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
Banter
Free
R
Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Classification
BatClassify
Free
Desktop GUI
Sound Classification
BatDetect
Free
Python
Sound Detection
BatExplorer
Paid
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Sound Classification, Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation
BatScope
Free
Desktop GUI
Sound Classification, Manual organization review and annotation
BirdNET
Free
Python
Sound Detection, Sound Classification
BirdVoxDetect BirdVoxClassify
Free
Python, Command line
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Sound Detection, Sound Classification
CARACAL
Free
Python
Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Detection, Acoustic localization
CHORUS (Curtin University)
Free
Matlab
Data exploration (listening & visualizing)
CPOD.exe
Free
Desktop GUI
Sound Detection
pre-trained cetacean detectors
DAS
Free
Python
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation
DetEdit
Free
Matlab
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Manual organization review and annotation
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