Fonoteca Neotropical Jacques Vielliard (FNJV), associated with the Museu de Diversidade Biológica at UNICAMP, provides special services related to wildlife recording and audiovisual files analysis and editing.
If you want to request sound, photos, and/or video files for academic and research purposes (nonprofit objectives), please, fill out the form on Requests.
Please, read carefully the terms and conditions of the service request, before completing and submitting this form
Conditions for service requests and use of sound and video files granted by FNJV
All service requests will be submitted to an analysis by FNJV’s curators, prior to authorization; thereby, completing this form does not guarantee that FNJV will provide the service. Services charges can be negotiated depending on the customer’s project objectives and uses (commercial or nonprofit).
Projects including sound and/or video files provided by FNJV (edited or not), must be described as thoroughly as possible. FNJV must be referred as the files source in all final products, projects, and promotional materials.
Recordings granted by FNJV through Service Request may be used only once (one project or product) exactly as specified in the original proposal. Any use changes must be communicated to FNJV as soon as possible, and, in these cases, prices and fees could be renegotiated.
Main services, fees, and deadlines
a) Species identification based on audiovisual records: USD 20.00 /species - 1 working day for every 2 cuts or species;
b) Purchase of sound files belonging to FNJV's collection without edition (original file cataloged in FNJV): USD 26.00 /sound file – 1 business day for every 10 recordings. Note: the length of each recording file is variable (from a few seconds to several minutes) and depends on the original recording deposited in FNJV's collection;
c) Purchase of sound files belonging to FNJV's collection with edition: USD 30.00 /sound file – 1 business day for every 4 recordings. Note: the length of each recording file is variable (from a few seconds to several minutes) and depends on the original recording deposited in FNJV's collection;
d) Purchase of video files belonging to FNJV's collection: contact us for pricing and deadlines;
e) Sound files digitizing (magnetic and cassette tapes): 20.00 USD/tape - 1 business day for every 5 cuts;
f) Organizing and maintaining sound and video files (mainly magnetic and cassette tapes): USD 1.99 /tape/monthly;
g) Sound analysis and sonograms: USD 26.00 /tape - 1 business day for every 5 cuts or specific parts of the sound;
h) Development of software and apps dedicated to bioacoustics: contact us for pricing and deadlines.
Comments: deadlines start after payment confirmation by FUNCAMP. Prices are calculated in US commercial Dollars, subjected to daily exchange rates. The sound edition includes: a) recording standard duration (defined by the customer); b) inclusion of effects such as silence, fade in, and fade out; c) power equalization; d) noise reduction; e) other special requests. Files will be digitally available for download in .wav and/or .mp3 formats, at 48kHz and 24 bits (other settings will be considered sound edition).