What does one need to record EVP?? My sister has been having sounds of someone or something(possibly spirit dogs) walking along the main floor and entering a specific room then walking along the main floor again when everyone is in the basement?

A digital voice recorder is prob the easiest way for getting it onto a computer, but any type of recording equipment, even a computer and mic would work

However, an analog recorder will work as well. You'll need a cable (Name eludes me at the moment) that you can buy at any electronic stores for cheap, that connects from your recorders head jack, to an input jack in your computer, if you want others, over the internet, to hear things.

It's debatable if older recorders pick up more than newer ones. Some people seem to think the older ones can pick up more sounds liable to be EVP's than newer ones. But some people like newer recorders because they are quieter, and the person using it can rule out most noises being clunky mechanical sounds.

-Akaebeel

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Having some sort of audio software to clear up the EVP's is also beneficial. However, if you use Windows, Windows Sound Recorder can be used as an alternative. And many people use that program to listen to their EVP's on their computers.

yeah , all you need is a recorder digital or analog . Analog is actually better because evps transfer better through the ( white noice ) of the tape . Also if you have a camcorder on hand , give it a shot first they are also dig. or analog . You may not get any video but the sound should work just the same !!!!

I would have thought any type of recording device?

I have been shopping at Future Shop.. http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetai...&langid=EN#
I have only a old Emerson cassette recorder akin to the picture attached. It visited a few graves in the past. I had left it overnight. Coyotes are awful to hear and nuisance when they howl at night. There were some movements of animals. We never heard any voices.
I have played the tapes loud on my main stereo on some of sounds that we couldn’t explain initially. This one recording we had thought there was a baby crying. It freaked us out! I was so excited then a sadness by listening to it. The volume was so high and we could hear this faint crying. We concluded it was a lone coyote by checking up in the library on sounds of coyotes. I still have the tape.
No voices…
I have this EVP by camcorder on..u tube. I think it all depends on the mic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmRyS8HhmtA “Get down.”

Digital has many advantages over analog (cassette) recorders.

Analog recorders have wheels and gears that make noise (a lot of it!) that can (will) be picked up by the internal mic. Even an external mic can sometimes pick up the sounds.

Heads need to be cleaned, undamaged, and properly aligned.

The tape media itself can be damaged, both physically and magnetically.

It's very difficult to download analog to a computer for analysis and editing.

And you don't get as long a recording time on tape.

OTOH, digital recorders have no moving parts so no noise or pieces to wear out (more or less).

Digital recorders have extremely good quality from their internal mics.

You can get 16+ hours of record time on a digital (who'd want to be going straight for that amount of time?!) depending on the settings. The battery lasts much long too.

They are smaller and much more portable.

And you can get a digital that has a USB port to download the recording as a WAV or WMA file.

Its called a double-ended 3.5mm stereo cable.