Resources for the Animal Bioacoustics Community

Resources
Online Communities

Online communities related to TCAB:

Bioacoustics Software

The Bioacoustics Software Database is a comprehensive/interactive website and spreadsheet of all current software used in bioacoustics: https://rhine3.github.io/bioacoustics-software/

 

Some links to some commonly used and free tools:

  • Audacity – a free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds
  • Pamguard – developed by Doug Gillespie
  • Raven – developed by the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservaiton Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Soundruler – an extensive analysis, graphing, and teaching tool for bioacoustics
  • Wavesurfer – an Open Source tool for sound visualization and manipulation
Virtual Lab Tours

The Fall 2024 Virtual 187th ASA Meeting featured a session of Animal Bioacoustics Virtual Lab Tours

Would you like to share a virtual tour of your lab? Reach out to the TCAB Chair and we can add your lab!

Sound Libraries

There are many freely available sound libraries now available (and the list keeps growing!). If you are looking for a particular library you may also find help on the Bioacoustics Stack Exchange

Recording equipment
  1. A broad overview of audio gear for wildlife recording from the Macaulay Library at Cornell University, USA.
  2. Another broad overview from the Centre for Bioacoustics at the University of Pavia, Italy.

In case of a detailed question please post a message on the Bioacoustics-L email list…

Other related organizations

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