Audio Daddyo Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 I just learned a new recording Acronym. I was working on a Travel Channel Shoot for a series called Most Terrifying Places. We went to 3 haunted places including Lizzy Borden's house. All the paranormal experts kept referring to EVPs. Finally I asked what is an EVP. His answer was Electronic Voice Phenomenon. It is when after making a recording and you play it back at a later time you hear voices (spirits) on the recording that you didn't hear while actually making the recording. I asked the producer to let me know if I recorded any EVPs during any of my 3 days of recording. Haven't heard anything yet. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Mega Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 are they sure the voices aren't just in their heads, hehe Peter Mega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ford Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Seems to me all the EVPs I've experienced sounded like bg actors and members of the grip dept... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 It's not a new term, I've been aware of EVP for years, it dates back to whenever it was that people first started trying to pretend ghosts exist. I worked on the UK show 'Most Haunted' for about 4 years and never encountered genuine EVP, never encountered much genuine to be honest, but that's another story. EVP is for movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Mantlo Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Reminds me of that South Park episode..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Daddyo Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 I should have said "new" to me. 3 days of shooting in haunted places including a séance and I didn't see or hear one thing that I believed was a haunting or paranormal experience. I don't believe in ghost but they sure scare the hell at of me. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmerlinj Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 I did a shoot for the History channel about EVP's. They had some people go through the Lizzy Borden house and see if they get any EVP's ( I wasn't on that particular shoot). They thought they got something and they took the recording to a specialist. Some guy that can verify recordings and people's voices and such through a bunch of audio analyzing programs and stuff. He's the go to guy to verify any Osama Bin Laden recordings the surface. We were shooting him analyzing this supposed EVP. He gives it a listen and says there is something there, but he can make it out. I had a feed from his system into my mixer as I was asked to do so. I'm listening to the EVP as he plays it over and over again, and I realize what it is. We get done with the shoot, pack up, and then tell the producer what I heard in the recording. It was someone down stairs by the front door saying," Welcome to the Lizzy Borden House." The producer seemed to get a little mad that I said this especially after I asked if there was anyone that worked there that may have been downstairs and possibly out of force of habit might say,"Welcome to the Lizzy Borden House." I'm thinking I may have accidentally debunked there little EVP that they were so happy about. I've never worked for them again either. I guess maybe I did piss someone off. J. Hemmerlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Daddyo Posted May 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 The producer seemed to get a little mad that I said this especially after I asked if there was anyone that worked there that may have been downstairs and possibly out of force of habit might say,"Welcome to the Lizzy Borden House." I'm thinking I may have accidentally debunked there little EVP that they were so happy about. I've never worked for them again either. I guess maybe I did piss someone off. J. Hemmerlin I noticed that many reality TV Producers want to insert their version of the truth instead of the actual truth. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek H Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Last year I worked on one of the "paranormal" shows on A&E and most of the "EVP's" I heard were the product of radioshack quality mics, a baker's dozen different adapters, and about 300 ft of unbalanced line into the "experts" recording gear. On playback they would boost the volume so much that really you're just listening to the noise floor at reference level and even a squeaky shoe from the AP in the corner sounds like a ghost saying hello. It was entertaining for me at least.. I did suggest that with special equipment and a real recorder they could record into ranges that the human ear can't detect (extended response mics, sound devices high sample rate recording) and could later adjust the playback speed in the hope of getting something interesting in the infra or ultra range... but of course it was wasted breath when they realized that would cost money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lightstone, CAS Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 J. Hemmerlin, Perhaps you should be listening to those Osama Bin Laden tapes to hear "Welcome to cave 15, in, Parachinar." RL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemmerlinj Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Last year I worked on one of the "paranormal" shows on A&E and most of the "EVP's" I heard were the product of radioshack quality mics, a baker's dozen different adapters, and about 300 ft of unbalanced line into the "experts" recording gear. On playback they would boost the volume so much that really you're just listening to the noise floor at reference level and even a squeaky shoe from the AP in the corner sounds like a ghost saying hello. It was entertaining for me at least.. I did suggest that with special equipment and a real recorder they could record into ranges that the human ear can't detect (extended response mics, sound devices high sample rate recording) and could later adjust the playback speed in the hope of getting something interesting in the infra or ultra range... but of course it was wasted breath when they realized that would cost money. It is ridiculous how they used the cheapest gear to record those things. It would cool to go somewhere like the borden house and try it with some high quality gear. Set it up hit record and let it roll with a completely empty house, and see if anything arises. I might believe that something paranormal was going on if that got an EVP. J. Hemmerlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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