These are the techniques that we use-

We use a digital voice recorder (RCA model RP5010) without an external microphone.  Our settings are: volume on the highest level, highest quality for recording, conference, voice activation turned either on or off (both ways work for us). When doing recordings in our home, we do not use white noise, such as a radio being tuned to between stations so only the 'white noise' is audible.  (This is the only  recorder we've ever tried. Other kinds of recorders would probably work as well).

When we begin to record, we sometimes ask for the spirits to speak to us, tell us their names, etc., that we would like to hear from them. We always show them respect. And thank the spirits at the end of the session.  Or we'll just turn the recorder on without saying anything.  The recorder is either laid down or carried with us. We have recorded for as long as 30 minutes, but 15 minutes is average.  A cemetery, vacant state mental hospital and in our home have been places where we have recorded EVP's.

WavePad is used to edit our recordings. For clarity, we may need to remove a little hum or hiss or use auto spectral noise reduction (applied to voice) and amplify. We try to keep the editing to a minimum.  We often find there is another message when the recording is played in reverse.  You can listen to the reverse of some of our EVP's here, along with other 'spirit voice' recordings.

Hopefully, the techniques that we use will be of help to you. Just have a little persistence and patience. And don't be disappointed if you do not get an EVP the very first time.  Keep on trying, and eventually you will succeed!

~Larry and Brenda Sides