Distorted audio problem

HeeHee wrote on 11/12/2002, 9:40 AM

Greetings,

I am a video guy by nature and the audio part isn't my thing. I recently helped shoot a seminar at my company that we brought in an audio guy for to do the sound setup (wireless mics, amp, speakers, etc...) I wanted to get decent sound from the presenter without getting all the background crowd noise, so I had the audio guy hook up our wireless mic transmitter to the out on his amp and make sure it worked right. I then had the receiver hooked up to the video camera. Well, I'm not sure what happened, but it sounds like he had the output cranked a bit too high which resulted in a lot of distortion. The wierd thing is that when a handheld mic was used it didn't sound so bad, but when a lapel mic was used it was real bad.

Anyway, my question to you audio guys is whether this distortion can be tamed or if I'm just SOL. I have played with some filter settings that seamed to fix it a bit, but nowhere near how I would like it to sound. If there is a solution, please stear me in the right direction.

Thanks,
Lee

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edna6284 wrote on 11/12/2002, 10:47 AM

I'm sorry to have to tell you that there's no practical way to do it. SF has their Clipping fixer plug-in thing but it really only works over short-duration stuff (transients, etc.). The old "garbage in, garbage out" phrase applies here.

The only way to curb this in the future is to do level testing beforehand. Cheers, D

HeeHee wrote on 11/12/2002, 11:38 AM

That's what I was afraid to hear. The audio guy was suppose to do the level testing, but I think he used the handheld to do it and didn't try the lapel mics. Oh well, I guess I will have to make due. I'll try the clipping fixer for good measure.

Thanks,
Lee