Create a New Pattern Matching Template

Overview

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Creating a Pattern Matching Template

This article will show you how to create a Template which can be used when creating a new Pattern Matching job. 

For an in-depth video tutorial on how to creates Templates and run a Pattern Matching job, we suggest you check out our WildLabs Tech Tutors talk here.

Steps

1. Click Visualizer on the main menu and select a thumbnail.

2.  Search for the call/song of the focal species in the selected recording. Search for a call/song that has a strong signal (low signal-to-noise ratio) and does not overlap with sounds from other species. Alternatively, you can upload recordings from other sources (e.g., xeno-canto) to create a template. 

3. In the Visualizer menu, select Templates. Drag a box around the call/song. Assign a name to the template and select the species/call type. The species/call type should have previously been added to the project. If it wasn't, you will need to Add a Species first, refresh this page, and then resume this process. 

You can see the templates in Data by selecting Templates menu

For an in-depth video tutorial on how to creates Templates and run a Pattern Matching job, check out our WildLabs Tech Tutors talk here.