TASCAM DR-05XP EVP Recorders
Two TASCAM DR-05XP audio recorders for EVP sessions, capturing clean, distortion-free sound that can be examined properly afterwards.
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Estimated price per recorder. South African retail prices for the DR-05XP range from about R3,329 to R4,600 depending on the retailer (November 2026).
About this equipment
Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are sounds or voices that people report hearing on recordings but not at the time. To take them seriously, the recording has to be clean, uncompressed and free of distortion. The TASCAM DR-05XP records in 32-bit float. In plain terms, it cannot distort on a sudden loud sound and it keeps very quiet sounds that cheaper recorders lose. It has two built-in stereo microphones, an input for an external microphone, runs on two AA batteries (up to about 17 hours) or USB power, and records to microSD cards of up to 512 GB. Two recorders let us run one in the room with us and leave one recording in an empty room.
Why we need it
A phone's voice-memo app compresses audio and adds its own processing, which can create or remove sounds. Proper recorders give us honest audio that viewers can listen to for themselves.
Models we can accept
We are not insisting on the newest model. A good-condition previous-generation camera is perfectly acceptable.
- TASCAM DR-05XP (preferred)
- Zoom H1essential (similar 32-bit float recorder)
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