PARANORMALBOX
MODEL GR-1 · SCANNING RECEIVER GHOST RADIO
98.5 MHz SIMULATED DIAL
SCAN RATE
Ghost Radio scans genuine internet radio stations from the Radio Browser directory and processes the live audio through an analogue receiver chain: bandwidth narrowing on the tune, static bursts between stations, saturation, wow and flutter, and a rolling buffer that can catch and repeat a fragment.
Stations are connected to directly by your browser and nothing is proxied, cached or rebroadcast. Not every stream can be processed - one that sends no CORS headers is skipped rather than played flat - and the frequency on the dial is a visual simulation, since an internet stream has no broadcast frequency.
Yes. Ghost Radio plays genuine live internet radio streams listed in the open Radio Browser directory, connected to directly by your browser. The frequency on the dial is a visual simulation, because an internet stream has no broadcast frequency.
The Spirit Box synthesises everything, so there are no real words in it at all. Ghost Radio uses real stations, so the fragments are real speech and music from somewhere in the world — chopped up by the scanner.
To process audio in the browser, a stream has to allow it with CORS headers. Streams that do not are skipped rather than played without the receiver effects.
It streams audio, so expect roughly the data use of ordinary internet radio — typically 0.5 to 1 MB per minute depending on the stations’ bitrates. Use Wi-Fi for long sessions.
No. Streams are not proxied, cached or rebroadcast by ParanormalBox; your browser connects to each station directly.
This is an instrument and a sound tool, provided for entertainment and experiment. It describes what it measures and does not identify the cause of anything it shows.