Common audio recording (50 Hz … 20 kHz)

Microphones

Shotgun electret microphone SENNHEISER MKE 600

Shotgun condenser microphone SENNHEISER MKH 416-P48U3

Shotgun condenser microphone SENNHEISER MKH 8060

Shotgun condenser microphone SENNHEISER MKH 8070

Additional windshield and suspension accessories are required for recoding in the field. See for instance Rycote Windshield Solutions.

Field Recorders

Headphones

Computer Audio Interfaces for lab use in conjunction with the Avisoft-RECORDER software

Steinberg UR12 BUS-powered 192 kHz Audio Interface
M-AUDIO AIR 192|14 4-channel USB audio interface *
M-AUDIO M-Track Eight 8-channel USB audio interface *
Roland OCTA-CAPTURE 8-channel USB Audio Interface *
Behringer UMC1820 8-channel USB Audio Interface *
Zoom LiveTrak L-20R 16-channel USB Audio Interface *, **
* Activate the RECORDER software option Options > Enable Multichannel mode to access all 4, 8 or 16 recording channels
** Use the 32-channel version of the software (Avisoft RECORDER 32 Channels, C:\Program Files (x86)\Avisoft Bioacoustics\RECORDER\recorder32.exe) to record from more than 8 channels

Recording and analysis software

#10301 (10302) Sound recording software Avisoft-RECORDER (multichannel version) or
#10201 (10202) Sound recording software Avisoft-RECORDER (single-channel version)
#10101 (10102) Analysis software Avisoft-SASLab Pro

Additional Recources

Tutorial on field recording
Field recorder Microphone Input Noise Comparision