Call
In UltraVox XT, a call is any animal vocalization considered as a discrete unit. A call is either selected manually by drawing a rectangle around it or detected automatically based on a number of parameters, like the frequency minimum and maximum acceptable values.
Experiment
In UltraVox XT, an experiment is a container of one or multiple recordings. An experiment also contain microphone settings like the Gain used, and the analysis results. You can create as many experiments as you like. Normally an experiment contains recordings related to a specific experimental work.
Gain
A measure of the ability to increase the amplitude of the signal coming from the microphone. In UltraVox XT, there are two types of gain: that in the software itself and the microphone internal gain.
Independent variable
Any variable that is supposed not to vary during a recording, for example mouse strain, or day after treatment. You can use one independent variable to label recordings.
Recording
Uninterrupted record of audio in form of a digital audio file. In UltraVox XT, you can obtain a recording either from a microphone or by importing an audio file.
Sample rate
Also known as sampling frequency. This is the number of samples of a variable (in the case of sound, the signal coming from a microphone) collected in one second. The full-spectrum microphones provided with UltraVox XT have a sample rate of 384 kHz.
Template
In UltraVox XT, a call template is a call definition stored in such a way it can be applied to different experiments.