Recording your own EVP's
If you are viewing this page then you are probably interested in learning to attempt to record your "own" EVP's
Equipment needed:
A full size or miniature cassette tape recorder. This should be the "old fashioned" type that uses magnetically recorded
cassette tapes.
New cassette tapes
This is important...because if you "do" get something on your tape...you don't want to have the possibility there that is
some old recording "bleeding" through
An "External" microphone
If you try to use the built in microphone that comes with most recorders, all you will hear when you crank up the volume
is its own recorded motor and gear noises. Often...when you hear one...you click the stop button and then ask
yourself..."Did I just hear something...or did I imagine it?" That's how faint many EVP's are.
A set of headphones
I suppose you could dish out the bucks for an expensive pair...but you can get decent ones from Wal-Mart and cost
about $6.00
A home computer
A sound editing program
I recommend "Cool Edit". It works wonderfully for amplifying and cleaning up spirit voices. A single "two plug" wire for
connecting your recorder to your sound card jack on the back of your computer. This is just a simple speaker type wire
with an "earphone" jack on both ends.
When getting ready to use your recorder at a spirit site, test your recorder first. Turn on the recorder, sit it down and
walk around or carry it with you. If you sit it down...be sure to place the microphone as far away from the recorder as
possible. You won't believe how sensitive some recorders are.
Ron Fulkerson