Audio advice needed

[Jackie]

Can someone suggest a way of fixing speech on an audio track that has
been recorded/picked up too far away from the microphone?

I want to try and get rid of the 'hollow' effect this causes.

Any suggestions or suitable links to web sites or news groups would be
appreciated.

I have Cool Edit pro.

Jackie

[Bobby Longsocks]

In article >,
says...
> Can someone suggest a way of fixing speech on an audio track that has
> been recorded/picked up too far away from the microphone?
>
> I want to try and get rid of the 'hollow' effect this causes.
>
> Any suggestions or suitable links to web sites or news groups would be
> appreciated.
>
> I have Cool Edit pro.
>
> Jackie
>
>
Hey Jackie, it's all in the source, it's pretty tough to change
something that's been printed, regardless of how professional the
engineer.

The philosophy here, being a crappy sounding kick drum, with lots
of bottom end EQ added to compensate, is now just a crappy sounding
kick drum, with lots of bottom.

Any changes you do make with the following advice, should be
subtle, you don't want to hear any phasing, flanging, or artifacts of
digital manipulation in your recording.

I'm not too sure how effective the noise reduction software in Cool
Edit Pro is, you need to be able to take a noise print, so... if you
go on a search, there are lots of free, demo, and trial downloadable
audio editor programs, pluggins, and apps, for you to experiment
enough to get the job done.

Pro-Tools Free, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge etc.... (unless cool edit
has a great noise reduction pluggin)

Normalize your recording - Do NOT average the RMS to 0db, just set
the peak rms to 0db.

Find "the" spot in the recording (Really search for the moment)
where the voice causes the larges reverberation, or ambient sound,
between words, a spot you can zoom in, and highlight, that best
depicts the acoustic resonance of the environment that you recorded
the person.

Capture this highlighted area into your noise reduction plugin, and
preview it against your audio track, starting at 0, slowly add the
noise reduction, very sparingly, you'll lose clarity, and cause
flanging, and audio anomalies, very easily, back it off, and process
the audio where you feel the integrity of the recording hasn't been
compromised.

This in whole, won't be a HUGE improvement on the original
recording, but sometimes, every little increment helps.

Good Luck !

Bobby P Longsocks

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