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Joe Hubbard · July 17th, 2008, 02:49 PM

Hello all,

Definitely a newbie so please bear with. I have just recently completed a series of interviews with a Sony ECM-44B mic plugged into a Panasonic GS120. I am very pleased with the quality, but on some of the subjects I have some clipping issues. On one, it lasts nearly the whole interview! Any suggestions on fixing this in post? I am running Final Cut Express 3.5 on a Mac Pro and do have Pro Tools LE if that is any help. Thanks for the help!

Joe

Steve House · July 17th, 2008, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Hubbard

Hello all,

Definitely a newbie so please bear with. I have just recently completed a series of interviews with a Sony ECM-44B mic plugged into a Panasonic GS120. I am very pleased with the quality, but on some of the subjects I have some clipping issues. On one, it lasts nearly the whole interview! Any suggestions on fixing this in post? I am running Final Cut Express 3.5 on a Mac Pro and do have Pro Tools LE if that is any help. Thanks for the help!

Joe

Thee are some clipping repair plugins but they are usually only marginally effective - not a Final Cut user here so I can't be more specific. Most of the time there's nothing much you can do except learn from the mistake and take more care the next time.

Aaron Graham · January 17th, 2009, 03:03 PM

I'm also a newbie love the Panasonic GS120 and have a Rode Video Mic, still playing about with it but extremely happy with the sound and recording. I also have Panasonic GS70 and use Sony Vegas Platinum 8 for edithing and Epson rx685 for dvd printing nice to meet you Aaron

Dan Brockett · January 17th, 2009, 05:32 PM

Hi Joe:

While there are a few plug-ins available that will somewhat mitigate slight clipping, we are talking about slight clipping. If you have a full interview with clipping, Steve is right, apply the re-shoot filter.

That is the downside of digital, once audio or whites are clipped, generally, there is nothing that can be done to re-claim any signal. If you are desperate and cannot re-shoot, I would suggest trying iZotope RX - Complete Audio Restoration: Declipping, Declicker, Hum Removal, Denoiser, Spectral Repair, Restore, Remaster, Download The have a declipping module in Izotope.

It is pretty great overall, but it can only do so much. Worth a try.

Dan

July 17th, 2008, 02:49 PM	#1
Joe Hubbard Tourist Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: east hartford, ct Posts: 4	Interview Audio Clipping Hello all, Definitely a newbie so please bear with. I have just recently completed a series of interviews with a Sony ECM-44B mic plugged into a Panasonic GS120. I am very pleased with the quality, but on some of the subjects I have some clipping issues. On one, it lasts nearly the whole interview! Any suggestions on fixing this in post? I am running Final Cut Express 3.5 on a Mac Pro and do have Pro Tools LE if that is any help. Thanks for the help! Joe

January 17th, 2009, 03:03 PM	#3
Aaron Graham New Boot Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lisburn Northern Ireland Posts: 7	hi joe I'm also a newbie love the Panasonic GS120 and have a Rode Video Mic, still playing about with it but extremely happy with the sound and recording. I also have Panasonic GS70 and use Sony Vegas Platinum 8 for edithing and Epson rx685 for dvd printing nice to meet you Aaron

January 17th, 2009, 05:32 PM	#4
Dan Brockett Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 2,109	Hi Joe: While there are a few plug-ins available that will somewhat mitigate slight clipping, we are talking about slight clipping. If you have a full interview with clipping, Steve is right, apply the re-shoot filter. That is the downside of digital, once audio or whites are clipped, generally, there is nothing that can be done to re-claim any signal. If you are desperate and cannot re-shoot, I would suggest trying iZotope RX - Complete Audio Restoration: Declipping, Declicker, Hum Removal, Denoiser, Spectral Repair, Restore, Remaster, Download The have a declipping module in Izotope. It is pretty great overall, but it can only do so much. Worth a try. Dan