andyotter
Well-known member
I'm considering getting a tablet for viewing sonograms when I'm on field trips away from wifi (and mains for that matter!). I'm looking for an app that will read a pre-recorded sound file (rather than produce real-time spectrograms from the internal mic).
Here's my set-up:
I record with an Olympus LS-11. I typically use the 8Gb internal memory, though I have a 32Gb MicroSD in an SD holder if I need it. I usually go over the recordings using Sonic Visualiser on a Mac at home.
This is what I want:
I'd like to have a mobile Listening/Looking-Back set up for when I'm spending several days "in the wild". Typically, I have no internet/wifi access and rely on batteries/ juicepaks for power.
As Apple devices are adverse to importing anything other than images via SD adapter, I'm assuming I need to look at Android/ other OS* devices (I may be wrong on this ~ if anyone knows of ways of getting audio files directly into an iOS device, I'm happy to hear it!)
*not really aware of what else is out there on tablets. (anyone use Linux?)
I've never even picked up an Android tablet, but I'm guessing many will read & write from an MicroSD card. If the answer to this "No" or "NO, not anymore", then that's useful knowledge too; I'll just stop looking!
All the android apps I've turned up in searches, however, seem to only produce spectrograms "as you listen". This is not useful to me - I'm very happy with my routine with the LS-11 as using it interferes very little with the most important bit whilst out and about: watching and listening to birds. I want to leave the more technical stuff for when I get home/"back to camp".
If anyone has any knowledge/ experience in this area, I'd be very grateful to hear about it.
Here's my set-up:
I record with an Olympus LS-11. I typically use the 8Gb internal memory, though I have a 32Gb MicroSD in an SD holder if I need it. I usually go over the recordings using Sonic Visualiser on a Mac at home.
This is what I want:
I'd like to have a mobile Listening/Looking-Back set up for when I'm spending several days "in the wild". Typically, I have no internet/wifi access and rely on batteries/ juicepaks for power.
As Apple devices are adverse to importing anything other than images via SD adapter, I'm assuming I need to look at Android/ other OS* devices (I may be wrong on this ~ if anyone knows of ways of getting audio files directly into an iOS device, I'm happy to hear it!)
*not really aware of what else is out there on tablets. (anyone use Linux?)
I've never even picked up an Android tablet, but I'm guessing many will read & write from an MicroSD card. If the answer to this "No" or "NO, not anymore", then that's useful knowledge too; I'll just stop looking!
All the android apps I've turned up in searches, however, seem to only produce spectrograms "as you listen". This is not useful to me - I'm very happy with my routine with the LS-11 as using it interferes very little with the most important bit whilst out and about: watching and listening to birds. I want to leave the more technical stuff for when I get home/"back to camp".
If anyone has any knowledge/ experience in this area, I'd be very grateful to hear about it.
