Members Shamdog Posted January 15, 2012 Members Share Posted January 15, 2012 I recorded our last show with a Tascam DR3 set on a table right in front of the band. The only problem is (was) that I didn't have time to reduce the input sensativity on the built-in mic, so the recordings sound overmodulated. Is there any way now, after the fact, to cleant this mess up? I doubt it, but just thought I'd ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mutha Goose Posted January 15, 2012 Members Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nope. Best you could hope to do is a little EQing to TRY and hide some noise. Clipped is clipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby1Note Posted January 15, 2012 Members Share Posted January 15, 2012 "take two" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reson8tor Posted January 15, 2012 Members Share Posted January 15, 2012 For the record... some audio editors like the one I use (Samplitude) have a de-clipping function that works by interpolation. It makes an educated guess at what the missing audio should sound like at the clipped point, by referencing what came just before and after. But that only works for clipped transients, like a brief spike in the audio with some hash on it. If you have large portions of sawed-off waveforms, or the entire track is just a brick wave, then it can't be rescued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Coaster Posted January 15, 2012 Members Share Posted January 15, 2012 hi pass it, eq it, hi pass some more, then finally toss it out. or just toss it out now and save time been there, got the t-shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 15, 2012 Members Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nope, obce the waveform is distorted, the undistorted information is lost for good. Yes, there are some software processing options that will attempt to extrapolate what should have been there but generally they work best on simpler waveforms like speech and don't work all that well on the more complex waveforms. (I am specifically excluding very costly and more dedicated processes that are used by the cinema and recording industry for recovering very valuable assets. This falls outside the budgets of those of us here. Maybe Todd can enlighten him on what he might work with at his day job?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shamdog Posted January 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2012 That's what I thought. Thanks anyway, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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