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
GlassOFire
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Manual organization review and annotation
GoldWave
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing)
HARKBird
Free
Desktop GUI
Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Acoustic localization
INSTINCT
Free
Command line
Manual organization review and annotation
Ishmael
Free
Desktop GUI
Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Acoustic localization
Kaleidoscope
Free
Desktop GUI
Sound Detection, Sound Classification
Ketos
Free
Python
Sound Detection, Sound Classification
Koe Bioacoustics Software
Free
Web GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Classification, Manual organization review and annotation
Luscinia
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Classification, Manual organization review and annotation
MANTA
Free
Matlab
Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters
NEAL
Free
R
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Manual organization review and annotation
OSmOSE
Not open source
Web GUI
Manual organization review and annotation
for annotation projects, must have a project with the group
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