[linux-audio-user] recording bats?

[Chris Cannam]

On Monday 08 Nov 2004 20:17, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> I just had a crazy idea ... Sorry if this is off topic a bit. Does
> anyone know what frequency ranges bats use? Would a 96KHz 24bit card be
> able to capture anything useful from their sounds?

Depends on the bats, but generally yes.  Some of them are on the edge of the 
human hearing range (I used to be able to hear the bats at my parents' house, 
although my hearing is no longer quite good enough).

First Google hit for "frequency range of bats" is a bit less optimistic than I 
am:

  http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/JuanCancel.shtml

Either way, wouldn't the microphone be more of a limiting factor than the 
soundcard?


Chris