[Rumori] Cleaning radio distortion - Tech question

[Anthony Hall]

The programs have sadly already been recorded - I'm working from the 
station log hard-drive - hence the variety in quality between shows.

The recorded signal is not off-the-air, but some comping & limiting has 
been done on it - the distorted mics are mainly the result of inexperienced 
hands on the dials...

Sadly it wasn't me that supervised or made the recordings, otherwise I 
wouldn't be needing to find a way to clean 'em up ;)

thanks anyway,

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beatsusyem

At 09:56 12/08/03 -0500, Matt The PM wrote:
>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.
>
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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 :)
>>
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>>bestsyetem
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