Resources
Troubleshooting
If you find a bug in OpenSoundscape, please submit an issue on the GitHub repository.
If you have another question about OpenSoundscape, please use the OpenSoundscape Discussions board or email Sam Lapp (sam.lapp at pitt.edu
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Bioacoustics
Bioacoustics Stack Exchange: a question & answer board about bioacoustic research and techniques.
Bioacoustics Software Database: a list of free and paid software available for bioacoustic analyses
Our lab’s Bioacoustics Cookbook contains “recipes” for various bioacoustics workflows and problems, including:
machine learning and model training examples
classifier-guided listening
calculating sunrise and sunset times
filtering AudioMoth files by date and time
converting between GPS coordinate systems
creating a grid of points as a KML file.
Bioacoustic datasets:
Dan Morris’s compilation (scroll down to “Bioacoustic data sets”): https://lila.science/otherdatasets
Justin Salamon’s compilation: https://bioacousticsdatasets.weebly.com/
Competitions related to bioacoustic data: https://lila.science/otherdatasets#competitions-acoustic
Bioacoustics Model Zoo: Pre-trained machine learning models for bioacoustic classification tasks, usable with OpenSoundscape
Conservation technology
WILDLABS.net: a discussion board for general-purpose conservation technology
Conservation Tech Directory: A general-purpose list of conservation tech resources which contains many bioacoustic resources
AudioMoth Guide: our lab’s practical guide for how to use the AudioMoth acoustic recorder