SonoBat QuickStart: basic operations

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SonoBat QuickStart basic operations
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Alternative Drag and drop a file or directory
here
open file
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help info
SonoBat works best with individual files of bat
pass events.
notes embedded with wav file
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compressed view removes pauses between calls
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same file displayed in real time view displays
entire recording
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select file with one click
drag to scroll
click to jump
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pull down to navigate up directory hierarchy
previous file highlighted
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playback of time expanded files in real time for
audible sounds
simulates a bat detector for ultrasound to hear
actual call cadence
play sound
moving cursor tracks playback
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popup help messages
Contextual Help- Cntl-H (Windows) Cmd-Shift-H
(Mac)
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zoom selection selectable to only zoom time scale
(eliminates need to capture freq to maintain
scale of view)
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Individual calls may be processed into high
resolution standard views. This enables viewing
calls in standard time scales that facilitate
comparison and recognition without further manual
zooming and resetting scales.
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In compressed view mode, calls may be selected
for processing into std views by just selecting
any area near the call.
press to have std view time automatically selected
buttons for manual std view time selection
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In real time mode, std view selections and
centering may be selected manually.
Initial coarse zoom
initiate std view
final centering zoom, then invoke std view
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Std view selections may be saved to the reference
library with attached notes.
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Any std view saved as a reference view may be
used for subsequent comparison to sequences and
std views.
Reference views may be assembled into
compilations.
appended reference view
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appended compiled reference view of different
calls to show a species repertoire at a glance
ruler enabled to show a frequency line for
comparison
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low frequency noise may be filtered
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filter applied
New with version 2.9,
SonoBat can automatically select a filter, or
accept a manual selection
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Careful leaving manual filters enabled can miss
low freq signals
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correct filter to render audible frequency bat
calls
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Quantitative analysis of calls in std view mode
with automated call trending.
More than fifty quantitative parameters written
to a spreadsheet.
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Intelligent call trending algorithm can recognize
the end of calls buried in echo and noise.
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SonoBat can also successfully establish trends
through noise and from low power signals.
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Files may be edited in real time mode to crop
noise or other undesirable sections.
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Filenames may be edited from within SonoBat.
File notes and attributes may be edited.
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default panel size
The SonoBat panel may be stretched to fit any
screen size.
stretched panel size
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The SonoBat preferences panel enables
customization and automation of many default
settings.