Showing posts with label evp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evp. Show all posts

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Coming Soon By PIE!!! The SRRD (Self Recording Raudive Diode)


Coming next month by PIE the SRRD!!! This piece of equipment is a Raudive Diode that records without having to plug it into any recorder or other device. The way this item works: it has its own internal 8gb storage, it also has its own rechargeable battery. With a full charge it will run and record for 15 hours, it has a on/off switch, led light (to show when its recording, when it was shut off, low battery and charging). Its easy to upload the files it records to the computer via USB (that is also the way it charges). Basically you just turn it on and continue your investigation. It is small enough to either be hand held or just sit on a table when doing an EVP session. I also build a basic Raudive Diode that plugs into a recorder. If your not familiar with the Raudive Diode or have questions about how it works, email me at info@paranormalinvestigationsequipment.com, contact me from my website or message me on Facebook.

PIE's SRRD

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Is the Zoom H2N recorder the best portable recorder for paranormal investigating? You decide!!!

Zoom H2n – Representing a new generation of portable recording, the H2n is Zoom’s most innovative handheld recorder to date. 
From film and broadcast, to journalism, podcasting, musical performance, songwriting and rehearsal, the H2n provides amazing recording quality.


New Mics, New Sound
The H2n features Zooms best microphones yet and is the only portable recorder with five mic capsules onboard. This design enables the H2n to offer four unique recording modes: Mid-Side (MS) stereo, 90-degree X/Y stereo, 2-channel and 4-channel surround sound.
The First Portable Mid-Side Recorder
The H2n is the first hand-held recorder to offer Mid-Side stereo recording, a technique used for many years in film and broadcast, where ambiance and surrounding noise are crucial. Mid-Side recording combines a uni-directional Mid mic that captures sound directly in front of you and a bi-directional Side mic that captures sound from your left and right. By increasing or decreasing the level of the Side mic, you can control the width of the stereo field, which gives you incredible flexibility over your recordings. If you record in RAW mode, you can even adjust the stereo width after recording.
X/Y Pattern
The H2n’s onboard 90-degree X/Y stereo condenser mics are arranged with the right and left mics on the same axis. This design ensures that the mics are always equidistant from the sound source for perfect localization and no phase shifting. The result is brilliant stereo recording with natural depth and accurate imaging.
Completely Surrounded
Using the H2n’s Mid-Side and X/Y mics together, you can create stunning 360-degree surround sound recordings. Choose between 2-channel mode, which combines the Mid-Side and X/Y mics, and 4-channel mode, which records two separate stereo files, allowing you even more post-production capability. No matter which mode you use, you’ll get perfectly balanced, surround sound recordings.
Streamline Your Recording Experience
The H2n is remarkably easy to use. With its newly designed user interface, critical controls are right at your fingertips and make studio-quality recording a breeze.
The H2n also houses an arsenal of comprehensive functions, including Auto-Gain, a compressor/limiter, time stamping and more.
Data Recovery Function
Never again will you have to worry about losing recorded data to unexpected errors. The H2n has you covered with its new data recovery function. Whether you experience battery loss or an accidental power-down, this feature will automatically restore your data the next time the H2n is powered on.
20 Hours of Battery Life
The H2n provides over 20 hours of continuous operation on just two standard AA alkaline batteries. This astonishing feature enhances the H2n’s flexibility and convenience. In addition, the H2n can also operate using an AC adapter, which is included in the optional APH-2n Accessory Pack (sold separately).


Tuesday, March 10, 2015

How To Be “Almost Sure” That You’Ve Captured An EVP

How To Be “Almost Sure” That You’Ve Captured An EVP

How To Be “Almost Sure” That You’Ve Captured An EVP

To gain more certainty that you’ve captured a real ambient EVP you need to analyze the track and it’s spectrum.
This exclusively regards the usage of digital recorders and not a ghost box.
I haven’t talked in a technical way for what concerns electronic voice phenomena, hence you can expect me to be more formal in this article.

I used to limit myself to saying that EVPs form out of the white noise either from a digital recorder or a from a radio.
We know that the human hear can listen to frequencies that vary between 20Hz and 20kHz (20,000).
Hz is the abbreviation for hertz which is the international standard unit measurement for frequency.
This range is to be taken as a given, it is also true that with the aging process some frequencies cannot be listened to anymore. What I used to be able to listen to when I was 7, now I unfortunately can’t listen to anymore.
It’s not that I’m becoming deaf, it’s just a natural degradational process that almost always take place (with just a few exceptions).

Making a distinction between ambient sounds and EVPs

Now, as an almost 60 years old researcher, if I were to be accompanied by a 20 years old, what can happen is that a direct voice or a contamination might present itself and I might not be aware of it, while the 20 years old should.
Normally an EVP is between the beginning of the audible and the sub-sound, within 15 and 25 hz.
In some cases it can form also between the audible and the ultra-sound, around 19,000 to 21,000 hz.
This requires that your digital recorder needs to have a sensitivity that contains these frequencies, otherwise they might be missed.
On the other hand you need to be sure that no contamination or direct voice was emitted when you were recording. Which brings out the inherent issue that we have concerning the deterioration of our hearing apparatus.

To be sure that you have captured and EVP it is mandatory that you take a look at the audio spectrum.
There is no other technical way.
Also, quite honestly we are very far away from defining the origin of an EVP, we can only limit ourselves to saying that they do exist and that they are a paranormal phenomena as much as they are real.
This is a simple test to show you how hearing works. Use headphones. Try to do the same test along with a younger or older person than you and write down at which frequency you start hearing something and when you stop. I start to hear something around 80 hz and can’t hear anything beyond 14,000 hz.

Yet although I may be able to recognize an EVP just by hearing it, experience taught me that no EVP is the same, an EVP can have peculiar and extremely rare features that might give me troubles in recognizing it, especially if sentient and not residual.

Our loved GhostArk is going to have two omnidirectional microphones tried and tested to have an actual minimum sensitivity starting from 15 hz, which is sub-sound, which is not audible no matter the age.
And trust me that is not something to be taken lightly.