Questions tagged [recording]
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PAMGuard not reading files
PAMguard is leaving quite a lot of files unproccesed. They are all in the same folder, but apparently it cannot access to some of them (image 1), and it appears to be in a random manner (image 2). We ...
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Can I use music-related soundcards to record ultrasounds (providing the sampling frequency is high enough)?
I'd like to record rodent ultrasounds (~40-120 kHz) with a soundcard initially made to deal with human-related sounds. The sampling frequency can be adjusted accordingly, however, the microphone/line ...
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Advice for capturing duty cycle as a percentage of time sound was recorded
The NOAA NCEI Passive Acoustic Data Archive captures duty cycle information for all our data providers, which span the gamut of continuous recordings to having multiple sampling regimens during the ...
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How to decode .dat files obtained from SonoTrack?
Disclaimer: I have advanced knowledge of Python, R, and Matlab, so we can skip the basics (such as how to load a file into a programing environment).
The quest is to somehow decode data from .dat ...
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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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Recommended Setup to record Tree Sounds
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What would be your recommended Microphone / Interface Setup ?
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Hello everyone, i am curious about a technical setup to record Xylem tubes and water cavitating inside trees. the idea was ...
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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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Detection and removing of windy events in wild acoustic recordings
I have to clean my dataset of recordings concerning an African penguin colony inhabits the South African coast. In particular, since I have recordings with days of strong wind with clipped/noisy ...
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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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How to avoid that cables get entangled in the field?
Does anybody have an advice to keep cables from entangling horribly during field recording?
I have the cable from the microphone and the cable from the headphones, both longer than I can handle with ...
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Rechargeable batteries for Song Meter mini
Looking for any recommendations on high quality rechargeable batteries that can be used in Song Meter minis? Looking for rechargeable batteries to last up to 10 days on 12 hour continuous recording ...
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Recording parrots, would a Zoom H4N suffice?
I am working on my undergrad thesis with geographical variations on parrot vocalizations.I originally designed my study with Audiomoths because I had just gotten some. However, I now realized that ...
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Spectra Plus wav files not correct duration
I'm not sure if this is an issue with SpectraPlus or something else, but I heard others had similar problems with different software. I record with two hydrophones with a soundcard + monitoring it ...
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What options are there for micro audio recorders?
I'm in the process of purchasing gear for this upcoming field season and am looking for audio recorder recommendations. I'm hoping to place ~30 small recorders in seabird rock crevices to record ...
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Song Meter vs AudioMoth PAM performance
I'm assembling a PAM field kit for the upcoming breeding season in the temperate rainforest ecoregion of Washington, USA, and would love to learn about your experiences with different ARU (Autonomous ...
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