What is the best for EVP's?

Question

I'm a paranormal researcher and I was wondering what is best for catching EVPs? Digital magnifies the sound of even crickets to where I cant hear anything else. I don't have hundreds of dollars to spend either.

Answer 1

Digital doesn't actually "magnify" sound. If you are hearing things that you don't wish, then it is actually the technique that you are using. It may mean that you are using the wrong sort of microphone (directional facing the wrong way the use of an omnidirectional microphone in the wrong application.

Most people use digital because of the simplicity of the tools available for analyzing the audio afterward, and for being able to isolate various sounds. You might want to check into a program called Audacity. It is freely available on the web and has features such as noise reduction, repeating sections and more. It takes a while to learn to use if you haven't used this sort of software before, but it is quite powerfu. It might help you out.

Answer 2

I've used a digital camera with the video setting as an EVP once, on accident. I was taping waving at the camera with my sister and goofing around, and when we played it back, A very eerie, low, raspy mans voice can be heard saying something. As for magnifying other sounds, we were inside so it worked fine.

Answer 3

Voices of the Dead?
This is exactly what is happening, according to some people. If you listen carefully, they say, you can hear the voices of the dead in tape recordings.

What do the voices of the dead sound like? Here are two examples of actual recordings where people claim to hear spoken words, the words of the dead.

This from the webpage http://members.tripod.com/~GSOLTESZ/evp.htm#listen:
“In this EVP recording, you can hear a voice saying, almost in agony, ..."Save Me."
You might have to play it a couple of times but you can't miss it. This recording has only been enhanced by myself using a sound editing program. The reason was to cut down on the "noise" and "bring out" the actual voice.

o "Save Me"
(click on title link to listen to .wav file)

Here are two other examples from Dr. Michael Daniels, psychologist and parapsychologist (www.mdani.demon.co.uk)

o Example 1
o Example 2

The website instructs:
"To hear the voices at their best you should play them at maximum volume through headphones. In both cases you should be able to hear a definite "English" male voice. You may need to replay the recordings several times in order to make out the words, which are quite indistinct. The first clip seems to be saying something like "do you like potatoes?". The second clip sounds to me rather like "five thirty and four-eye". Different words may suggest themselves to you." (Dr. Daniels points out that there is divided opinion about the reality of EVP).

Electronic Voice Phenomena

So – it’s not so easy to hear the voices, is it? These are examples of what are called electronic voice phenomena, or EVP.

We are informed by another website that:

“EVP is a process whereby unexplained snatches of voice or voices are embedded onto magnetic recording tape by a process that is not yet fully understood. The embedded "ghost" voice can be heard when the magnetic audio tape is played back on a standard tape recorder/player.”
(www.hauntedhike.com)

http://members.tripod.com/%7EGSOLTESZ/evp.htm#listen

Love & Blessings
Milly

Answer 4

taps or the atlantic paranormal society used to have a link on there sight were you could download the software to amplifye evps for free i dont know if it is still there or not you could check any search engine and find results just type in evp issolation software free download im sure youll find something thatll help.

Answer 5

Check the settings on your recorder. Most digital recorders have quality settings. I always use my olympus on LP. The RCA, on the other hand has to be on HQ. Just play around until you find the one that works best.

Answer 6

They normally use voice activated recorders.