20 Audio restoration and repair tips
When cleaning up audio it can be tempting to really throw everything at the problem
01 DOWNLOAD AN APP
In many cases you will be attempting to repair audio that has already been recorded and has turned out to have some kind of issue with distortion, hiss or hum. In other cases such as when digitising vinyl or tape, you know in advance that the audio is likely to have some cracks, pops and other problems due to the nature of the source media. When you record any source to digital audio it captures everything exactly as it sounds, unlike analogue recording media which can add their own flattering characteristics like warmth or compression during tracking. If your express intention is to digitise analogue media such as vinyl or tape, consider using a specialised app or plug-in like SoundSoap that will attempt to deal with these artefacts during capture, saving you time. Some gadgets such as USB turntables come with their own capture apps with audio repair software tools, though these vary in quality.
02 VIRTUAL MIC PLUG-INS
Room ambience can be one of the hardest things to get rid of on a recording but some plug-ins enable you to move ‘virtual microphones’ around in order to change the proximity of the source to the mics. This can take a
