Any tips on How to fix up bad audio room reverb & low volume etc for doc trailer?

caesura

Hi guys,

I've an almost impossible job to do on a documentary trailer I'm editing at the moment in terms of the talking heads/voice overs.

Basically somewhere along the way the original Zoom & AT recordings of the audio for almost all of the interviews disappeared and I was left with only what the mic on the camcorders picked up in what were already very reverby environments...you can hear from the results below that the audio is pretty awful and although I've tried cleaning it up in both Reaper and Adobe Audition it still ended up sounding pretty bad (instead of the muddy and reverby combination the mic originally caught, the fixed up version just sounds boomy and reverby.)

I've attached a link to some samples of the original recordings and can attach a link to the ones I treated with Reaper and Audition.

Are these rescuable at all?

Normally with audio this compromised I'd just organise a bit of ADR but it's not an option on this as this was a documentary.

Anyway i'd appreciate any and all tips advice and pointers on this as nothing I've done so far seems to be working.
Thanks!

https://soundcloud.com/modestmagnet/...ilwav1/s-LLzYI

keithkk16

Link isn't working.

omen80

You could try a deverb plugin.

Or you could try this....

http://riddlermike.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/deverb-for-free-removing-reverb-using-free-plugins/

caesura

keithkk16 wrote: »

Link isn't working.

:eek:
Sorry about that here it is again:

https://soundcloud.com/modestmagnet/doctrailwav1/s-LLzYI

Cheers for letting me know...hope it's working now

omen80 wrote: »

You could try a deverb plugin.

Or you could try this....

http://riddlermike.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/deverb-for-free-removing-reverb-using-free-plugins/

Thanks will check the options on that link out hopefully something will work.

If any of you know of any other free deverb software or even tutorials in Audition or Reaper (all I've been able to find is Auditions Noise removal tool) I'd be massively grateful

Thanks!

mart1977

Sounds nightmarish! I'm currently doing Post on a DVD where the original audio captured on the night is awful so I feel your pain!

Your going to need a sophisticated restoration suite of tools like iZotope RX or similar, some skill and a lot of time and patience. I have the suite and its capable of amazing things. I cant hear your clip on SoundCloud for some reason.