Audio Editing

Anybody know anything about audio editing. I have an audio editor that I use for simple stuff like amplify, speed, cut, copy, fade, echo, compress, flange, echo. etc. etc. But I have files that are old and "over modulated". I have tried all the different effects and adjustments I have on the editor but cannot adjust the voice that is over modulated. It may not be possible, but it also is possible I just don't know the right way to do it. So, I thought I would just ask. Thanks, Dave

 

What editor are you currently using?

 

MP3 Audio Editor Free Ver 9.2.5

http://www.onlyfreewares.com/Audio-Video/Audio-Editors-Recorders/Free-Sound-Recorder.php

Thanks Friend.

 

Hi Dave, did you not try Audacity at some point recently?
You might get slightly better results with that.
However if the audio is clipped and distorted due to being recorded too loud in the first place, you will be struggling to do much with it as the parts where it was clipped are actually missing altogether and therefore not easy to replace.

Nev.

 

Hey Nev, I have not tried Audacity since I got Win 8, I did try it on Win 7 and never could get it to work. I think I will give it another try. My Win 7 application was screwed up as you know.
The audio I refer to are sermons made back in the 1950's and I assume on tape recorders. I can tell though that the speaker was simply standing too close to the mike and over modulating. If this were in my Ham Radio days, I would just tell the guy to back off his mic a bit. So the audio is too broad a single causing distortion and I need to figure out how to narrow that signal.
Thanks, Dave
Blessings from Camiguin Island Philippines

 

Nev, just by chance I found the answer to my problem. I decided to try using my VLC media player instead of the Win Media Player. I did not know VLC has a mini editor built into it. Under adjustment and affects I am allowed to fine adjust the equalizer. I didn't really know what I was doing but I slide a few of the slides up in real time and you can hear the changes taking place and adjust accordingly. How about that. That's really all I need. No provision to save the file as new but all I need is to play it anyway.
Thanks for your help, Dave
Blessings from Camiguin Philippines.

 

Great news that you found a way round the problem Dave and the answer was as simple as that.

Nev. G4T** (Still keep my ham license.)

 

I've found that a freeware program called MP3Gain also is effective at fixing some audio issues. I use it to "normalize" mp3's. Many mp3's are recorded at various input levels (by different people) which shows up when you play them. MP3Gain is helpful at resolving that. However, if they are distorted due to "overmodualtion" (I'm also a Ham, so I know the term), it may not fixed that.


http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/