Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.18 (06 May 2014)

.wav file splitting functionality added (commands “Monitoring”/”Split .wav files(s)” and “Options”/”.wav file split trigger settings…”). By selecting the “trigger” option “USG TRG button” on the “.wav file split trigger settings” dialog box it is now possible (in the “permanent (unlimited)” recording mode) to create new .wav files by pressing the UltraSoundGate trigger button.

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.2.07 (06 December 2013)

The command “File/Specials/Add channels(s) from file…” has been expanded in order to align the time axis of the two .wav files based on the UltraSoundGate DI tracks containing either SMPTE or LANC timecode. In order to get this work, the “absolute clock time” option and the “SMPTE” or “LANC timecode on USG DI (LSB)” listbox […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.17 (20 August 2013)

Bug fix for the playback with the UltraSoundGate Player 216H (solves a problem that can lead to random dropouts/clicks on some computers). The Player 216H can now also be used on Windows XP. The Weather data logging functionality has been extended in order to acquire the temperature and humidity of a second Davis Intruments station. […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.16 (21 May 2013)

The new RECORDER USGH Trigger option “left-click / touch window area” has been added in order to improve the usability of the software on tablet PC’s. The File Name Options command has got the new option “GPS” that will append the current coordinates to the .wav file name.

Avisoft-UltraSoundGate 116Hnm (11 May 2013)

The new UltraSoundGate 116Hnm variants represent the smallest and least expensive members of the UltraSoundGate product family. The bundled Avisoft-RECORDER USGH software provides a number of unique functions that can turn a compact Windows tablet PC into a powerful bat detector with capabilities that are not available in any other competitive product.

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.2.07 (08 May 2013)

The label editing dilaog box has been extended in order to accelerate the intercative editing of a series of labels. The newly added “proceed to next” option will move the focus of it to the next label when the OK/Next button is clicked (rather than closing the dialog box).

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.16 (12 April 2013)

The new “pause” option on the command “Monitoring” / “Shutdown / Sleep time…” has been added in order to reduce the power consumption on PC’s that do not support a sleep mode. The command “Monitoring” / “Daily alarm actions…” adds the option “Move recorded files to external drive”, which can be help minimizing the power […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.2.07 (08 March 2013)

New “Energy” and “dB” parameters on the Pulse Train Analysis tool. The zoom functionality has been imroved for touch screen operation (the former pan function on the main windows now also allows to zoom in and out by vertical dragging gestures. Frequency resonse files (.flf) can now also be defined with (negative) logarithmic attenuation values […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.15 (21 December 2012)

The new “sleep” option on the command “Monitoring”/”Shutdown / Sleep time…” facilitates putting a laptop or tablet computer regularly to sleep in order to extend the battery life in long-term monitoring applications. Resume from sleep and hibernation now functions smoothly even if the monitoring was running at the time when the PC was put to […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.2.06 (29 October 2012)

The new command “File”/”Heterodyned playback mode…” allows playing back ultrasound recordings just like on a common heterodyne bat detector (virtual bat detector mode), which can help understand how bat detectors work or may be useful to those who are used to work with heterodyne bat detectors and would like to continue this method on full […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.13 (10 September 2012)

The newly implemented ESRI shapefile format (.shp) options on the GPS module provide a more straightforward interface to professional GIS applications such as ArcGIS or Quantum GIS. The optional user-defined dXML data records (including weather data) will also be saved directly into the shapefiles. The continuous KML tracklog file now optionally supports the “MultiTrack” format […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.12 (14 August 2012)

An additional ‘WAV File Folder’ device list box option supports batch processing of .wav files. That way, the Bat Call Filter can be applied for instance to recordings that have been made with third-party bat monitoring systems. The related option ‘copy source files into the subsolders ACCEPTED or REJECTED depending on the occurence of at […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.11 (21 June 2012)

The Bat Call Trigger Filter has been improved by adding a maximum duration limit option, which can help rejecting unwanted signals that look similar to bat calls but exhibit a longer duration. BUGFIX : The incorrect handling of file numbers (introduced in version 4.2.10, 20 April 2012) that can under some circumstances overwrite older .wav […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.2.04 (05 May 2012)

The Automatic Parameter Measurements window has got two preset buttons (“whistles” and “barks”) providing appropriate settings for either pure-tone, whistle-like vocalizations or noisy barks. The new “break” option allows directly measuring the silent time interval from the end of the preceding element to the start of the current element. SMPTE and LANC timecode can now […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.10 (05 May 2012)

The new commands Playback > Pause and Playback > Mute have been added The individual items in the log files are now separated by tab stop characters in order to better access them from Excel. The new options at “Options”/”Configuration management”/”Save mode on exit/” allow to define whether the configuration file should be saved when […]

Workshop on Mouse ultrasonic communication (16-17 April 2012)

Avisoft Bioaoustics sponsored the workshop on Mouse ultrasonic communication in Paris. See the Avisoft Bioacoustics presentation. The workshop nicely demonstrated that Avisoft Bioacoustics is the leading supplier of both ultrasound recording/playback hardware and sound analysis software for investigating USVs in rodents.

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.9 (26 March 2012)

The new “Options”/”Spectrogram Settings…” dialog box allows adjusting the FFT window and color map of the real-time spectrogram, similar to SASLab Pro/Lite. The new option “Options”/”Display”/”Status display” provides summarizing status information for long-term monitoring applications, which can be sent as compact email messages (from “Monitoring”/”Daily alarm actions…” > “create template for sendEmail.exe!”) The new trigger […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.2.03 (26 March 2012)

The main window waveform and spectrogram overview display has been improved. The new option “Optimize waveform and spectral envelope overviews” on the command “File”/”File Open Settings…” can significantly accelerate viewing large sound files without missing short sound events. The underlying waveform and spectrogram envelopes will be saved to disk when the option “save envelopes to […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.1.23 (24 February 2012)

An additional GPX/KML export tool on the metabease dialog box allows to export selected fields (columns) of the metabase table (containing GPS coordinates) into common .gpx or .kml waypoint files. The command Tools/Labels/Export label data… has been improved in order to facilitate the export of labels for (manual) measurement purposes. (see manual measurements using labels). […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.8 (06 February 2012)

The previous command “Monitoring” / “Test signal / Daily LOG File Reset…” has been replaced by the revised command “Monitoring” / “Daily alarm actions…”, which provides additional options for managing reference signal generators and level measurements in long-term monitoring applications that require regular microphone performance tests. The trigger buttons (button1, button2 and button3) can now […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.7 (09 November 2011)

The new command “Options”/”Weather station settings…” allows to read the current weather data directly from Kestrel 4xxx Pocket Weather Tracker and Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 / Vue / Envoy series devices, which can be embedded into the dXML and bext metadata chunks of the .wav files and the monitoring log files. Other weather stations that […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.1.20 (23 August 2011)

The newly implemented second time derivative in the Automatic Parameter Measurement tool (Location of measurements > more) allows to find reversal points in frequency contours (of bat echolocation calls). See an example. The metabase handling (command Metadata/Create virutal Metadatabase…) has been further improved.

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.1.19 (10 August 2011)

The new option “clock reference pulses on USG DI (LSB)” on the Time Axis Format dialog box can help syncronizing different data aquisition systems. The new option “Metadata”/”Save changes without prompting” can accelerate the process of entering metadata. The new command “File”/”Specials”/”Previous/Next file command settings…” allows to select the desired file order for the Previous/Next […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.5 (25 July 2011)

The new command “Monitoring”/”Trigger level calibration…” can be used to adjust the trigger levels in a precise and repeatable way, which is important for acoustic bat monitoring projects at wind energy facilities (see the German manual). The new command “Monitoring”/”Log file date format” selects the preferred date format (MM/DD/YY, YYYYMMDD or DD.MM.YY). The new Configuration […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.2.2 (21 May 2011)

The newly implemented automated call parameter measurements tool (command Options/Automated call measurements settings…) allows quantifying and classifying the detected calls in real-time. The created measurement log files provide a quick overview on the acquired data, which can certainly be useful for bat monitoring applications at remote field stations with low-bandwidth internet access (GSM, GPRS). The […]

Avisoft-SASLab Pro, version 5.1.14 (21 March 2011)

Loop playback option implemented (command File/Playback settings…). The “Avisoft Bioacoustics” data folder management has been improved in order to manage situations where the default folder /username/Documents cannot be accessed (in case the folder is located on a network drive). As a workaround, the desired path can now be specified in the user-created text file /Program […]

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.1.8 (21 January 2011)

The new option “active low” on the Control Output settings dialog box allows to modify the TTL output signal behavior. The new option “create playback log file” on the Playback settings dialog box allows to prevent the creation of the file playback.log.

Avisoft-RECORDER, version 4.1.6 (03 November 2010)

The newly implemented real-time oversampling option allows to play .wav files having any sample rate lower than 500 kHz directly through the UltraSoundGate Player 116, Player BL Light and Player BL Pro (including USG Player 216H). This new option also enables the direct playback of time-expanded recordings that have a sample rate of for instance […]

Introducing Avisoft-UltraSoundGate Player 216H (15 October 2010)

The new UltraSoundGate Player 216H provides two channel ultrasound playback at a sample rate of 1 MHz. The bundled RECORDER USGH playback software (version 4.1.4 or higher) includes a real-time oversampling tool that allows to play any 16 bit mono or stereo .wav file whose sample rate is