How To Fix Distorted Audio In Adobe Audition (Clipped Audio)

[@MikeRussell]

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[@MikeRussell]

It is my pleasure. Thank you for continuing to watch and support my videos :)

[@elainanoell9052]

This was exactly what I needed! Thanks so much for saving my audio :)

[@MikeRussell]

I'm glad I could help you rescue your distorted audio in Adobe Audition. Your feedback is appreciated!

[@byronpendleton8272]

I did an Award Show recently and the audio I received from the In-house guy was garbage. He had no idea how to fix it and was insisting it was good and clear audio. This video tutorial saved me and the audio. Thank you so much for this tutorial.

[@hawkseo]

Ain't no other channel better than yours when it comes to Adobe Audition tutorials. Big thumbs up, Mr. Russell!

[@JamAshleyFilms]

Worked about 10x better for me than it did for you in your example. Saved me A LOT of heartache, thanks mate!

[@bandsinavan]

Quick and to the point, way better than the thousand videos that take 15 minutes to to explain the same process! Thanks!

[@jamescovenant]

This video has helped me twice now. Thanks Mike

[@MikeRussell]

Great news, thanks jamescovenant.

[@gamerul]

I`m a video editor and your tips&tricks for audio are just what I need for my small-sized audio work.

[@hmccarthy1]

I've never commented on a video before, but this one just saved my butt, so. Hats off!

I do not use Audition on daily basis - the video helped me tremendously - thanks a ton!

[@BobHamiltonnewradio]

Yeah Mike! You saved my ass again! Forgot to turn on the Limiter on my Zoom...distortion! In the old tape days we would have just tossed the (brilliant) voice over and started again...but it's 2019! Who knew that you could repair voice distortion like this!!!! Amazing! Thanks for taking the time to share it..very grateful for your help.

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to hear it works for you, you are very welcome!

[@MikeRussell]

You can try some of Audition's advanced tools such as DeClipper and DeClicker and also reducing the input volume of each track in the multitrack may help.

[@MikeRussell]

If you freeze effects they will pre-render before you play back - this means you cannot alter them in real-time - any changes you make before playback will pre-render and save CPU load and slower machines.

[@Zonkieman]

Once again, just what I needed for quick fix! I had an old dictaphone travel diary microcasette recording that was clipped and now it's much better after your simple instructions ! You're a star !

[@MikeRussell]

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[@beng8720]

Mike Russell is the BOSS of Adobe Audition. Thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@HamidUllahOighon]

Hey Mike, i have a voice sound recording which is normally recorded as robotic or might be a robotic sound effect has bee applied on it, incase if i want to change it into normal voice what are the possible ways in adobe audition?

[@mramirez200]

That last bit actually really helped me loads. Thanks a million, Mike!

[@ClintBoland]

Mike, once again my hero, lol. This is the 5th time I have used this tutorial, lol! I have to say, this has been one of the best tutorials on youtube for save butts in audio. Thanks sir!

[@LivingStoriesTV]

Had a mildly clipped sound bite in my video, and this method made it pretty much sound normal. Thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@ClintBoland]

Hey Mike, I'm back to your video again, lol. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time I have used this video. You're continually a life saver, or should I say a sound saver ;)

[@nicolebatten7321]

Great video! This has helped me save a handful of videos we shot on a single day where we had a bunch of random recording issues.

[@MikeRussell]

Some audio is hard to fix but Audition has great restoration tools.

[@MikeRussell]

Effects highlighted in red may not render in real time. A good way to get around this is to hit the lightning bolt and freeze your track. This will pre-render your effects before playback.

[@shanisesanford9131]

Do you have a how to video for converting a recording back to it's original state if it's been edited?

[@jessehanska1895]

For some reason the declipper (process) and all other processes are greyed out. Any help?

[@CapsLockKeyon]

What's awesome about this video? One, you've helped me. TWO I actually made a Motion Graphics title for you guys at Music Radio Creative a few years back! Awesome running into you again. haha and thanks for the help!

[@steven4217]

how do you adjust the settings for distortion before you record, though? is there a way to turn the mics sensitivity down before you record potentially destorted vocals?

[@ghostrid3]

can this clean up distorted/muffled concert cell phone video?

[@kogxompax6366]

Cheers mate, good job! Very clear, very simple, very effective, very much to the point. I have no idea what's not to like about this clip, so just try to ignore the few obligatory troll dislikes and keep up the good work!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@MikeRussell]

Could you explain further? Maybe link an example?

[@KirbyGuy194728]

Massive help, clear to understand. Thanks so much!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@awillingvessel238]

What do I need to keep this happening on set? I use a tascam -10x and I plugged it in the dj soundboard. Any tips to fix this before on set? What do I need?

[@MikeRussell]

You could record mono on left and right with one channel 10 or 20 dB lower than the other.

[@TheVoiceofChief]

How about returning a voice-over WITH EFFECTS (like reverb, flange, etc.) back to its normal state? Is that even possible?

[@Astroni800]

I drew a similar shape in graphic correction in Audacity and it worked nice too! Thanks!

[@MikeRussell]

It's hard to eliminate tunnel reverb or echo in general without the audio sounding unnatural. You may want to try applying a noise gate. I show you how on my channel :)

[@richardhering6521]

This worked for me, and thank you for brevity and clarity.

[@Broeckietube]

Thanks for the video! However, I have a similar distorted audio clip (orchestra recording that was quite loud, though all accoustic), which doesn't seem to be clipped (the audio waves don't reach the borders of the waveform levels, they stay between -0,5 an 0,5 in Audacity). But the sound is distorted when the whole orchestra plays (especially brass and percussion). Any tips?

[@eyelean11able]

Cannot wait to try this out! Just got a few videos from a concert that I'm hoping i can save!

[@wesleyk.8376]

HOW do I ENHANCE/extrapolate vocal audio in the background???? I have yet to see a good source on this. PLEASE HELP step by step!! I'm using Adobe Audition CC 2015

[@ambejanpour]

thanks for the answer.but what about c program is running the 64 bit version should i install it there or not?. and can you explain me how does the pre-render make change in track and what is the different between having a strong CPU or using this buttom

[@averschinks]

You may have just saved my life with this (or at the very least, my video project!) Thanks so much, this vid was extremely helpful!

[@MikeRussell]

Awesome news!

[@FrisbeeRob]

The declipper worked perfectly! Thanks for the video!

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for the comment!

[@MikeRussell]

Lots to get on my to do list for future videos. Thanks!

[@iamjerrygoins]

Thank you! The FFT worked better than the declipper for me.

[@musicbykg]

Thanks Mike! I was working with a clip, where the sound was distorted from the speaker, and this still helped a lot!!

[@PaulGilmourTheVerticalView]

Very good Russell. My audio only clipped on two small sections and nowhere near the amplitude of your example but it still bugged me. The choice of going -6 and not -8db was only a minor mistake but the fix has made me feel better about it. Thanks Man

[@EdRivis]

Thanks for this - had some annoying clipping / peaking and the FFT Filter advice sorted it out. Cheers! 😀

[@MikeRussell]

Glad to have helped Ed 👍

[@DeanLeatherman]

So you have never used a multiband compressor before to get rid of problems like this? It has the ability to bring a lot of material back from the brink.

[@edh3268]

what would your next step be after doing the initial declipping? I have someone that provided me horrible live audio from a festival and they do not have a way to re-record it. So, I am trying my best to fix it. From De-Clipping to a one mic recording of a live band in a tight space recorded mono. Any tips or videos you can refer me to for the complete wrokflow of bad distortion and super muddy to tolerable master?

[@MikeRussell]

You can play with EQ but bad distortion and super muddy sounds like a write off

[@Quintessentguy]

Also, thanks, this has helped me clean up some live musical recordings that are distorted! Notoriously hard to get camera XLR mics set LOW enough so that distortion in not a problem!

[@Pamulean]

How about a EQ,Amplifiers and probably Speakers you explain what frequenc they gane and whats the difference between separate subwoofer enclosure and Not and probably 3 way bass reflex sytem....I hope is not too much

[@tjszuch]

my audio is over modulated but the clipper tool in audition doesnt think it is. what do i do?

[@MikeRussell]

Maybe the audio has been limited below 0 dB? This would be an issue as Amplitude Statistics wouldn't see the peaks.

[@JoshuaMorgan]

I had minor peaking and this helped! Thanks!

[@highmaple75]

well, I have a question which is totally the opposite side from the purpose of this video. that is how do I export audio without being autocorrected by Adobe Audition? I have made a distorted song like the dank song. I had no problem when I was making it in audition and the effects I wanted had gone well when I previewed it. but after I exported it, the audio was fixed automatically by audition, as the volume has been decreased fairly. How can I fix this?

[@MikeRussell]

Audition shouldn't add any effects to a file you save unless you are batch processing with an effect selected.

[@MikeRussell]

More tutorials about removing noise from audio here: kzbin.info/aero/PL6wGbZVVzENlHTl5EyOoLae1xexb1SDtx

[@teledvisors]

Thanks for this Mike - some of the interface has changed in Audition CC 2017 but all the core settings are the same and I was able to fix some bad webinar audio. Cheers

[@johnwetherall9161]

Many thanks good sir! I had some location sound that we couldn't re-record that just had some nasty clipped spots. This actually cleaned up the audio nice and saved my bacon

[@ProductionsJAnderson]

I have audio Audition CS 5 which tools are the best way to correct audio the sound like you're in a tunnel

[@eltonkingori1661]

Hi, is there a way to completely remove one speaker in a podcast despite all of them being recorded on one audio channel?

[@MikeRussell]

Sadly not. This is why I highly recommend recording each speaker on an individual track.

[@ambejanpour]

hey Mike i'm using windows 7 and i install my audition in c program file (x86) and when i adding some of the effect in multitrack editor is shows in red do you think should i install it in to c program which is use 64 bit version or the audition is just work for 32 bit. if i need to so is not causing any problem?i know there is a pre-rendering buttom in audition, but i think i dot't need it because my computer is strong enough and how does it work anyway?

[@davemunger8803]

Thanks a lot! This helped me out with some minor clipping on some source material I could not re-record. For my situation, it worked great.

[@MikeRussell]

That's one to get my scratching my head Heinie! I'll have a think about it and see what I can come up with.

[@MikeRussell]

Once audio has been altered it is harder to gain the original sound. The best way is to always work with source recordings that are as clean as possible.

[@tonezone117]

worked like a charm, thank you very much sir!

[@justiniath]

You just saved another video Mike. Thanks a lot buddy.

[@TheSwampDaddy]

Sadly this does not work for me. Is there not a way to identify a clip at ANY amplitude? The problem I have is that the clipping occurred elsewhere in the signal chain and was not truncated by the recording software. There must be a way to analyze these crunchy clips in 2 hour recording. Ideas?

[@MikeRussell]

Great one for the community here: community.musicradiocreative.com/

[@MikeRussell]

I really like this idea. Is there anything you'd especially like me to review?

[@simonjones4797]

Followed your instructions step-by-step, absolutely perfect, thank you very much :)

[@Aspect8_5_2]

hi... I have an audio file that is heavily distorted any way I can salvage it... or if someone can help me out . please reply . it's very important

[@MikeRussell]

Great one for the community here: community.musicradiocreative.com/

[@oliverrapp93]

so i mixing some music together, and sadly, i had to rip some from youtube, which really doesn't help clipping. this helped me out, thanks.

[@wcj4146]

Hello, thanks for the tutorial! It helped a lot! I would like to ask why are you (and other professionals doing with sound) wearing a headset? Is it for noise cancellation? I walked into a national broadcast studio a few times and all of them wear a headset. I'm dying to know... Please and thank you in advance! :P

[@SpaceCaptainLucas]

Great tutorial. Thanks a bunch! Thought I was stuck with a massively clipped audio track, but it worked surprisingly well.

[@edh3268]

Thank you once again for the awesome to the point video. However, is there any way to get rid of the actual distortion that is caused by the clipping? I noticed the FFT seemed to bring it down some but it didn't directly address the rumbling distortion and I wasn't sure if there was a way to get rid of that. Declipper worked on most of the tracks I received for the most part, however, one was really bad due to the bongos in the track. The track had over 12,000 clipped parts on a song. haha

[@MikeRussell]

The only way to get rid of the distortion completely is to set the levels correctly and re-record I'm afraid.

[@edh3268]

@@MikeRussell well I can officially say, a lot of careful EQ after declipping got it tolerable enough to listen to. Unfortunately for the cleanup project I took on, it was a live festival and re recording was not an option. The cameraman apparently had levels up so high and they brought me in to try and turn the live performance into a 13 track live album and the whole thing was clipped from the cameraman using 1 camera mounted rode mic with turned up peak levels SMH. I pulled it off though and got it decent enough to listen to. I tried to do it as a learning project and challenge. And your videos helped greatly! Thank you!

[@vincentwong5173]

Hi Mike! Thanks for all of your tutorials! I’m working on a remote zoom interview recording and have some persistent background crackling on the recording for one of the voices. I haven’t been able to fix with declicker, declipper, diagnostics, heal audio. I don’t see distinct click lines in the visualizer. Nothing seems to work, although I can soften the clicking a bit with the parametric equalizer around the mid-high range (but that also squashes the speaker’s voice). Any recommendations?

[@MikeRussell]

Hi Vincent, have a look at this video and see if it helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3bdc3WBfdR4eLc

[@vincentwong5173]

Thanks Mike! I appreciate your time responding to my question. I ran a few passes of DeNoise and it didn’t seem to even be detecting the rattling sound. The only thing that seems to reduce it a bit is using parametric equalizer, dampening between 5K to 10KHz. I can see the waveform vibrating chaotically in that range.

[@MikeRussell]

Try having a work through this video and see if that helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZDXqIKorb5-ftE

[@vincentwong5173]

@@MikeRussell Thanks! I had a look through that video (your videos have been fantastic, informative, and helpful). I've been working with spectral frequency display on, but this crackle doesn't appear as vertical lines like clicks do. I think it has to do with the microphone on that person's end. The only place I can see it distorting the audio is in parametric equalizer, but reducing that end also squashes the woman's voice in the high end (which unfortunately wasn't great to begin with as it was recorded off a zoom call and the connection was inconsistent). Thanks for the suggestions, really appreciate your time in responding to comments and questions.

[@attack125]

mike russel . i was wondering could it be possible for you to try and "fix" some of those supposed strange global sounds ppl have been posting . i am shure there are just purposly destorted sounds (i have even found one of speach but heavely heavely distorted) and i was wondering . is it possible to fix for example a sound that was recorded propely but then edited with echo reverb and speed or pitch . without knowing what the original sound is supposed to sound like?

[@bl1450]

Thanks a lot Mike this helped me a lot!

[@bradcarterperformer]

Hi Mike!! Thanks so much for that video! It helped me so much! It was so easy to follow your directions! Cheers :D

[@MikeRussell]

Great, glad it helped you Brad Carter.

[@boldliontexas]

I need some help removing background noise. How can I reach you?

[@MikeRussell]

Sure, reach out! musicradiocreative.com/contact

[@darnact]

how does one "record correctly in the first place"?

[@philippowell7275]

Make sure your signal is strong enough to peak out at around -12 but not so strong that it goes beyond that into the clipped range of 0. Think it like exposing a camera, have to hit it just right or you're over exposed or under exposed. A little be wrong is correctable, but too far in either direction and you're in trouble. Also be sure to monitor your audio both in headset and on your meters to make adjustments as necessary.

[@darnact]

I ask cause I wanna do some voice acting. And voice actors change the volume of their voices a lot and quite abruptly.

[@Broeckietube]

Thanks for the tips. Could I perhaps send you a small sample that sounds distorted? Maybe you could tell me if it is possible or not to repair it? Many thanks ahead!

[@A221Tokki]

Even with the effects, I can still hear some distortion in my vocals and it's not smooth rather just "toned down" Is there any other way to prevent distortion? And how would you record correctly in the first place to prevent it?

[@4seeableTV]

Try and monitor your levels in real time.

[@danvshimself]

Thank you! This just helped me out again!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@raleodigital]

Extremly useful! I just love ur tutorials!

[@maryamraza3050]

Good one Mike. Maryam loves it.

[@MikeRussell]

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[@roncarlson556]

There is another way to tackle this using Audition. I use an older version - 3.0.1 - and go into "Clip restoration". This part is a bit of trial and error, but you soon get the hang of it as you get more experience. Set the "Input attenuation" to -6 to start, "Overhead" to 1, "minimum run size" to 1, then click okay. If the result pulls down the waveform so there are no more peaks at "0" db you have most likely caught them all. Listen to check by ear and give a visual to check for "plateaus". If that pass did not catch them all, undo, adjust your attenuation down another 1 or 2 db and process again. Following this method you should arrive at mostly declipped audio.

[@so0t]

yeahhh

[@bocmanisbertrups9292]

I have speaker that i need to plug into my phone or pc to listen to music and when i don't do anything random sounds are showing up. Like when i plug my phone into speaker sometimes a quiet radio station starts to play. also i hear weird tutututututtututututututututtu sound when i don't do anything. And if my phone is too close to speaker/amplifier i hear loud shshhhshhshhhssshhhss.... noise. if i put airplane mode on the shhhhhshshsshhhssshshhshshsssshhshsh... sound dissapears. Does anyone know how to fix this? My dad told me to put some special material on the wires that are uncovered but i don't have that material right now! :(

[@IvoGlasius]

It is just your phone signal that is being picked up by you speakers ;)

[@bocmanisbertrups9292]

Foxy 1604 can i do something to hide those signals?

[@ProductionsJAnderson]

How do you fix audio that sounds like you are in a tunnel?

[@BobGeis]

Thank you! This was just what I needed to fix some bad audio!

[@majnu100]

do you use resolve? Is there a way to do this in there Mike?

[@jrmj]

This video helped a lot! Thanks so much!

[@aislingrose3004]

Oh my gosh. Thank you so much. This is a game changer.

[@MikeRussell]

Great, glad it has helped!

[@teriyakipoodle]

You are a hero. Thank you, sir.

[@DawsonIain]

I'd recommend Isotope RX for decliping.

[@FASTFASTmusic]

I don't know about you, but there's nothing better than recording clean audio... At source.

[@IdealSolutions]

Please check 0:30

[@werlddomination8233]

Awesome thank you, filmed next to a colony of sub-woofers larger than a dog house. This worked well :D

[@adamjrichman]

Thanks for this, Mike.

[@E.Y.E.Productions]

Thanks Mike! This is really helpful! Again, thanks for the video!