"Nico Coesel"
** The answer is an analogue pitch shifter that adds a fixed frequency ( say 30Hz) to the signal coming from the hydrophone. Whale noises previously in the *sub-sonic* range on will then appear in the easily audible range.All other noises, from whales or *whatever*, that the hydrophone receives in the audible range from a few hundred Hertz up will be heard just as usual.
The other solutions do NOT offer the latter HUGE advantage.
Pitch shifting, time altering and modulation methods are all inappropriate for this app.
....... Phil