Echo Meter Touch 2 bat detector for iOS - HIRE
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A fantastic bat detector to plug into your iPhone or iPad to enable you to see sonograms of the bat calls and record them for future analysis.
Pro model - if you're a serious bat worker or a professional, you'll need the Pro for its much better microphone and cleaner sonograms.
If you have a case on your Apple device, you'll need the Lightning Extender.
Flying at night, using ultrasonic vocalizations, bats can be hard for people to detect. But with the sophisticated technology inside the Echo Meter Touch 2 Pro, you can turn your iPhone into a professional-quality, interactive bat detector, allowing you to hear and record bats flying above you in real-time!
Echo Meter Touch 2 Pro can identify the most likely species of bats in your area.
There are thousands of bat species in the world, each with its own slightly different type of echolocation call. Every time you watch for a bat, Echo Meter Touch listens for it and processes the sound using highly complex, proprietary algorithms called 'classifiers'. In a split second, Echo Meter Touch shows you the most likely species of bat flying overhead. You can click on each species to learn more. Currently, Echo Meter Touch can identify bat species from North America, the Neotropics, the U.K., Europe and South Africa.
Discover the world of ultrasonic sound
Bat echolocation calls are ultrasonic - out of the range of human hearing. The Echo Meter Touch combines a special microphone with sophisticated circuitry and software to transform ultrasonic bats calls into audio that you can hear. Echo Meter Touch displays the bat calls on an interactive, scientific-level spectrogram. You can pause the audio, zoom in on each recording, and listen to it in more detail using one of three professional-level listening modes: Real-Time Expansion, heterodyne, and post-recording time expansion.
• Affordably priced for citizen science
• Listen to and record bat vocalizations in real-time
• Identifies the most likely species of bats via the free Echo Meter Touch app for iOS or Android*
• View bat echolocations in real-time on a color spectrogram
• Shows recording locations and path on a zoomable map
• Share your discoveries easily via text and email
*Auto ID classifiers are currently available for species in North America, U.K., Europe, Neotropics and South Africa.
Sample Rate
256k/384k samples per-second at 16 bits
Maximum Recording Frequency
192kHz
Gain Settings
3 selectable
Custom User Settings
• Audio Division Ratio for RTE, HET and TE
• Real-Time ID (ON/OFF)
• Nightly Sessions Mode (ON/OFF)
• Real-Time ID (ON/OFF)
• Auto-ID Sensitivity
• Save Noise Files (ON/OFF)
• Max Trigger Length
• Trigger Window
• Trigger Sensitivity
• Trigger Minimum Frequency
Enclosure
Rugged Polycarbonate housing with an integrated acoustical horn
Dimensions And Weight
• Width: 1.9" (48 mm)
• Length: 1.4" (35 mm)
• Length with connector: 1.7" (43 mm)
• Height: .39"-.62" (9.9 mm - 15.8 mm)
Echo Meter Touch App
The Echo Meter Touch App is free and available from the Apple App Store.
Listening Modes
RTE, heterodyne, and post-recording time expansion
Recording Format
Full-spectrum WAV
Species Auto-ID Regions
North America, the Neotropics, the U.K. and Europe, and South Africa
ECHO METER TOUCH 2 PRO
Echo Meter Touch 2 PRO is an innovative combination of hardware and software that lets you listen to, record and identify bats in real-time – on your Android or Apple iOS device.
The Echo Meter Touch 2 PRO Ultrasonic Module creates extremely quiet, high-quality recordings which are superior to those created by bat detectors costing much more. Bat calls enter the Module through an integrated acoustical horn, engineered to reduce unwanted echoes. The horn efficiently directs the sound into the Module’s ultra-quiet microphone element (the same used in the SMM-U2 ultrasonic microphone) which captures frequencies of up to 192kHz. The Module’s onboard computer converts the sound into digital data and streams it to the Echo Meter Touch app.
The app features a number of advanced software features designed specifically for professsional biologists: Choose a sample rate of 256kHz or 384kHz. Control recording amplitude by selecting one of three gain settings. Set specific trigger length, trigger window, trigger sensitivity and auto-trigger time. You can also choose audio division ratio for RTE, heterodyne, and time-expansion listening modes. You can even enable/disable Nightly Sessions Mode and Real-Time ID.
The Echo Meter Touch app transforms the Module’s streaming data into audio that you can hear – in real-time. It shows you the bat calls on an interactive spectrogram, and it employs the latest Kaleidoscope Pro classifiers that instantly identify the most likely species of bat being detected. It uses GPS to mark recordings with your location and path, and of course, it saves the recordings as 16-bit WAV files that can be easily shared for collaboration or transferred to a Mac or PC for further study.
The Echo Meter Touch App includes the same species classifiers offered in the desktop version of the Kaleidoscope Pro analysis software, covering bat species in North America, the Neotropics, U.K. and Europe, and South Africa.
At only £370, there’s no other professional bat research tool that offers this combination of portability, high-quality recording, species identification, and high-detail spectrogram analysis capabilities.
COMPATIBILITY
These devices are compatible with Echo Meter Touch 2 Pro using iOS version 11 or higher. This list is subject to change as devices age and Apple stops supporting updated operating systems.
- iPhone 12 mini, 12, 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max
- iPhone X, XS, XR, and XS Max
- iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
- iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
- iPhone SE original and 2nd generation
- iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
- iPad Pro 1st and 2nd generations (3rd and 4th generations has a USB-C connector instead of Lightning and will not work)
- iPad 5th generation or later
- iPad Air 2 and 3rd generation (4th generation has a USB-C connector instead of Lightning and will not work)
- iPad Mini 4th and 5th generations
- iPod Touch 7th generation
Bat Classifiers
Currently, we have bat species classifiers for North America, the Neotropics, the U.K. and Europe and South Africa. We're continually developing new classifiers as well as improving existing ones.
Note: Classifiers in the Echo Meter Touch app may lag the Kaleidoscope classifiers by several weeks. Watch for updates to the app to get the latest classifiers.
UK and Europe
Barbastella barbastellus (Western barbastelle)*, Eptesicus isabellinus (Meridional serotine), Eptesicus isabellinus(Meridional serotine), Eptesicus nilssonii (Northern), Eptesicus serotinus (Serotine)*, Hypsugo savii (Savi's pipistrelle), Miniopterus schreibersii (Common bent-wing), Miniopterus schreibersii (Common bent-wing), Myotis alcathoe(Alcathoe's), Myotis bechsteinii (Bechstein's)*, Myotis brandtii (Brandt's)*, Myotis capaccinii (Long-fingered), Myotis capaccinii (Long-fingered), Myotis dasycneme (Pond), Myotis daubentonii (Daubenton's)*, Myotis emarginatus(Geoffroy's), Myotis escalerai (Escalera's), Myotis escalerai (Escalera's), Myotis myotis (Greater mouse-eared), Myotis mystacinus (Whiskered), Myotis nattereri (Natterer's)*, Nyctalus lasiopterus (Greater noctule), Nyctalus leisleri (Lesser noctule)*, Nyctalus noctula (Common noctule)*, Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl's pipistrelle), Pipistrellus nathusii (Nathusius's pipistrelle)*, Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Common pipistrelle)*, Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Soprano pipistrelle)*, Plecotus auritus (Brown long eared)*, Plecotus austriacus (Grey long-eared), Plecotus austriacus (Grey long-eared), Rhinolophus euryale (Mediterranean horseshoe), Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Greater horseshoe)*, Rhinolophus hipposideros (Lesser horseshoe)*, Tadarida teniotis (European free-tailed), Tadarida teniotis (European free-tailed), Vespertilio murinus (Particoloured)
North America
Antrozous pallidus (Pallid), Corynorhinus townsendii (Townsend's big-eared bat), Eptesicus fuscus (Big brown), Euderma maculatum (Spotted), Eumops floridanus (Bonneted), Eumops perotis (Western mastiff), Eumops underwoodi(Underwood's bonneted), Lasionycteris noctivagans (Silver-haired), Lasiurus blossevilli (Western red), Lasiurus borealis(Eastern red), Lasiurus cinereus (Hoary), Lasiurus ega (Southern yellow), Lasiurus intermedius (Northern yellow), Lasiurus seminolus (Seminole bat), Lasiurus xanthinus (Western yellow), Macrotus californicus (California leaf-nosed), Molossus molossus (Pallas's mastiff), Mormoops megalophylla (Ghost faced), Myotis austroriparius (Southeastern myotis), Myotis californicus (California myotis), Myotis ciliolabrum (Western Small-footed), Myotis evotis (Long-eared myotis), Myotis grisescens (Gray), Myotis leibii (Small-footed), Myotis lucifugus (Little brown), Myotis occultus (Arizona myotis), Myotis septentrionalis (Northern long-eared myotis), Myotis sodalis (Indiana), Myotis thysanodes (Fringed myotis), Myotis velifer (Cave myotis), Myotis volans (Long-legged myotis), Myotis yumanensis (Yuma myotis), Nycticeius humeralis (Evening), Nyctinomops femorosaccus (Pocketed free-tailed), Nyctinomops macrotis (Big free-tailed), Parastrellus hesperus (Western pipistrelle), Perimyotis subflavus (Tricolored), Tadarida brasiliensis (Mexican free-tailed)
Neotropical
Antrozous pallidus (Pallid), Balantiopteryx io (Thomas's sac-winged), Balantiopteryx plicata (Gray sac-winged), Balantiopteryx plicata (Gray sac-winged), Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder's), Centronycteris centralis (Thomas's shaggy), Centronycteris maximiliani (Shaggy), Corynorhinus townsendii (Townsend's big-eared), Cynomops mexicanus(Mexican dog-faced), Diclidurus albus (Northern ghost), Eptesicus brasiliensis (Brazilian brown), Eptesicus furinalis(Argentine brown), Eptesicus fuscus (Big brown), Euderma maculatum (Spotted), Eumops glaucinus (Eumops floridanus), Eumops perotis (Western Mastiff), Eumops underwoodi (Underwood's bonneted), Lasionycteris noctivagans(Silver haired), Lasionycteris noctivagans (Silver-haired), Lasiurus blossevillii (Desert red), Lasiurus borealis (Eastern red), Lasiurus cinereus (Hoary), Lasiurus ega (Southern yellow), Lasiurus insularis (Cuban Yellow), Lasiurus intermedius (Northern yellow), Lasiurus seminolus (Seminole), Lasiurus xanthinus (Western yellow), Lasiurus xanthinus(Western yellow), Macrotus californicus (California leaf-nosed), Macrotus californicus (California leaf-nosed), Molossus molossus (Velvety free-tailed), Molossus rufus (Black mastiff), Molossus sinaloae (Sinaloan mastiff), Myotis occultus(Arizona myotis), Myotis velifer (Cave myotis), Nyctinomops femorosaccus (Pocketed free-tail), Nyctinomops macrotis (Big free-tailed)
South Africa
Chaerophon pumilus (Little free-tailed), Eptesicus hottentotus (Long-tailed house), Laephotis botswanae (Botswanan long-eared), Miniopterus natalensis (Natal long-fingered), Myotis bocagei (Rufous mouse-eared), Neoromicia capensis(Cape serotine), Pipistrellus hesperidus (Dusky pipistrelle), Rhinolophus blasii (Blasius's horseshoe), Rhinolophus capensis (Cape horseshoe), Rhinolophus clivosis (Geoffroy's horseshoe), Rhinolophus denti (Dent's horseshoe), Rhinolophus fumigatus (Rüppell's horseshoe), Rhinolophus hildebrandtii (Hildebrandt's horseshoe), Rhinolophus landeri(Lander's horseshoe), Rhinolophus simulator (Bushveld horseshoe), Rhinolophus smithersi (Smithers's horseshoe), Rhinolophus swinnyi (Swinny's horseshoe), Sauromys petrophilus (Roberts's flat-headed ), Scotophilus dinganii (African yellow), Scotophilus Nigrita (Schreber's yellow), Tadarida aegyptiaca (Egyptian free-tailed)
NOTE: Auto ID is intended for use in analyzing recordings of single bats in free flight, low clutter environments. Recordings of roost emergence, multiple bats, captive bats, bats in high-clutter environments or bat social calls are not suitable for Auto ID and results may not be accurate.