How to record Raudive Voices
What are Raudive Voices?
Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) were first discovered by the Swedish artist Friedrich Jürgenson in 1959. Jürgenson was recording birdsong using a reel-to-reel tape recorder. When he replayed the tapes, he heard faint but intelligible voices in the background, even though there was no-one else in the vicinity when the recordings were made. By repeating the procedure, Jürgenson found that the voice recordings could be reliably replicated.
Taking their inspiration from Jürgenson’s work, these phenomena were subsequently investigated by the German parapsychologist Hans Bender and by the Latvian psychologist Konstantin Raudive. Following the publication of Raudive’s book on his research (Breakthrough, 1971) these phenomena are now often referred to as “Raudive Voices”.
EVP are now considered by researchers as one of a range of phenomena known as Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC). This includes an important area of research into Video Instrumental Transcommunication (VITC).
Recording Raudive Voices
Several methods have been used to record Raudive voices. Traditionally a tape recorder (reel-to-reel or cassette) is used although it is now possible to use digitial recording (see below). The following procedures are commonly used:
- Recording using a microphone in a quiet room, or with the microphone sealed in a soundproofed box.
- Recording with no microphone connected.
- Recording “white noise” (hiss) from a radio that is tuned between stations.
- Recording using a crystal set (diode receiver) plugged into the microphone socket.
Recordings typically last only for a few minutes. This is because intense concentration is required in order to hear the voices on the tape, which usually has to be replayed several times in order to decipher the speech. Use of headphones is recommended.
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