Questions tagged [soundscape]
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How to set frequency limits when using acoustic_complexity_index() from scikit-maad?
I have previously used R and the functions ACI() from seewave and acoustic_complexity() from soundecology to calculate the Acoustic Complexity Index (ACI). However, I am transitioning to using Python ...
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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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Is there a central repository for soundscape literature?
Soundscape measurements can provide critical context to bioacoustics studies, and there’s been a lot of recent developments in soundscape technology and research. A central repository for soundscape ...
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How to Remove Hydrophone Alarm from the First 3 Seconds of Every Recording
I am currently doing soundscape analysis across three years. However, the data from one of the years has a hydrophone alarm while the other two years do not. As you can understand, this is a problem ...
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Is there a minimum duration that maad indices will work on?
I'm calculating soundscape indices using scikit-maad's all_temporal_alpha_indices and all_spectral_alpha_indices. I will be ...
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Ecoacoustics: Market Size and Major Private Players
Is there any literature or market report that summarizes the business opportunity for ecoacoustics as a field. Who are the major private tech companies who have solutions in this domain and what is ...
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MATLAB Crashed When Using PAMGuide for Large Datasets
I am trying to do soundscape analysis (LTSA, PSDs, TOLs) using PAMGuide in MATLAB. However, after loading about 50-100 files/455 files (depending on my frequency range), MATLAB crashes. Given that the ...
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Software for calculating long-duration false-colour spectrogram?
I'd like to calculate a set of false colour spectrograms, from long-duration audio -- i.e. the type of visualisation introduced by Michael Towsey's research group at QUT, like this:
The QUT ...
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Uncalibrated results and non-recognition of timestamp with Meta function of PAMGuide in R
I need to calculate calibrated soundscape metrics for 2 months continuous recordings made with SoundTraps HF600, so I thougth about using PAMGuide (Merchant et al. 2015). I've tried using the Meta ...
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How to measure long-term dataset for soundscape AND impulsivity?
I have years of passive acoustic monitoring data collected on several full-bandwidth underwater noise recorders around windfarms. Given the volume of the data, I need to automate the analysis, and am ...
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Comparison of Soundscape metrics from different software?
There are a number of software packages available for describing soundscape and differing views on which approach is 'best' (see this thread), and there have been attempts at developing standards for ...
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What soundscape visualizations are useful for assessing biodiversity over long time periods (>1 year)
I'm interested in effective methods to visualize and subsequently analyze long-term acoustic datasets, including those from disparate datasets. Are there preferred color schemes that work well for ...
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What are linear decibels (dBL) and how do they compare to standard dB SPL?
I'm reading through an EIS that has a blast monitoring section where blasts are characterized by Peak Pressure Level (PPL) measured in linear decibels (dBL). I cannot find a good definition of this ...
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Determination of position of a vocalizing animal [closed]
I am interested in passive acoustic monitoring of bird in difficult to access terrain. But then I want to know if sensors can determine the exact position of vocalising birds
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Calculate noise exceedance levels - passive acoustic monitoring
I am trying to describe the acoustic environment at a nature reserve based on continuous passive acoustic monitoring. I am using calibrated SM4 (Wildlife acoustics).
KaleidoscopePro does provide batch ...
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