With SonoBat, view your bat calls in3D time, frequency, and amplitude

It's not about the harmonics! Full-spectrum data analysis with SonoBat provides robust, high-resolution rendering of call data.

See the difference

Download and view this slide presentation to see and learn about these differences and advantages of using full spectrum data.

SonoBat software provides a comprehensive tool for analyzing and comparing high-resolution full-spectrum Sonograms of Bat echolocation calls recorded from full-spectrum and time-expansion bat detectors. With its intuitive and direct interface, SonoBat makes it easy to record, process, display, and analyze calls with great sophistication.

For an overview of SonoBat features, view this presentation.

Learn more about SonoBat.

current release:
SonoBat v2.9.6
with automated parameterization and other automated features
 note to registered users 

Automated species classification
with SonoBat 3!

SonoBat 3 brings automated processing of recorded files and automated species classification– indispensable tools for long-term and large-scale survey and monitoring projects.

Download and view this presentation to learn the details about what SonoBat 3 does and how it does it.

View a movie clip of SonoBat 3 in action.

These links will provide an installable demo version of SonoBat 3 for the Northeastern US with 16 recorded files to try out SonoBat functions and performance:
SonoBat 3 demo for Windows
now fully Win7 compatible
SonoBat 3 demo for Macintosh

SonoBat 3 versions and ordering

Wildlife Acoustics SM2BAT detector guidance
SM2->SonoBat utility to enhance SM2 files to optimize their analysis using SonoBat. This utility will provide an interim solution.

PPT overview of SonoBat

PPT overview of automated SonoBat 3

PPT of how full-spectrum differs from zero-crossing analysis

Mt Lemmon, AZ driving transect

Use the Transecticizer from Myotisoft together with virtually any full-spectrum detector that can record with the time of passes along with any gps device (even an iPhone!) to convert SonoBat batch processing outputs into tabulated transect data and Google Earth visualizations of mobile transects.


Courtesy ICF International
Current detector technology enables long-term, uninterrupted recording of full spectrum sound data to enable confident species classification.
recording advice

New: easy date and time stamped triggered file recording with Samson Zoom H2 units.

workshops:

BCM logo
PA October 4-7, 2010
PA March 19-20, 2011

AZ April 15-18, 2011
PA Sept 28-Oct 1, 2011

PA Jan 9–10, 2012
PA Aug 13-16 2012
NY Jan 9-11 2013
The Wildlife Society logoTWS acoustic workshop- CO Feb 15 2012

TWS acoustic workshop- CA May 15–18 2012