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Started by Blitz · 15 Dec 2005 · 12 posts survive · look for it on the Wayback Machine

audio problem (clipping), anyway to fix minor clipping?
BlitzPosted: 15 Dec 2005, 10:24am
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Is there any way to fix minor clipping on a wav file I recorded? (peaks out on only the loudest notes and even then only just makes a little "click"/"pop" noise)

I'm really desperate to solve this :( . . its not too bad but its a little annoying.
ralpheeeePosted: 15 Dec 2005, 10:53am
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Hi Blitz :)

Play the clip back thru medai player or something like it.

If u still get clipping then it's a problem at the time of recording and you cant adjust levels to get rid of it.

Best solution would be to rerecord it and adjust levels.

Failing that fuk around with EQ... find the spot where the clipping noise is most prominent by raising the eq level to max and sweeping it through the range till it makes horrible clipping nooise then basicaly reverse the eq level to minimum to muffle or silence those sounds.

Hope the above makes sense if not let me know and ill try to explain better. :saywhat:
BlitzPosted: 15 Dec 2005, 11:01am
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its OK I got lucky and still had the original recording (before i saved it as mp3) stored as a backup in my sound program, so was able to open that up and just turn the volume down a bit, which got rid of the problem.

Thanks for the help though!
ralpheeeePosted: 15 Dec 2005, 12:50pm
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QUOTE(Blitz @ Dec 15 2005, 11:01 AM)
its OK I got lucky and still had the original recording (before i saved it as mp3) stored as a backup in my sound program, so was able to open that up and just turn the volume down a bit, which got rid of the problem.

Thanks for the help though!
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No probs
Trav666Posted: 17 Dec 2005, 1:36pm
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if you email me whatever u like ill be able to declip it significantly....can do a frequency analysis on it and see where its clipping then drop those specific frequencies down thereby not affecting the volume of the sample.


Trav
ralpheeeePosted: 22 Dec 2005, 10:31am
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QUOTE(Trav666 @ Dec 17 2005, 01:36 PM)
if you email me whatever u like ill be able to declip it significantly....can do a frequency analysis on it and see where its clipping then drop those specific frequencies down thereby not affecting the volume of the sample.
Trav
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Can I ask what u might use to do such work?

:)
OdysseyPosted: 22 Dec 2005, 10:40am
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QUOTE(ralpheeee @ Dec 22 2005, 11:31 AM)
Can I ask what u might use to do such work?

:)
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TankPosted: 22 Dec 2005, 10:44am
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QUOTE(Odyssey @ Dec 22 2005, 11:40 AM)
Soundforge
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Hmmmmm..... I must get me a copy of that... :shear:
SKYVERPosted: 22 Dec 2005, 11:00am
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QUOTE(Tank @ Dec 22 2005, 10:44 AM)
Hmmmmm..... I must get me a copy of that... :shear:
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Trav666Posted: 27 Dec 2005, 12:14am
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varies what id use depending on the sample type...most basic wave formats just cooledit pro is perfect with its filtering - has clip, noise, hiss reduction and a million frequency specific equalisers, frequency stats, etc. dont bother with adobe audition but cooledit pro 2.0+ is great for noise reduction if u spend enough time. spot the spikes manually and only filter limited selections too!

soundforge is ok too as ody says for some of that stuff!


Trav
Idicus Ulthwe'Posted: 27 Dec 2005, 12:57am
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skot_ePosted: 30 Dec 2005, 11:40am
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Protools allows you to "draw" the clip out of the wave sample. A clip is usually a very small piece of the sample (unless the whole recording is overdriven), so editing the wave at sample level will remove the "pop/click" but the change will be so small and insignificant, the overall sound file will not be altered.
Not sure if Logic,etc can do this, but probably can...