Sound recorder
Record sound directly in the field with your NaturaList application. As it happens with images, the sound will be linked to an observation and its details.
As a call and/or song may be unpredictable, there is a quick access to camera and microphone that allows you to record sound before entering place and species. It is still possible to do it the standard way as you enter the observation.
Sound can be recorded at two different stages:
- as additional information after entering the observation (see wiki section Mobile interface > Directly in the field > Plus > Media for details.
- before entering the observation (see below for details).
Except for some protocols (requires special rights to access them), it is currently not possible to do playback from NaturaList.
To record sound before entering your observation:
1. Open NaturaList as usual.
2. Use quick key "Blue microphone" (number 3 in image below) to open the sound recorder.
Media. Quick access.
2. Add a photo: Click to open the camera.
3. Record a sound: Click to open the sound recorder.
It is not possible to upload a file from your document: please add it to an observation with the detail panel "Media".
3. Once in the recording module, press the "yellow microphone" icon (number 2 on image NaturaList Sound recorder step 1) to start recording.
4. Stop the record at any point with the stop button (number 2 on image NaturaList sound recorder step 2).
5. Adjust the part of the recording to keep (number 5 on image NaturaList sound recorder step 3) it is only possible to listen the recording at this stage.
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NaturaList Soundrecorder step 3 Recording adjustement.
6. Play |
- 1. Close: Click to stop the process, no recording occurs, back home screen.
- 1. Close: Click to stop the process, no recording occurs, back home screen.
- 2. Start: Click to start recording. A live spectrogram is shown while the recorder is working.
- 2. Start: Click to start recording. A live spectrogram is shown while the recorder is working.
- 3. Stop: Click to stop recording. The minimum time before recording is 3 seconds.
- 3. Stop: Click to stop recording. The minimum time before recording is 3 seconds.
- 4. Time:Indicate the time of the recording in progress.
- 4. Time:Indicate the time of the recording in progress.
- 5. Live spectrogram: In that area you can see the "live" spectrogram the sound you are recording.
- 5. Live spectrogram: In that area you can see the "live" spectrogram the sound you are recording.
- 6. Play: Click to hear your sound.
- 6. Play: Click to hear your sound.
- 7. Adjust: Use those buttons if you want to resize your sound.
- 7. Adjust: Use those buttons if you want to resize your sound.
- 8. Full spectrogram: Spectrogram of the full recording:here you see the full spectrogram.
- 8. Full spectrogram: Spectrogram of the full recording:here you see the full spectrogram.
- 9. Move: This allow you to navigate in your sound to be at the right time where the interesting part is.
- 9. Move: This allow you to navigate in your sound to be at the right time where the interesting part is.
6. Validate. this confirm the selection you did, then don't forget the usual steps to enter a data: place, species, details and validate, otherwise your sound is not recorded and you'll loose it!
7. Enter the observation as usual (you are taken directly to the "Place" screen described in wiki section Mobile interface > Submitting records > Directly in the field > Place.
NOTE
The sound recording always needs to be associated to an observation. Otherwise, the recording will be deleted.