Tuesday, March 23, 2010

EVP Maker software

Following on the heels of my mention of the Ghost Box software, I discovered another interesting tool for us "amateur" investigators. This is some software called EVP Maker.

The premise behind EVP Maker is that it takes any sound clip, chops it up, then randomly spits out slices of the clip. In this way, it behaves more like a controlled version of a Ghost Box.

An excellent bonus is that the developer has created a cued wav file of all the allophones in the English language. The software also knows how to handle cued files, and can therefore output a random stream of these allophones, hence making a ghost box that removes false positives from radio station voices!

My only con with this is lack of portability. You could install it on a laptop, but it would be great if it were ported to the iPhone/iPad and the Android OS.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a ghost box and love it. I just downloaded the empmaker with allophones. It says the same phrases non stop with all setting off and cue on. It says:

Liquorice
Nipples
liquor
little
the apples
eyes eyeballs
or elbows
eldridge
aerosol

A typical phrase it says is:

Without liquor or liquorice the apples. Without eyes or eyeballs or the apples. Little nipples or eyes elbows or the apples.

I have recorded 10 minutes of this and dont know what to make of it. Either its random words coming across more than they should, the software is flawed or i have a ghost who was an alcoholic and has little nipples and is missing his eyes and elbows, who loves liquorice and apples while spraying aerosol.

Anonymous said...

Is it being made for iPad ??????