[Rumori] Cleaning radio distortion - Tech question

[Matt The PM]

CEDAR makes several plugins that would work wonderfully in reducing the 
clipping issues with your audio.
Unfortunately, those plugins are VERY expensive.

You'd probably be better off using a bit of equalization and compression to 
reduce some of the clipping.

How are you recording the programs? To cassette? CD? MiniDisc?  Are you 
recording them off the air feed (which I DO NOT recommend)?  What are you 
using to assemble these programs?

We record our shows via MiniDisc from a digital stereo feed direct to the 
recorder from the console.  No audo compression and no EQ typically.  I pay 
close attention to the levels, keeping them right around 0 db (although 
sometimes we get carried away).  If you are recording directly from the on 
air feed (i.e., what you hear over an actual radio), you're recording the 
hiss and static from the signal, the audio compression and processing of the 
station, etc.  That's usually a bad thing to do, especially if you live in 
an area where the signal doesn't come in worth a flip.

Matt
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>From: Anthony Hall <anthonyh at epic.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "Detritus discussion list." <rumori at detritus.net>
>To: snuggles at kuci.org, rumori at detritus.net
>Subject: [Rumori] Cleaning radio distortion - Tech question
>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:00:43 +0100
>
>(apologies for the double post)
>
>I've got a large stack of radio shows I'm editing through and assembling 
>for a project - some of the shows are quite rough and have quite a bit of 
>mic distortion - I've used plug-ins before to help fix clipping with 
>varying degrees of success, but are there any better plug-ins to help 
>reshape this sort of sound ? There's some really good stuff that's ruined 
>by one or two crispy words and dodgy levels :(
>
>any opinions welcomed :)
>
>--
>
>bestsyetem
>

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