Equipment Links

• Soundcards and Portable Audio Interfaces
  
  Aardvark Multichannel soundcards (Direct Pro Q10 with 8 XLR mic preamps)
  Audiotrak Maya
  Avisoft-UltraSoundGate 124 P48 compact 24Bit/192kHz USB audio interface with mic preamp for mobile laptop recording
  Edirol USB audio-interfaces UA-1, UA-3, UA-5, suited for notebook computers
  Hoontech
  MIDIMAN multichannel soundcards
  SEK'D multichannel soundcards
  Terratec multichannel soundcards
  Turtle Beach
  Emagic multichannel USB audio Interface A62 m with 6 inputs
  


• High-Speed Data Acquisition Boards compatible to Avisoft-RECORDER
  
  Avisoft-UltraSoundGate
  Data Translation
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  Lynx Studio Technology
  Measurement Computing (formerly ComputerBoards)
  National Instruments
  


• Portable Recorders
  
  Avisoft-UltraSoundGate 124 P48 compact 24Bit/192kHz USB audio recording interface with mic preamp and trigger button for mobile laptop recording
  HHB
  Marantz Solid State / Microdrive recorder PMD670
  Nagra
  SoundDevices 722 harddisk recorder
  Tascam DAT recorder DA-P1
  

See the page on Audio Compression Effects, why MiniDisk or MP3 systems should not be used for recordings, that require in-depth analysis.



• Microphones
  
  AKG
  DPA microphones
  Neumann
  Rode
  Sennheiser
  Shure
  Schoeps
  Telinga
  
  For information on the distortion added by parabolic microphones see Frequency response curves of parabolas.
  
  
  Ultrasound microphones with mylar diaphragms
  
  Ultra Sound Advice
  
  
  Ultrasound microphones with metal diaphragms
  
  Brüel & Kjær
  G.R.A.S
  Larson-Davis
  
  
  Hydrophones
  
  Cetacean Research Technology
  RESON
  
  
  
• Microphone Pre-Amplifiers
  
  Shure FP24 (portable)
  Tascam MA-8 (stationary 8-channel amplifier)
  MIDIMAN Audio Buddy and DMP3 (stationary 2-channel preamps)
  


• Notebook Computers
  
  Acer
  Asus
  Compaq
  Dell
  Digital
  Fujitsu
  JVC
  Panasonic
  Sony
  Toshiba
  
  
• Methodological Advices
  
  NSA: Wildlife Sound Recording
  Cornell University: Equipment
  Cornell University: TECHNIQUES FOR AUDIO RECORDING VOCALIZATIONS OF TROPICAL BIRDS