Is there any hope?

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randomname

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I guess the connection between my wireless lav and the camera went bad and now 75% of an interview we recorded sounds like the person was talking through a cell phone. Does anyone know if there's a good way to bring it back to being somewhat normal sounding?
 
Probably not. But we are only guessing unless you post a sample of the audio you are asking about.
Of course, this is why you never record audio without monitoring the audio with good headphones.
Recording audio without monitoring it is EXACTLY like framing and focusing without looking at the viewfinder!
 
Like the above poster stated, a sample would be a good start to see what you have to work with. Im guessing there is a way to improve what you have, but by how much is the question.
 
Unlike the poster who's recorder wasn't recording This was 100% avoidable if someone was monitoring.

Like Maranfilms mentioned I'm sure some improvement can be made but you can't get back what you lost, just make what you have less awful.
 
Hi

My 2 cents is it sounds too hot (clipped, overdriven, distorted).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipping_(audio)

I am sure many more knowledgeable than I will offer help.

A look at the waveform should tell.
You may need to look at different parts of the audio chain to see where in the chain it clipped.
If not clipped on the originial then you can go back to that.
Otherwise some advice is offered in the link above, although for electronic instruments not dialogue.

Good luck
 
Hi. Gregg Juke here. Noob; sorry my first post is kind of butting-in to this thread, but I didn't want to let this slide. Randomname, from what I heard on your (albeit very short) sample, the audio isn't that bad and not beyond some repair, although it does sound a bit clipped, and if recorded that way you can't really "undo." What you can do is dump the audio from the camera (or export the audio track from whatever video editing program you use) to a DAW program (digital audio workstation-- any pro audio recording software) or sound editing program (such as SoundForge), to adjust the waveform, lower/raise the volume in certain sections, change the EQ to try and correct for the mid-rangey "cellphone" effect, maybe even use some compression to even it out, etc., etc.

Do you know anyone with a studio, even a decent home set-up that could help you out? If you're not familiar with this stuff, you might need to get a sound editor involved.

GJ
 
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