Phil Atkin
@ramoneskaraoke.bsky.social
I make software, electronics and 3D prints to enable people on tiny budgets to hear and record the extraordinary sounds of bats. Big fan of wildlife, of records with prominent guitars and snappy snares, and every second of the 1970s.
Since today was the #NatBatConf I had to pop outside for a bat walk. More of a bat dash to be honest, I was only outside for 7 minutes, here's the first minute after I closed the front door behind me - 4 or 5 species in here, plus a fox, highlight was 3 big, fast Serotines whipping inches overhead.
September 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Since today was the #NatBatConf I had to pop outside for a bat walk. More of a bat dash to be honest, I was only outside for 7 minutes, here's the first minute after I closed the front door behind me - 4 or 5 species in here, plus a fox, highlight was 3 big, fast Serotines whipping inches overhead.
Stick it on your guitar, 4 built-in kits, 8-bit companded samples, the whole point being the "Guitar body noises" kit to make KT Tunstall / Ed Sheeran / Danish Pete looped noises using just a magnetic soundhole pickup. I'll publish this for folks to build, but THERE WILL BE ZERO TECH SUPPORT.
August 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Stick it on your guitar, 4 built-in kits, 8-bit companded samples, the whole point being the "Guitar body noises" kit to make KT Tunstall / Ed Sheeran / Danish Pete looped noises using just a magnetic soundhole pickup. I'll publish this for folks to build, but THERE WILL BE ZERO TECH SUPPORT.
Brilliant evening of bush cricket detection last night. Such a shame that those noisy annoying bats kept butting in and ruining my recordings ...
July 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Brilliant evening of bush cricket detection last night. Such a shame that those noisy annoying bats kept butting in and ruining my recordings ...
I've been quiet on the bat front for the last month because I've been coding and building a drum machine to use with a looper pedal. Guitar goes in, guitar or drums comes out, selected by a switch. 3 sampled kits, 1 modelled. Build cost under £10. No support will be provided, at all. So don't ask.
July 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I've been quiet on the bat front for the last month because I've been coding and building a drum machine to use with a looper pedal. Guitar goes in, guitar or drums comes out, selected by a switch. 3 sampled kits, 1 modelled. Build cost under £10. No support will be provided, at all. So don't ask.
Here’s what bats ACTUALLY sound like if you slow them down 16x.
July 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here’s what bats ACTUALLY sound like if you slow them down 16x.
Serotine outside the front door last night, and so close above my head - 4 feet ish - it was clipping harder than Roger Taylor's drumming on Sheer Heart Attack. But had it not been so close I would have struggled to see it, lots of tree cover and getting dark at almost half past ten last night.
July 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Serotine outside the front door last night, and so close above my head - 4 feet ish - it was clipping harder than Roger Taylor's drumming on Sheer Heart Attack. But had it not been so close I would have struggled to see it, lots of tree cover and getting dark at almost half past ten last night.