Existing Tools for Sound Analysis
Many programs, both free and paid, already exist to analyze sound data, with more coming out all the time. We have collated an expanding list of programs for users to explore from a single access point. If you know of any we may have missed, please let us know!
Scroll through the applications or use the filter to search by software type, free or paid, or primary capabilities - Data exploration: general-purpose, bioacoustics software for listening, editing, and producing spectrograms; Soundscape or Sound Clip metrics and parameters (SPL, spectral analysis, etc); Sound Detection (AI, deep learning, event extraction, etc); Sound Classification (unsupervised or supervised clustering); Manual organization, review, and annotation; or Acoustic localization
Number of applications found:
94
ANIMAL-SPOT
Free
Python
Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Detection, Sound Classification
ARBIMON
Free
Web GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
good for large amounts of data
ARTWARP
Free
Matlab
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Sound Detection, Sound Classification
AVA
Free
Python
Sound Detection, Sound Classification
AVGN
Free
Python
Sound Classification
Adobe Audition
Paid
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters
Anabat Insight
Paid
Desktop GUI
Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
Animal Sound Identifier
Free
Matlab
Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
Audacity
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Manual organization review and annotation
Audiomoth fieldtools & audiomoth-scripts
Free
Command line
Data exploration (listening & visualizing)
AviaNZ
Free
Desktop GUI
Sound Detection, Sound Classification, Manual organization review and annotation
Avisoft-SASLab Pro
Free, Paid
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Detection, Sound Classification, Acoustic localization
This list has been published at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12096525
To cite this effort, please use:
Jarriel, S., Looby, A., Larsen, K., Munger, J., & Parsons, M. (2024). Compilation of existing underwater PAM repositories, libraries, and applications for sound processing [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12096525