merlin app (1 Viewer)

[kawwauser]

i recorded a song thrush with the merlin app,the bird was close and loud when i played it back on my phone it was a lot quieter when i downloaded it and played it on my desktop computer i couldnt hear anything ,can anyone hear the bird ?

 

[Brad Hacker]

I can hear it just fine, even with relatively low speaker volume.
As an aside, an extremely good sound recording and manipulation app is (free) Voice Record Pro that allows instant editing--clipping, amplification, etc. Apple Android

 

[delia todd]

Yes, I can hear it fine in Firefox, PaleMoon won't play it though for some reason.

Typical three repetitions of each phrase LOL

 

[Ruff-Leg]

Merlin already makes pretty good recordings at 44.1 kHz sample rate with a 16-bit depth. That's audio CD quality. It's problem is that there's no gain setting. You should post-process your recording with a free software like OcenAudio or Audacity. At a minimum, trim and normalize. Excellent guidance here:

Preparing sound recordings for upload to eBird and the Macaulay Library

Audio contributed to eBird and the Macaulay Library should be an accurate copy of an original field recording. This means doing a minimal amount of editing to sound files. Follow the steps below to prepare your sound recordings before uploading t...

support.ebird.org

It's no more difficult than editing photos once you have your work flow down.

I checked out voice record pro, and it appears to be out of date for Android. I don't know your platform.

 

[Brad Hacker]

Bummer that Voice Record Pro is out of date on Android. Still being updated for Apple. One of the truly excellent iOS apps.