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Subject:Real Bad Recording - Fix?
Posted by: Jim H
Date:3/3/2006 7:49:32 PM
I have a really clipped out recording of a live song - just soft piano and voice. The person who recorded it was too close and nearly the whole thing is clipped. Is there a reasonably simple way to process this that might improve the sound and reduce the fuzzy sound on the loud parts? Thanks. |
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Subject:RE: Real Bad Recording - Fix?
Reply by: Chienworks
Date:3/4/2006 5:11:37 AM
The most reasonable way is to redo the recording from scratch. How simple that is depends on your situation. You could try SONY's Clipped Peak Restoration (available in the Noise Reduction 2.0 plugin), but it really only works well with digital clipping. It doesn't do much for recordings where the gain was too high to begin with. Generally, once it's clipped, it's lost. |
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Subject:RE: Real Bad Recording - Fix?
Reply by: Jim H
Date:3/4/2006 7:05:36 AM
Rerecording is not an option. I tried the soften/enhance process in SF and that eliminated that fuzzy (my mike is turning inside-out) buzzy sound. But now there's no treble at all to speak of but at least you can listen to it without making your ears bleed. I'm experimenting with EQ. Is there a trick to bringing up a female vocalist? Some freq range trick? Here's a sample of the clip. http://www.wakelydam.com/Video/Sample.wav I think I'll cross post over to the Vegas forum, there seems to be a better traffic flow over there. Maybe some one will pick up the challenge. Thanks. Message last edited on3/4/2006 7:37:22 AM byJim H. |
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Subject:RE: Real Bad Recording - Fix?
Reply by: MJhig
Date:3/4/2006 9:07:53 AM
You won't get any better advice anywhere regardless of the traffic. Any other advice to the contrary will simply lead you to chasing ghosts wasting time. That recording is hosed. Kelly was willing to be the bearer of bad news. There is NO way to fix it, what is missing will always be missing. MJ |