Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) has been studied by paranormalists for decades, and is a useful tool often using the simplest of tape recorders. Can it really transcend life after death and does it allow us actual contact with the spirit world?
Results are often mixed but in our computer world and that of digital sound technology there are researchers working hard on a breakthrough.
Stefan Bion developed what is perhaps one of the most widely used evp computer programs, with his EVPmaker. Basically it generates acoustic 'raw material' for recordings by means of "random controlled phoneme synthesis" and while it's relatively uncomplicated to setup, I have found that the resulting evp 'speech' often leaves a lot to be desired in regards clarity.
I was especially interested to hear from Frank Sumption recently, who has been developing his own electronic system for spirit/entity communications since 2002. Frank has this to say about his work:
"I'm still working on the technology, the main problem being that the voices are often distorted, and noisy, making them difficult for the average person to understand. I don't have anything that I can sell, but there are a couple other researchers with my equipment, one has some real success with it. Many times the 'voices' can be heard live, and will sometimes answer questions.
"The basis for the machine is randomness. It's my belief that spirits, and entities from other dimensions rely on random energy, and audio events to carry their voices, and signals across. The idea for the machine, or system was just kind of "popped" into my head, as I was pondering the question of what I could use for better communications after working with EVP recording for a couple years. I had been working with a program called EVPmaker, which seemed to be limited by not all spirits could use the computer. My system is similar, in that it provides a "raw audio", but more spirits and others, seem to be able to use it, and it's all analog circuits."
Frank has a website, at franksumption.tripod.com/ where the voices he has recorded and shares are pretty representative of what he gets. "Sometimes they come through very clear, other times they are almost unintelligible," he reports.
For those techies out there who have a genuine interest in building one of these machines, testing it, perhaps suggesting useful modifications and even developing it further, Frank has a ready ear. It's time consuming work, however, which really doesn't allow him much opportunity to deal with general enquiries and people wanting simply to try the equipment.
He adds, "I'm not the only one making progress. There’s one member of our group, a discussion group on Yahoo called Grass Harp, that's doing some real interesting things recording with light, and solar cells".
A Farshores thanks to Frank Sumption for making the above information available.
