Software for the analysis of species-specific vocalizations

Vocalization calls are behaviorally relevant complex sounds that typically contain several harmonics and show frequency and amplitude modulation. In this paper, an introduction to a software tool for the analysis of species-specific vocalizations is presented. The algorithm automatically or under user supervision detects time-varying amplitude and frequency parameters, which can serve for the statistical analysis of calls or as the substrate for the manipulation and synthesis of artificial calls. The described program and its results will be used in studying the representation of complex sounds in the central nervous system.