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
SDEer
Free
Matlab
Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Acoustic localization
SIGVIEW (SignalLab)
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing)
SILIC
Free
Python
Sound Detection
SanctSound
Free
Web GUI
Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Detection
Scaper
Free
Python
Sound Detection
data augmentation
SonicVisualizer
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Manual organization review and annotation
SonoBat
Free, Paid
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
SonoChiro
Paid
Desktop GUI
Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
Sound Analysis Pro 2011
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters, Sound Detection, Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
Sound Finder
Free
Python, R
Acoustic localization
SoundRuler
Free
Desktop GUI
Data exploration (listening & visualizing), Soundscape or sound clip metrics and parameters
SoundSort
Free
Java
Manual organization review and annotation, Sound Classification
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