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Buildable Kit
The EVP Session Kit
A timer, a noise source and a log for a recorded listening session.
What it is
To make an EVP session repeatable: same duration, same source, same log, same close.
At a glance
- Inputs
- A quiet room; a recorder; a noise source; a fixed duration; a question.
- Outputs
- An audio file, a timestamped log and a short written reading.
How to do it
- Set the room and the recorder; note the time and the noise source.
- Ask one question and state the duration.
- Record in silence or over the noise for the fixed duration.
- Replay once at normal speed and once slower; log fragments without interpreting them yet.
- Write a short reading and mark the fragments you rejected.
- Close the session and delete the audio or archive it deliberately.
What you need
- A recorder
- A noise source
- A timer
- A JSONL log
- Headphones
A worked example
A ten-minute session over white noise, with the question 'what am I not hearing?' The log records four fragments; two are rejected as room noise; one becomes a line in the weekly record.
Variations
- Use a radio sweep instead of white noise and log the frequency.
- Run the same session at the same time for four weeks and read the series.
- Use the session as a sound-source for a cut-up instead of a voice contact.
Code sketch
This is a sketch, not a runnable program. It names the shape of the automation; the definitions are yours.
{"ts":"2026-11-07T21:00:00+11:00","duration":600,"source":"white-noise","question":"what am I not hearing?","fragments":[],"rejected":[]}Related entries
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