-ID according to your geographical region, some species may not be included and sometimes you have to verify the id
https://www.wildlifeacoustics.com/products/kaleidoscope-pro?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlLTQrZ6F4wIVCr3ACh03PQlKEAAYASAAEgJP9vD_BwE
https://www.batsound.com/?p=15
Craig L. Frank Thank you dear Craig. open source softwares would be my preference due to financial limits.
also this one to find bat calls for all species - its free - Article Bat Detective - Deep learning tools for bat acoustic signal detection
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