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Research
Research Project
Gathering Information Using EVPMaker With
Allophones
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A note from the Directors
The Public is Invited to Participate
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The participant with
the first winning entry for each month, that the
listening panel agrees with, will receive $25 US. The
participant with the first winning entry ever
will receive a free annual ATransC membership. This along
with publication in the ATransC NewsJournal, the final
research report and on the website. Of course, all winning
participants will earn bragging rights for the rest of their
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This study involves the use of a computer program acting on a sound file
that contains computer generated human voice sounds. With this
technique, there is no question of stray radio signals or pre-recorded
live voice being mistaken as EVP. A panel of volunteers who do not know
the target or what is supposed to be said in the example will determine
what words, if any, are in the submitted recordings. Since you, the
participant, do not know what the target object is, it is reasonable to
argue that a recorded message containing the name of the object must
have a paranormal origin.
This is a very important study that will help establish a foundation of
understanding which will eventually lead to its study by mainstream
science. It will also function as a proof of concept for the
Transcom Digital Platform.
Your participation is needed for its success. Please feel free to
contact us if you have questions
Tom and Lisa Butler
ATransC Directors
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Project Manager: Cindy Heinen
Introduction
Welcome to the EVPmaker Trial. This project is intended to determine
whether or not information not known to a practitioner can be requested
and received using
EVPmaker
with
allophones. This project is designed as
a blind study. Data collected from the study will be considered
objective evidence in the study of this form of Instrumental
Transcommunication.
Below is an overview of the project, a list of equipment needed and
finally the protocol the practitioner, here forth referred to as the
participant, is to follow. This project will begin on May 1, 2010 and it
is open to all who want to participate.
Overview
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Stefan Bion and EVPmaker
Stefan Bion has developed a computer program for a Windows PC called
EVPmaker. He
offers it as a free download, and maintains it with occasional updates.
He has prepared an input file of allophones formed with the
SpeakJet Speech Synthesis chip
set. The file has a Cue List which enables EVPmaker to randomly select
whole allophones. He also provides
instructions for the use of the allophone file in EVPmaker.
Stefan is an active member of the
German Association for
Transcommunication Research also known as the VTF and long-time ATransC member.
We wish to thank Stefan for his contribution to this field of study. The
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These trials will utilize the computer program EVPmaker using
SpeakJet
allophones as the input file to attempt to capture words or phrases that
correspond to pre-chosen target objects. Results from this year-long
trial will show if EVPmaker with allophones can be successfully used to
acquire specific information.
Each month a target object will be left undisturbed in a set location.
Target objects will be common objects that could fit on a book shelf.
The objects could be decorative or functional in nature. Participants
for these trials will ask that the target object be identified through
EVPmaker. The element that makes this experiment capable of producing
good evidential data is that participants will not know what the target
object is. This will only be known by the project managers and the
target object holder.
Upon listening to their files, participants who believe they have
received a likely answer to the target object inquiry will send their
EVPmaker files and an email indication what they believe is being said
to the project managers for each month of the trial. The project
managers will screen these files by comparing what the participant
indicates they have heard to what the target object actually is. Files
that are relevant to the month's target objects will be sent to the
listening panel.
The listening panel, which is also blind to what the target object is,
will review the files and determine if they also hear an answer to the
target object question. They will submit their responses to the project
manager who will compare the results to the target object for that
month. The results for each month of the trial will be tallied and
posted on the ATransC website.
Required
Equipment
Participants are asked to download the most current version of EVPmaker
and the allophone files. These will be found at:
http://www.stefanbion.de/evpmaker/index_e.htm#Download
Under DOWNLOADS you will see the SETUP FILE, ONLINE MANUAL and the
QUICK START GUIDE.
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SETUP FILE: This is the download for the most current version of
EVPmaker (evpminst.exe) ONLINE MANUAL: This is a complete manual about EVPmaker.
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QUICKSTART GUIDE: This is a step-by-step guide on how to install and
use EVPmaker. Please note that under item 2a, For carrying out an EVP
recording, you can also use a digital recorder. Under 2b you can use any
other audio programs if you do not have Cool Edit.
Under ARTICLES AND LINKS you will click on USING EVP MAKER WITH SPEAKJET
ALLOPHONE.
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DOWNLOAD SPEAKJET ALLOPHONES: You will be able to download the
allophone files that must be used as the raw sound source for EVPmaker
in this experiment.
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INTRODUCTION: A brief explanation of SpeakJet allophones and how it is
applies to EVPmaker.
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INSTRUCTIONS: This explains how to use SpeakJet Allophones with
EVPmaker
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AUDIO EXAMPLES: This site has EVPmaker with allophone audio examples.
If you are unfamiliar with EVPmaker with allophone it is highly
recommended that you listen to these examples. You can also hear
examples in the
Synthesized Voice Section of ATransC.org Examples
Computer Audio Program
You will need an audio program that can record your audio files in a WAV
format. This is the format is required format for sending your audio
files to the project manager. Audacity® is an audio program that
is commonly used by EVP practitioners. It is free, open source software
for recording and editing sounds. You can find it at:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.
Basic setup instructions for Audacity® are at
http://atransc.org/techniques/techniques_evp_using_audacity.htm
Equipment for Recording the EVPmaker Sessions
Participant will be allowed to record their EVPmaker sessions for this
trial using computers, analog recorders or digital recorders. The use of
an external microphone will be needed for computer recordings but may be
used at the discretion of the experimenter for digital and analog
recorders. If you are new to EVP recording please read about recording
for EVP at
http://atransc.org/techniques/techniques_audio_itc.htm
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Finding the
EVP
There is something of an art to finding EVP in EVPmaker
output. The staccato sound of the output can confuse the
mind but also demands attention when the EVP might be
elsewhere.
EVPmaker is thought to produce EVP when the entity
influences the random process to select the necessary
bits of sound from the buffer. listening to the output
as a sound stream might (overall) may help focus on
meaningful phrases. Selecting short segments and
repeatedly listing to them (loop) may also help your
mind find words. There are often what seems like logical
breaks in the output (maybe just reduction in noise),
and they are good places to begin a selection to look
for a phrase.
The output may also be used as noise for
transform EVP.
To look for that form of EVP, you want to listen to the
overall sound for words spoken in a more normal way by
one voice. Here is an example recorded by Janye Thompson
using EVPmaker with babble. She explained that "I play
the babble file through EVPmaker as MAKE EVP
right on my computer. The sound travels out of my
computer internal speakers and is picked up my the
computer's internal microphone and recorded by
Audition on the same computer. so I would say that
the analog stage is either the speaker or the
microphone."
First the raw file, and then
the "Tom Butler" after using a FFT filter set to pass
110 to 220 Hz. The EVP begins around 6 seconds into the
raw file. (The discontinuity in the raw file is due to
changing levels intended to help the listener hear
Jayne's voice.) There is some reason to think
Konstantin
Raudive is speaking
Raw:
Can you say Tom Butler?
At 6 seconds with bandpass filter at 110 to 220 Hz:
Tom Butler
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Experimental Protocol
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Anyone who is interested in this study may participate. You do not
have to be a member of the Association TransCommunication (ATransC).
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Names and emails of participants will remain confidential. (See note
below)
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Participants will not know what the target objects are but should
realize that the objects will be changed on the first of each new month.
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Participants may submit multiple EVPmaker files during each month of
the trial if they feel they hear a likely response that identifies a
target object.
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Although participants are encouraged to participate every month of
this year-long trial, they may record as much or as little as they want
for this trial.
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The most current edition of EVPmaker will be used for this
experiment.
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The sound source for this trial must be the SpeakJet Allophones file.
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The
participant may ask what the target object is before beginning the recording session or during it. The preference is the participant’s.
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The
participant will ask for the target object to be identified by
saying something like: "My spirit friends, please assist me with
this experiment by identifying an object that is being held by
Margaret in California. It is on the middle shelf, on the right hand
side of the wall unit at her house."
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Record the session using the recording method with which you are
most comfortable.
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Review your recorded session and note if you hear a likely response
to your request.
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Session files cannot be altered in anyway. They must be as you
recorded them.
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If you feel
you have a response, save this segment of the session as
a WAV file. If you recorded your own voice asking what the target object
was during the session and you received your response after this
request, please include your voice asking the question and the response
in the audio file you will be saving.
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Label the file as: EVPM-(Your name or initials)- Date the sessions
was recorded (yyyymmdd)
Example: EVPM-CH-20100515
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Without altering your file in anyway, send
an email titled "EVPmaker Study" with the attached file to the project manager
in charge of collecting the files at .
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Either in the subject line of the email or included in the email
message, report what you hear the target object being called. For
example if you hear Teddy Bear put that on the subject line or in the
email to which the file is attached to.
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Individuals will not be contacted to report if their response was
correct or not. What the target object was and the data report for each
month will be posted after that month has passed and a new target object
is in place. The results will be posted on the ATransC website at
http://atransc.org/research/evpmaker_study.htm.
If you have questions regarding any part of this trial please
contact Cindy Heinen at
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Thank you in advance to everyone who will be participating in this year
long trial. The first session of this trail will start on May 1, 2010
and the project is intended to conclude with our twelfth session in
April 2011.
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Bragging
Rights
As a nonprofit organization, ATransC, is only able to offer bragging
rights to participants who are successful in collecting the target name.
If you are successful, and if you wish, we will add your name to a list
of those who have made this study possible at atransc.org. |
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Target |
Successful Participants |
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May
Wooden, handcrafter dragon fly |
No entry had the correct
answer |
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June
A
favorite digital voice recorder |
No entry had the correct
answer |
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July
A vase with red roses and ivy
Detail on vase |
One person conducting a trial run with EVPmaker reported "A
bell with yellow flowers on the bell." This would have been considered
at least a close call, but as a test run, the file was recorded over and
was not submitted to the listening panel. |
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