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Problems: Batbox Baton XD & BatSound (1 Viewer)

LeighCresswell

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Hey there!

I have been recording a bunch of bat calls with the Batbox Baton XD bat detector and have just put them into BatSound 4 echolocation analysis software...

For some reason the bat calls have a WAY lower frequency recording than they should have... For example a common pip should have a call around the 45kHz range but on the software it is coming up at around 5kHz... I've screenshot how it looks.

Can someone (hopefully) explain to me how I can adjust the settings on the software so that the frequency is not so low?? I don't see how this would be an equipment problem with the XD as there are no settings on it - just an on an off switch which also acts as a switch to sound expansion.

Please help! I've got over 90hrs of recordings for my dissertation which needs to be analysed!!

Many Thanks,

Leigh
 

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Hi Leigh, I'm not familiar with the equipment, but if they are producing frequency division recordings, then the frequencies will be divided by 10, so just under 5khz equates to just under 50khz,, Common pipistrelle.
If you can stretch the frequency scale on the software from 0 to 15khz, instead of 50+, then the readings will be more accurate, and might look less squashed on the sonogram
 
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