def read_events(bdf):
    "read events by making a new channel"
    ## read in eeg and get separate stim channel info
    eeg = mne.io.read_raw_bdf(bdf)
    # eeg.describe() # 247808 (484.0 s) == 512Hz

    # events = mne.find_events(eeg, shortest_event=2)
    util.add_stim_corrected(eeg)
    events = mne.find_events(eeg, stim_channel="StatusCorrected", shortest_event=2)
    return (events, eeg.info)