SonicWild is a real-time, spatially-aware ecoacoustic monitoring platform that tells researchers not just what sounds are in an environment — but exactly where they come from in 3D space.
Built for the field. Connects to a network of remote sensor nodes to triangulate and visualize bioacoustic events live — on a map, in a 3D hemisphere, and as a real-time spectrogram.
Currently in advanced development — early access available for research partners.
In dense ecosystems — tropical forests, wetlands, and wildlife corridors — identifying the exact location and elevation of a biological sound (a frog call, a bird species, a primate) using human observation alone is extremely difficult and time-consuming.
SonicWild changes that. It is a Windows desktop application that connects to a network of custom acoustic sensor nodes deployed across a research site. Using on-device spatial audio processing, it triangulates incoming sound sources and renders them live as directional rays on a 2D map, as a 3D hemisphere showing azimuth and elevation, and as a real-time spectrogram displaying frequency signatures.
Researchers gain a complete, spatially-accurate acoustic picture of their environment — in real time, and operable entirely offline in remote field conditions.
Azimuth 0°–360° · Elevation 0°–90° — a spatial picture of every sound source.
Know the direction and elevation of every sound source, not just its frequency.
Fully functional without internet. Designed for remote field use, not just the lab.
Coordinate multiple sensor nodes simultaneously across a deployment site.
From live triangulation to offline maps to archive management — SonicWild is a complete acoustic field research platform.
Visualize real-time acoustic events as they happen. Sound sources are rendered as directional rays on an interactive map — Blue Rays (Tracks) for stable, confirmed sound sources, and Red Rays (Pots) for short-lived potential detections.
For each sensor node, open a full 3D hemisphere viewer showing the azimuth (0°–360°) and elevation (0°–90°) of incoming sounds in real time. Understand not just the direction, but the height at which a sound originates.
A live, high-performance frequency-vs-time spectrogram (0–20 kHz) streams directly from any connected sensor node. Identify species calls, noise events, and acoustic patterns as they unfold.
SonicWild fuses spatial directional data from multiple sensor nodes to compute a single, unified 3D source position — overlaid on the live map in real time.
Choose between live Google Maps satellite imagery for online environments, or Leaflet offline tile maps for remote areas with no connectivity. Offline map tiles are downloaded and cached within the application itself.
Discover sensor nodes automatically on the local network, read their live status, push configuration updates, and start or stop recordings — all over SSH, directly from the SonicWild interface.
Organize every field deployment into a named Project. Store base camp GPS coordinates, position microphone nodes visually on the map, and persist all settings in a portable local database.
Browse .raw and .wav audio files stored on connected sensor nodes. Stream for in-app playback or download them locally — synchronized with full spectrogram and 3D visualization.
Two built-in setup wizards for the field: a 4-step Live Session Wizard (site coverage → node placement → recording config → launch) and a 3-step Passive Session Wizard (grid setup → schedule → deploy).
Stream real-time audio — mono or 4-channel — from any connected sensor node directly to your desktop for immediate acoustic assessment during a live session.
Place Chatak sensor nodes across your research site. Each node is a self-contained acoustic sensor that captures and processes sound locally. Connect them to a shared local WiFi network.
Launch SonicWild on your Windows laptop. The application automatically discovers all sensor nodes on the network. Set your GPS reference point, position nodes on the map, and configure your session in minutes using the guided setup wizard.
Watch acoustic events appear live on the map as directional rays. Observe their 3D spatial position in the hemisphere viewer. Read frequency signatures on the spectrogram — all simultaneously, all in real time.
The acoustic sensor at the heart of every SonicWild deployment.
Each SonicWild deployment is powered by Chatak Nodes — compact, field-ready acoustic sensor units built on the Raspberry Pi platform. Each node is equipped with a 4-channel microphone array and runs ODAS (Open embeddeD Audition System), an open-source spatial audio processing engine.
Chatak nodes perform all spatial audio computation on-device — beamforming, source separation, and directional localization — and stream the processed results to the SonicWild desktop application in real time over the local network.
SonicWild is designed for teams that need acoustic intelligence in the most demanding environments.
Locate and track specific animal calls across a habitat in real time. Understand the spatial distribution of vocal species without requiring constant manual observation in the field.
Deploy acoustic monitoring networks in protected areas to document biodiversity, detect disturbance events, and generate data-backed evidence for conservation impact reporting.
Monitor forest soundscapes and biodiversity indices across large managed areas. SonicWild's offline-first design makes it viable for locations with no cellular or internet connectivity.
Set up low-maintenance passive recording networks that operate on scheduled duty cycles, enabling continuous long-term data collection without requiring permanent staff presence at the site.
Here's what's on the development roadmap.
Deploy TFLite models — including BirdNET and custom species classifiers — directly from SonicWild to connected sensor nodes. Automated on-device species identification.
One-click generation of activity and biodiversity reports from acoustic session data.
Push configuration updates and commands to multiple sensor nodes simultaneously.
Advanced scheduling interface for complex long-term duty-cycle deployments.
SonicWild is approaching its first research site field deployments with conservation partners.
Anamtya Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is the company behind SonicWild. We build applied technology for ecological and environmental monitoring — tools that are as functional in a remote forest as they are in a research laboratory.
SonicWild is our flagship product: a spatially-aware, real-time ecoacoustic monitoring platform designed to give researchers a true 3D window into the acoustic environment of natural ecosystems.
We are currently in the final stage of SonicWild's development, working toward the first real-world field deployments with research and conservation partners.
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SonicWild is built on a foundation of powerful open-source technologies. We are proud to use and build upon:
Spatial audio processing running on each Chatak sensor node
Open-source mapping and offline tile support
3D hemisphere visualization
Frontend UI framework
Backend runtime
Desktop application shell
Hardware platform for Chatak sensor nodes
SonicWild is not yet publicly available. If you are a researcher, conservation organization, forest department, or government agency interested in early access or a research partnership, we'd love to hear from you.
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