On 29 Jan 00, at 3:00, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> > Biggest obstacle is finding good, flexible, cheap sound analysis
> > software, but that was 5 years ago.  May be common as dirt today.
> > Remember, you may need something a bit different than the software
> > packages used to edit music.
>
> Cheap software is useless for this purpose. Software doing what is
> needed (FFT) costed 2 years ago around 800$ and I don't belive you can
> get it cheaper today. Still - checking swarm tendencies takes with a
> apparatus dedicated for this purpose 15-30 seconds. Switching on and
> off included. It does not exist software available designed for this
> purpose, so the computer is NOT telling you directly what is going on
> in the beehive. You need to analyse what is on the screen and you need
> to know what must be analysed. Which means - to analyse sound from the
> beehive take minutes. For a specialist.

Have a look at -

http://www.daqarta.com/scrndx.htm

I would be very interested to know what you think it can't do.

It's a shareware program...

Daqarta is SHAREWARE. Unregistered copies may be freely
distributed as long as no fees are charged beyond a reasonable
and
customary copying fee, not to exceed US $10.
It will run very well on a scrap 80286 PC - can't think how to put a
value
on an 80286 these days - maybe 15Ukp or 20US$.

Joe Hemmens