NOTE: Because of Windows XP Service Pack 2's aggressive behavior with audio CDs, we have been unable to make AviSys Song perform up to our quality standards. We regret that we have had to remove Song from the product line.

AviSys Song

Note : AviSys Song is a Separate Program

The Most Effective Way To Improve Your Bird Song ID Skills!
The Most Effective Way To Have a Whole Lot of Fun!

This thing is so much fun your kids will get mad at you for hogging the PC!

How many times have you stared at an Empid, wondering if you should ask for a DNA sample? Or stood in the woods, in a symphony of bird song, wondering if there was anything good in there? Most of us really need to know our bird songs and calls better. Read on to learn about the solution that will have you smiling while you are becoming a smarter birder.

Note: If you have been terribly disappointed by the sound quality on multimedia CD-ROM packages, these are true music-quality, audio CDs, not the terribly distorted compressed WAV and QTime files you typically find on multimedia CD-ROMs. These audio CDs provide the kind of crystal-clear sound you need to study bird songs.

AviSys Song Features

Provides complete control and manipulation of the most popular bird song CD sets.
Play individual bird songs by simply clicking on the bird names.
Set up groups of birds on the Song Stage and compare their songs.
Have songs played randomly from the Song Stage.
Take quizzes and get instant feedback. Review your mistakes. Keep score.
Save your favorite groups for replay at any time.
Save the quiz birds you missed so you can study them later.
Turn narration on and off (except during the quiz, of course).
View a bird’s state checklist status while you are listening to its song.
Switch CDs at any time—Song notices the change and sets up the new bird list.

Supported CD Sets

Peterson’s Eastern/Central, 1 CD, 267 species - $19.95 New lower price from the publisher!
Peterson’s Western, 2 CDs, 522 species - $24.95 New lower price from the publisher!
National Geographic, 2 CDs, 180 species - $24.95
Songbirds of...
Rocky Mountain Foothills, 1 CD, 33 species - $14.95
Southwest Canyon Country 1 CD, 66 species - $14.95

**Birding By Ear CDs not supported

Requirements

AviSys Song requires one or more of the above CD sets; Microsoft Windows, Windows 95/98/Me/200,XP; a CD-ROM player; either earphones or a sound board and speakers. If you don’t have a sound board, check your CD drive for an earphone jack and volume control. If it has them, go to Radio Shack to get an inexpensive set of earphones.

Pricing

AviSys Song software is $59.95 plus $4.00 shipping and handling.

If you don’t already have the bird song CDs you need, we can also provide them, as priced above. Shipping and handling for CD sets is $2 per set when ordered with the software.

Recommendations

If you don’t already have CDs we recommend you start with the Peterson’s set for your region. If your birding takes you into the other region, we recommend you get that Peterson's set; it will provide not only the new birds not covered in your region, but the regional dialects of birds that occur in both regions. For example, the Song Sparrow songs in the Peterson’s Western were recorded in California and Oregon, while for the Peterson’s Eastern they were recorded in Ohio and New York. The National Geographic set is useful to round out a collection or to simply provide more examples of individual birds. The “Songbirds of” sets provide more individual detail, in both narration and song, of birds of the covered areas.

Sold only to:

...those who get a thrill listening to a Canyon Wren,
smile at the song of a Yellowthroat,
get optimistic hearing a Prairie Warbler,
and marvel at a Swainson's Thrush.