Please forgive the dual posting. I also posted in the Sound Forge community but need any help/suggestion ASAP.
I'm trying to save a recent blunder by a videographer. A session was shot where the wireless mic was much too hot and thus the recorded audio is distorted. Because the clipping occurred in the first step the wav file itself does not appear clipped thus using the Clipped Peak plug-in does not at first work. I am still trying to rescue the file so I have performed the following - wave hammer to 0dB. Then I increase the volume 130% so that actual clipping occurs. I then apply Clipped Peak. Then I applied Noise Reduction to get rid of some unwanted noise. The result is much better but still not satisfactory. Before I tell the videographer that she must beg for a re-shoot, I'm trying to make the file as good as possible. Ultimately a music bed will be applied so the audio will have some "masking."
Any suggestions? I would be more than happy to email a short mp3 of the file if someone would be willing to take a quick look at the file. chewbonkay@hotmail.com.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.
Mike
I'm trying to save a recent blunder by a videographer. A session was shot where the wireless mic was much too hot and thus the recorded audio is distorted. Because the clipping occurred in the first step the wav file itself does not appear clipped thus using the Clipped Peak plug-in does not at first work. I am still trying to rescue the file so I have performed the following - wave hammer to 0dB. Then I increase the volume 130% so that actual clipping occurs. I then apply Clipped Peak. Then I applied Noise Reduction to get rid of some unwanted noise. The result is much better but still not satisfactory. Before I tell the videographer that she must beg for a re-shoot, I'm trying to make the file as good as possible. Ultimately a music bed will be applied so the audio will have some "masking."
Any suggestions? I would be more than happy to email a short mp3 of the file if someone would be willing to take a quick look at the file. chewbonkay@hotmail.com.
Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions.
Mike