why the recorded part is always less seconds than original eg 22 seconds became 9 seconds in silence?

Thank you for making such an informative video about this recorder. I knew about this recorder, but you gave the best and most detailed explanation about it that I've ever heard.

Exactly what I was hoping to find. I kept trying to theorize a plausible explanation as to why the heck the DR60 clips always sound like they're recorded on extremely recycled tape cassettes while not using tapes, and this solves the mystery. Thanks!

@bryanswilik651

2 ай бұрын

I love this guy! This is a very informative video and I can't wait to refer this video in the comment section on so many fake paranormal channels. I can't tell you how many so-called ghost hunting channels that had me completely fooled only to come to the realization several videos later that they were staging content. It felt like a good hard punch in the stomach! So I have come to deplore these "para faker's" and enjoy watching channels that expose them. And most of the faker's I have found use these DR-60's and brag about them, so awesome work Kenny, u-the-man!!!

Seminar room: from "Hey, any ghosts here" to "Alright, that should do it" the recording was 13 seconds, the playback it was only 7 seconds (from 6:42 to 7:20). Home: From "here" to "alright" recording is 24 seconds, playback is 10 seconds. You can see on the recorder screen he says "here" when the counter is at 5 seconds and at "alright" the counter is at 15 seconds, that's a 10 second playback of 24 seconds of recording. Library: Same thing, playback is much shorter. Why the discrepancy? I don't care either way, it 's simply what I noticed right off the bat.

@JAY.SKRILLA

4 ай бұрын

Dude right!?! I noticed the same thing. Wat is going on?????

This was a great analysis! I do field recording of live music (think Grateful Dead's tapers' section). In the '90s, DAT (digital audio tape) was the standard for high-end recording because solid-state storage (compact flash or SD cards) simply wasn't up to snuff at the time. There wasn't enough space on them, and the access times for writing to them was too slow. DAT, which used removable media, was essentially unlimited: as long as you had tape, you could record as long as you wanted. CD-quality recordings (16-bit at a 44.1 kHz sample rate) were the norm on 90-meter length tapes. Sony DAT recorders were subject to what we called "digifarts" which were sampling errors that sounded like farts.We never mistook them for voices. I think the fact that such a low-fidelity recorder is picking up interference which is then presented as voices From Beyond is pretty revealing. I'd be more impressed with CD or better quality recordings of things that actually sound like voices, rather than interference. I also noticed that some of the EVP voices sound a bit like you, Kenny.

@SnapperMorgan

4 ай бұрын

I was in the Theatre program in college in the mid 90's and I remember using those DATs to crank rock n roll on our theater's amazing professional sound system. We also had a Mac Quadra with an external drive that stored an amazing 1GB!!!

I immediately got suspicious when I noticed every recorder had the exact same growl. The fact that people don’t see the connection makes me question everything they are about. I feel in this day and age most ghost hunters bend the truth one way or another.

That is really interesting that (if I'm understanding this right) the machine doesn't actually record sound so much as recreate it from it's own library.

@badatpseudoscience

11 ай бұрын

Modern audio and video compression algorithms work similarly. What you hear is a mathematical compression and re-expansion of the original sound. For most of the algorithms in use (including KZread), that process is "lossy", meaning the sound you get out is not exactly the sound you get in.

I truly appreciate all the research and information you brought out here. Being digital or analog it always comes down to the numbers. Thank you for sharing all this its super helpful.

I am so glad you posted this, great job on your explanations. Robert Veach from Vparanormal.

question: since you actually did some ghost hunting before, what did you find that actually worked well? what equipment would you suggest using?

@janettejenkins3976

6 ай бұрын

They work. Your argument makes little sense.

@beemarie6840

6 ай бұрын

Not arguing, love. Just asking what equipment would work instead since this one may not be a good option according to this video. I wouldn't want to waste money on something that may not give decent results. I want to invest in something worthwhile. Im sure others are curious, too 🙂

@oceanview5545

6 ай бұрын

@beemarie6840 It's the best ghost hunting tool out there, it's a ☎️ telephone for the dead!!!

@KennyBiddle

6 ай бұрын

I have not found any device that worked. There is no gadget that has been shown to detect/communicate/capture ghosts. The more I learned about each device (components, operation, etc.), the more I found none of them could accomplish the paranormal claims they were making. I suggest a notebook (for detailed notes), a camera (to document the area, objects, people, etc.), and a video camera to record sound and images. I don't recommend spending any money on gadgets marketed directly to ghost hunters - they're just not worth the money.

@KennyBiddle

6 ай бұрын

@@janettejenkins3976 Perhaps you should watch it again.

Thank you so much for this technical explanation. I needed to understand how this works. I feel much more informed about it now!

Do you have a video explaining your change from believer to skeptic?

@JAY.SKRILLA

4 ай бұрын

Yes i would LOVE to hear this💯💯

What I want to ask is why when you record and play back it is so much shorter like you have cut it ? Example I counted 25 second recording start to finish you play it back and it’s 15 seconds start to finish

I haven't finished the video yet, but wanted to comment that what Kenny is recording does not always match what is repeated on the machine. In the CFI library he said he was putting down the recorder and not touching it. But the recorder repeated some noise instead. And also the recording was shorter than the time Kenny was actually recording. I'm assuming that when I watch the rest of the video this will be explained?

@s_87

10 ай бұрын

It can be set to only record when a noise is detected. That's the explanation for why the recordings are shorter than what was originally recorded. It removes all the pointless silence, so that's why the resulting file is shorter.

this is fantastic work!

Great work. I immediately spotted that the playback of the recordings were much shorter in time than the recording themselves. I initially thought the software would accelerate times without noise resp. play forward, but it made more sense when you/he said that its voice activated. No 1:1 playback pretty much undermines its purpose as tool for gathering evidence, doesnt it?

@jhard94

10 ай бұрын

It’s made to pick up voices only. So if no one’s talking, it won’t play that back.

@oceanview5545

6 ай бұрын

It's an incredible tool for ghost hunting. Ask a question - get an answer! It's like a telephone ☎️ to the other side!! Worth It's weight in gold.

@schmal911

6 ай бұрын

@@oceanview5545 you should watch this video

PS: Love the annotated references. It is so refreshing!

Everyone who uses evps, writes the audio translation for the viewers usually what they'd like us to beileve. Sometimes I've heard clear answers, what is it then? Please help me debunk with a bit dumbed down version 😂😂

Excellent investigation!

Very interesting look at how digital recorders worked back in the 90s. I figured they just digitize the audio and store in memory as an audio file then stream the digital data through a DAC to be played. This explains why a lot of these lossy voice only recorders sound the way they do because music sounds super terrible and scrambled up on them and I guess the ones that can play back music and have it sound like music and not a scrambled mess. How does the newer model recorder that you have handle music?

I wish I could sell my old digital voice recorder for $5000. Apparently the ghosts don't like how they sound on mine, lol.

@evilzwiebel108

11 ай бұрын

How much woupd you sell it for?

Great review! Also love your Mjolnir necklace!

Great... if only some could learn instead of just believing.

@missyflutter5562

11 ай бұрын

Critical thinking seems to be a dying trend especially on KZread

really interesting thank you

Very interesting video, I seen many ghost hunter shows use it and I was always skeptical of the static sound they claimed to be an EVP. My paranormal group R.I.P. is also from Buffalo. We've been together since 2008. We have a show named Paranormal Experiences here on KZread, where we investigate mostly around the WNY area. Enjoyed your content, I subscribed.

As I was watching before the reveal, the first thing that came to mind was aliasing into what was clearly by its presentation a highly band-limited range. Another thing I noticed was that the length of the silent parts of the recording were noticably shorter than the 20 seconds or so you paused speaking. Then I learned that the mic is voice activated. So I think you are correct, that it's recording background noise. But another factor may be at play. My instinct is to attribute that noise to automatic gain control implemented in the mic. Since there's no voice the gain is likely maxed out and it's picking up air movement sounds, amplifying them and recording them. It then decides it's not speech and stops recording. And since the air movement is variable, we hear these recordings in spurts. And they may be aliased so that their apparent frequencies are lower than their actual frequencies (growling) and vary with the minor changes in intensity of the air noise. Regardless of their source, all these factors exist for one reason. From low sample frequency to CELP coding (low size for each sample) to the voice activation, it's all to maximize recording time for a limited amount of memory, which was a cost limitation back then far more so than it is today. So the irony is that the design choices they made to squeeze every last bit of cost out of this device yield the very attributes that are responsible for the $5000 price tag of today, thanks purely to the human imagination.

What’s interesting is that you hit record.. go what seems like 15 seconds.. and then you go on a play back and allow 5-8 seconds and the audio somehow is time lapsed..

What about using a Geiger counter and stethoscope knuckle noise to discover “evidence”?

Still have to try it out for myself. Bu i can't afford that type of cost. I hope the one i ordered can do something similar as i want to dispute this. Thatnk you for your video. Makes me kinda glad i don't have the money for one. Great break down. Thanks for all of the info.

this is nice to watch. The Astonishing Legends gang sent their Panasonic to a "forensic audio engineer" who said it was impossible for the device to be making these noises and therefore it was ghosts or whatever. hah. Anyways, it would be fun to have somebody tear one apart

I suppose it could be the exact same ghosts following you around and always trying to say the exact same thing and that's why you get the same noises. I didn't like the math part, but I guess it's necessary so you can show your work. But the rest of the video was terrific. I understand now why what was played back was shorter than what was recorded. Well done Kenny.

Plot twist: a ghost is attached to him

Hi! Only one suggestion. As previously done with voice recorders, placing them into a faraday box to show that no voices were picked up during sessions has been successful in the past, so I would like to see you run this inside the faraday box without outside interference so that we can eliminate outside noise and maybe find that those sounds are coming from hardware or encoding/low quality. If the sounds still appear in a pattern like manner while inside a faraday box, I think it would end any debate about it picking up a "ghost frequency". Just a thought. Otherwise, great video!

@glenbolding9883

11 ай бұрын

He said that it's using sound that is already stored in the device to fill up the 1 second time slot. (I think) So, putting it in the faraday thing might not make a difference. I'd sure like to find out though.

I guess paranormal quest’s video of them debunking it or whatever has been taken down

I hope this Dr. person gets back to you, I'm sure he would love to know how helpful his research was to understanding this.

Cool science music

BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT FREQUENCY DO GHOSTS USE DO WE KNOW ? LOL 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂

@Mithras444

8 күн бұрын

Mostly they communicate through your dreams.

@stormchaser300

8 күн бұрын

@@Mithras444 I think drams are the portal into the past and the future of premonition. And nightmares are cussed by ghosts and demons to torment your soul.

Perhaps, during the late 90s Panasonic had to pay dues and submit to evil forces that lead to it's success. They put out a product that had a demon inside of it. It's not the place that's haunted it's the device!

Plz help me understand, so what about getting answers to questions that are asked?

What is the best EVP recorder for investigating

Ahhhh the 1990's! Panasonic's ghost hearing dictaphone has nothing on Sony's x-ray vision camcorder 😂 Yes, Sony's early incarnation of nightshot camcorders could (un)fortunately see thru clothing😂

The radio experiment wouldn't be that hard to put together honestly. Say you have 50 clearcut radio stations. 50 radios, each one dialed in to a unique station, have one normal spirit box, hook all of them up to a standard music studio mixing board, run the output of the mixing board into your laptop. Use FL studio or another DAW on your laptop to record and monitor all of the tracks seperately and the DAW timestamps each track automatically. Then all you need is to switch on all the radio's + spirit box at the exact same time, plug them into a singular power strip with an on/off switch. All you need to do before starting is dial in the sweep of the spirit box to start on the first radio station you set your first radio to. BAM! Donzo. If you wanna get even better results you could add AI voice cancellation to your spirit box track or somethin' but I don't know how well that would work ^^

So the ghost in the machine is actually...the machine.

Hello, we tested DR60 in Lithuania inside abandoned WW2 jail, and I must say it works. Jus need to slow down to hear words. When the spirit repeated the name of the city twice my jaw dropped! DR60 works!!! ❤

Great video, I never believed what come out of that model, always sounded like interference to me. Not clear voices. And at the day of the day, a lot cheaper Digital recorder will do the job.

When I say Ghostwatch was a drama but a live investigation I mean within the context of the story.

Thanks for the deep dive on this overhyped and overused outdated piece of equipment. Full disclosure, as a paranormal enthusiast, I do utilize an Olympus voice recorder. I don't get scratchy static garbage like this. I've gotten very intelligible words. When I do my recordings, like you, I put it down so I am not maybe touching the microphone causing an "EVP". It's on a table, or chair, or bed, somewhere we are not touching it. And if I hear something, I play it for my wife and she heard the same thing without me "nudging" her into hearing by telling her what I think I heard. Very disappointed to see Ami and Adam using it. Zak is always using weird $h1+ so I get why he would use it to interpret his own EVP leanings into a screeeeechssffsxstchxcapsp noise. Would never use one of these, mainly because the prices on auction sites are ridiculous, and it's the first of it's kind recorder so it has some flaws and issues...and picking up demons is not one of them 😀

@fayettecountyparanormalsoc1988

9 ай бұрын

Yep. I always try to look at what equipment paranormal investigators use and look them up to see about potential flaws that could contaminate an investigation. The last thing one should ever want is a flaw in their equipment to cause contamination and invalidate the investigation. There is enough realized and potential contaminates to do that without having to worry about it coming from our very own equipment.

EVP blown out the water. 😂

Thank you for your videos I like to ghost hunt I've never captured anything I don't think ghosts are real

This is fantastic & confirming my theories! Thank you & I’m from Melbourne, maybe I can ambush Professor Costella for you ☺️💃🏼 His hypothesis is only the starting point I’m so keen to read his theories & conclusions!

Seems like you dont read comments - but next you should explain/DEBUNK the claimed functionality of devices like the "POLTER POD" which sweep across frequencies and produce voices over the static.

Sounds like it was an early step into A.I. 🫣

Awesome explanation thank you for being so thorough. You saved me from waisting my money lol. I followed your explanation the whole way through and I now understand the technical reason of why the DR60 is a POS 😅

@flojotube9323

7 ай бұрын

Wasting. 🤦‍♂️

@cliffbarrows01

6 ай бұрын

The dr60 is flawed. That's why it works the way it does, because it's flawed.

@oceanview5545

6 ай бұрын

Every serious ghost hunter uses this device because it works! Ask a question - get an answer, it'd a telephone ☎️ to the dead. Best device for communication with the other side-- hands down. I have personally used mine dozens of times the evp's are amazing!!

@EricLewandowski-vn7ky

3 ай бұрын

@@oceanview5545you didn’t watch the video

@oceanview5545

3 ай бұрын

I want talking about Trump! 😂

Maybe they don’t know they are ghosts? Why dont you use, is there anyone who wants to communicate.

I have been preaching how bad this unit is. I was gifted several of these years ago to test. I tested them and they all were horrible. I did not sell them, I cracked them with a hammer!

i really hope Fake Investigators listen to this, super informative, i just learned tons on this device from your video thank you so much

It doesn't matter what device you use to catch EVPs spirits can manipulate any device! ;)

@deathbunny3048

4 ай бұрын

hahaha XD You don't know that XD The burden of proof for that statement is on you. I can disprove it fully if you wish, but that's old news, tell us. Prove your statement. Cause BLIND BELIEF is the refuge of scammers and con artists and the domain of gullible people.

The whole “code bank” idea is brilliant! Not for accurately recording audio, but just as an early attempt at digital sound reproduction. Either the professor is right or you have an ATTACHMENT!!1!1!

I can record evp with my phone virtually anywhere and I have been doing this for 10 years. I’ve never used a DR because of the cost. I have heard recorded replies that others have captured with it though that are so clear they sound like a voice coming through a phone so obviously it does work. Most responses with the DR though are very hard to hear even for someone like myself that has years of experience hearing evp. If you aren’t a frequent ghost hunter you don’t have a connection to spirit so you are far less likely to get replies. To do a fair test you really need to let someone who has spirit around them test the device. Nevertheless I really enjoyed your well thought out discussion regarding the DR. Wish I owned one.

@GhostlyJesse

10 ай бұрын

I agree. Do you recommend any alternative EVP recorders?

@swimbait1

10 ай бұрын

@@GhostlyJesse I use the video on my phone. I then enhance the volume using iMovie. Listen with ear buds or headphones and listen very carefully. Sometimes they are just a whisper, sometimes they will use sounds around them to form words.

@cliffbarrows01

6 ай бұрын

If your into spirit boxes the necrometer app is amazing. The spirit box part of it not just the ovulous part.

Ive never seen someone SWALLOW several hundred times in 30 minutes like this man... CALL THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS FOR SURE! Good lord!

To much money 💰 nooooooo🤣🤣🤣

I just love when Zak or Amy hear a crappy noise pulse (like you demonstrated) and he/she says - I heard "I am here". No, I hear " queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeckqueeeeeeeeeeeek" They just make up the words to fit the narrative of thew shows writers. I was shocked with GA started using that piece of crap.

At 7:16 you got a really loud "HEY" back

@jonathansellars885

2 ай бұрын

I heard that too

I wondered why those started showing up so much in more shows.. now I know... why fake evidence when you can just use a recorder that does it for you on the fly. (also not sure why anyone would expect quality from Panasonic in the first place... cmon now it's been a lower end consumer brand for very long time and it's ironic and hilarious people are paying so much for those now) :P

This has me wondering how this hunk of junk compares to the really cheap mp3 player/digital recorders that you can get now for like 40 bucks

But,but,but,but…your house isnt haunted why would we hear one? Plus,did you forget to invite them in ? Cops,Vampires AND ghosts need a friendly common on in y’all😇 love your feed, but I secretly would like to see a real ghost in a house less than 150 years old, cave perhaps👍 maybe in a new build, maybe we can still hear the walls record of the cursing and screaming of the carpenter hitting his/her thumb with a hammer.

You don't have to be in a haunted location to do spirit communication. Spirits are everywhere. Lots of dr60 responses are undeniably real responses. Did you even try to slow down your response and listen back to them with headphones? You just don't want to believe and that's fine but it does work as well as other ghost hunting equipment or ITC methods.

Priced way too high for a recorder that picks up way too much internal noise and all you hear is "rumble rumble rumble". Hard pass for serious research!

@oceanview5545

5 ай бұрын

Nope it works, it's like a telephone ☎️ to the other side, you ask a question & you get answers, peroid. It's hard to find and expensive because it works!!

@kevmodee1866

5 ай бұрын

@@oceanview5545 🤣🤣🤣 That POS has been debunked in detail, by scientifically explaining, and even providing in hands evidence. Only phonies or naive people with absolutely no clue about how real evidence works.

Well they're theorys and can't be used as an explanation. It surely wouldn't be the only excisting model with that kind of technology, that converted silence into words. The library idea would be proved if you show something similar, or if you make a computer program that can make these phenomenons.

Considering there's no such thing as ghosts, any recorder that, on playback, contains unintended audio is a bad recording device.

@PokeMom13

Жыл бұрын

I thought that initial ghost floating around during the opening EVP session was pretty convincing.

@d.o.a.investigations

3 ай бұрын

Ha! Next he'll say there's no Easter Bunny, don't EVEN mess with me about Santa. But GREAT VIDEO!!!❤

@5jjt

2 ай бұрын

It's awfully arrogant to think you know, for certain, that there's no such things as ghosts.

@RobVespa

2 ай бұрын

@@5jjt - It’s not arrogance, it’s science. Why did you choose to call someone you don’t know names and apply a negative attribute to them?

@RobVespa

2 ай бұрын

@@d.o.a.investigations - No, the Easter Bunny and Santa both exist. That’s science, Kyle. Don’t be ridiculous.

Spirits are everywhere you go. Even in places that shouldn't be haunted. How do you explain the class A EVPs paranormal researchers receive? This has not changed my mind lol

@scottplumer3668

6 ай бұрын

The purpose of this video wasn't to explain EVPs in general, it was specifically about this recorder. Do you have some examples of these "class A" recordings?

@cliffbarrows01

6 ай бұрын

Exactly!!!❤

@schmal911

6 ай бұрын

it depends. but the notion of "i can't readily explain this, so ipso facto it's a ghost" is not a convincing argument.

The latest documentary of this conducted by scientists and magicians is very interesting. They ruled out all fraudulent activity. I’m not sure what’s going on but have witnessed things with my own eyes that science cannot explain or any skeptic. I’d be exactly the same had I not had my own experiences.

at library, a man says, "hi, i am no ghost"

at your home a man says, "hi, i'm Howie"

hahaha

Heard a "yep" "hi" then the silly noise, is a man's voice.

He recorded it first at 21 seconds and then when he played it back it was barely 11 seconds... So he's not being accurate

Sadly your not asking any real questions 😕 😔

If you don't believe that there are spirits or like after that spirits will not come near you or try to communicate another thing research what you're doing before you start knocking things

Right, you kind of hinged a lot of this on a guys study who didn't have access to the device.. Immediate red flag on him and you, non believer btw.

@missyflutter5562

11 ай бұрын

User name checks out

You literally came down with todays rain. OMG. Do better research

👎👎👎

Ignorance.

😅😅😅😅😅

The dead are everywhere, ask questions - you get answers! This is the holy grail for ghost-hunters, that's why they use them.

@dabrabbity647

5 ай бұрын

I'm a full believer but you have to hear out all sides. It can really help.

@oceanview5545

5 ай бұрын

@dabrabbity647 Every single serious ghost hunter uses this recorder, We've all watched it work That's why they're so hard to get its REAL-IT WORKS ☎️ !!!

Also the quality is horrible..unfortunately many dont want super high quality recordings..lazy asses again.. Learn the Craft of deep recording...not just watch tv shows and thinking thats the answer!! Great job Kenny!!

@oceanview5545

5 ай бұрын

I have one & they work ( and I am not on TV nor do I do this for a living) It's not some conspiracy it's popular, it's almost impossible to find one & that's because it works!