Questions tagged [equipment]
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Directional sounds device to be attached to legs of chickens and humans to communicate with them and attempt achieving better symbiosis
It is hard to communicate with a chicken. One form of communication could be making a sound to get the chicken to walk in a specific direction.
In each direction, objects could be placed to interact ...
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Marantz PMD660 stuck on loading
My trusted Marantz PMD660 Solid state recorder recently developed a fault during a field trip in which it gets stuck on "Loading" when turned on with a CF Card inside. It starts fine without ...
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Parabolic Microphones?
I'm doing some field recording but we're not able to get super close to what we're looking to record. I figured a parabolic mic might be the move, but they all seem really expensive, and our budget is ...
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How do I format the EVO 256GB SD cards using the SoundTrap ST600 software (version 4 up)
First time user of the SoundTrap Host (version 4.0.13.25535) here. When I insert the EVO 256GB SD card using a card reader, there's no PC prompt warning (which means it is formatted to PC style I ...
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SoundTrap 4300 CH1 Faint Signal & Banding
We have collected 2 channeled recordings from two different ST4300 units, and more recently we have noticed that the signal in CH1 looks really weak. This has occurred in most but not all new ...
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Has anyone shipped equipment to use in Canada without expensive custom broker fees?
We ship an AURAL up to collaborators in Canada so they can put it on one of their oceanographic moorings. A year later they recover and send it back to us. I don't understand why we have to pay a ...
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Does anyone have experience with programming an Fpod to turn on when upside-down-vertical?
The Fpod works well when programmed to turn on at any angle.
But when it was programmed with the default settings, it:
Was detecting test taps while in the horizontal mode, when it should have been ...
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Does anyone know of a compact, stereo underwater recorder (other than ST440/640)?
I'm looking for a commercial source of compact underwater recorder with inputs for at least two hydrophones. Ocean Instruments is not currently marketing their Soundtrap 440 or 640 recorders, so ...
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Equipment recommendation for sound source localisation
Do you have any recommendation for multichannel equipment for source localization? What parameters should I consider for the microphones, for the recorder? Also any advice for starting multichannel ...
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Bioacoustics lab start-up recommendations [closed]
Something that isn’t really talked about or taught along the way to a Phd, is how to put together a lab wishlist when starting a new (academic) lab. It’s likely more difficult the more specialized the ...
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What state and federal permits are required for stationary PAM?
I'm interested in using an array of passive acoustic recorders to collect data off just off the coast of California in on the shelf in waters no deeper than 80 meters. The recorders do require some ...
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Equipment advice (Amp for ultrasonic hydroacoustics)
I recently purchased a pair of ultrasonic transducers from gavial (4 ohm) for hydroacoustic work. The website offers very little information--I bought the ITC-1042 transducers (https://www.gavial.com/...
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How to change date/time created on Zoom H4N metadata
I've been using a Zoom H4N to record bird vocalisations paired with a dictation microphone for behaviour observations. When I'm trying to sync up my data, the dictation mic .mp3 file has the correct ...
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What could cause only half of a waveform to clip?
I took some recordings with small microphone tags and observed this type of 'clipping' where only half of the waveform appears to be clipped, while the other remains intact.
Does anybody have any ...
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Where do you put a terrestrial recorder if you have no freestanding structures to attach it to, and also can't put a stake in the ground?
I have a terrestrial acoustic monitoring situation that presents two challenges:
Acoustic monitoring is being conducted in an area with limited options for attaching the units (i.e., very few ...
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