Disclaimer: I have advanced knowledge of Python, R, and Matlab, so we can skip the basics (such as how to load a file into a programing environment).
The quest is to somehow decode data from .dat files obtained during recording sessions with SonoTrack. There seems to be no information about data encoding in their sparse documentation. I would like to avoid brute-forcing the encoding. Thanks in advance!
Sample data (3 min long) is available here.
The fact that the presentation of SonoTrack talks about Avisoft (i,e. 3rd party SW) is for me an indication that data is simply binary. If you could provide access to a small sample, one could look into hex code and complete this answer.
Or you could read simply data and uint8 and deduce format (int16,int32,float). If you do that and find correct format, I would suggest to prove answer to your own question.
Edit: So far found: 16 bit PCM litle endian
Edit2: Data seem to be 16 bit PCM; little endian; 32 kHz sampling: (2:44 min:sec total length); 3 kHz HP filter. checked with audacity
Comment: If the data are indeed raw without header, as concluded from hexedit and audacity, there must be another file with meta data (sampling frequency, number of channels, etc.)
