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Imported dialog track distorting

I just imported the dialog audio from the QT video of this clip and for some reason the clip gets really distorted, but sounds fine on the actual QT video. I imported other SFX fil …
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Distortion - how?

Hi all, It's a great forum, resource and community here! So here is my first question : I'm interested in distortion, I like the effect, it makes sounds easily huge and extreme. …
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Can you help to identify the probable cause of this distortion?

Recently I was recording a PASS device (Personal Alert Safety System) that is used in a firefighters SCBA (self-contained breathing apparatus). Using motion it alerts when a firefi …
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Sources of Distortion

Can anyone clarify a discussion I had today regarding distortion within an audio system and what actually distorts. I initially had set up a sound system for a preview of some shor …
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On Hold Audio/Data Compression

Anybody know what kind of algorithms/applications they use for this? Cuz I'm on hold right now and whenever the music overloads the system there's this wicked pink noise distortio …
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live performances

It's me again :D. I have shot the pilot for the reality TV show. It has two main parts the first one is shot in studio (not really too much of a problem), the other part is documen …
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Any good use for digital distortion?

I recently worked on a lot of dialogue that was digitally distorted probably because the microphone was damaged. Can anyone think of a time or place where digital distortion is us …
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Vocal clipping restoration

My question is: has anybody tried to restore clipped audio successfully? Is there a method behind this, or processing tool to help restore this that i'm unaware? I have tried usin …
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Best Distortion, Clipping, Overmodulation Fixing Plug-in?

I'm about to mix a few events where the podium mic was recorded somehow with clipping happening. It's pretty horrendous. But, I'm stuck with it and being asked to fix it. I've got …
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Analog distortions/saturation on voice - how to reduce?

Hi to all I've been asked to try to save a few days of recording (interview with boom and 1 radio mic): the radio mic is always (four days of recording, I couldn't believe it!!) s …
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Interesting find - LA2A Distortion

Yesterday I found something interesting, I was setting up for an ADR session where the actor is speaking over the phone, and what better to record this with than a real phone? So …
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Need help identifying strange flutter distortion.

I was out recording my car last week both for the purposes of scouting a good strip of road and practicing my auto coverage technique. When I got back to the studio I discovered t …
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What is your preferred distortion plug-in?

What is your most used distortion plug-in? With which other methods do you add distortion? What are some of the best results you have achieved when applying distortion?
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How to clean a digitally-distorted recording?

We all know what happens when the recording level goes too high during Analog to Digital conversion: harsh non-musical sound covering everything else (ok, on occasion it might be s …