Restore Every Audio by Using These 3 Tools! | Bringing Lou Gehrig's 1939 Speech Alive

[@MikeRussell]

‼UPDATE FOR ADOBE AUDITION // AUDACITY // PREMIERE PRO USERS ‼- I have made it easier than ever before to work with tricky audio. My brand new audio presets are out now. One click to GREAT sound :) Check them out here: mrc.fm/presets This is a great way for you to support my channel too 🙏🙏🙏

[@emceeunderdogrising]

Just volunteered to help preserve an endangered language that has an online vocal dictionary. All the recordings are from the 70s and are in different rooms with different equipment.

[@MikeRussell]

WOW! That's an incredible contribution to preserving an endangered language. May your efforts continue to make a positive impact in the world.

[@CitrusSunRising]

That’s amazing 👏👏👏 I’m so glad to know more organizations like this one exist! Keep up the passionate work 🎉

[@Sporkmeister]

The AI kinda sounds like it needs a text copy of the speech so it knows what words to look for. Not sure if that's an available tool yet.

[@johneygd]

That ai at the beginning did a much much better job then everything else you tried.

[@MikeRussell]

AI is a developing tech and will only get better

[@johneygd]

@@MikeRussell true that.

[@UNICORNSF3ProgameplayProRACER]

Thanks for sharing all of this, have a great week!

[@MikeRussell]

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[@madmax2069]

I'd love to see someone tackle the many old time radio shows and clean them up (removing the crackling and popping in most old ones, and some have even more wrong with them and are pretty bad, some are pretty good with just some crackling and popping).

[@MikeRussell]

Give it a go using the techniques above 👍

[@madmax2069]

@@MikeRussell with my old computers it would take years to do a single episode if they would last that long.

[@richard4oyeleke]

I had a gig on fiverr to remove this kind of repetition from a podcast. I couldn't deliver....I checked KZbin for help but none came 😪. Thank you for this video

[@MikeRussell]

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[@VaibhavShete]

I'm gonna show this to any client who wrongly expects 'digital' = 'any magic is possible'

[@MikeRussell]

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[@richardcliff3510]

Hi Mike, Great video, really enlightening to see both the capabilities and limitations of these tools. Question: I have a recording of my grandfather (who won awards for his singing) singing the Lords Prayer in 1948 which has gone from vinyl->tape->digitized. I have been quite successful using Audible and even the sound tools in Davinci Resolve to substantially clean up his voice. However, the piano accompaniment has a horrible warble to it. Do you know what kind of distortion is creating this and can you suggest how to fix it. It is curious that in the original recording the piano is so much worse than the voice. Many thanks for your help. Richard

[@MikeRussell]

Hi Richard, thank you for your kind words! Good luck with restoring your grandfather's recording!

[@therestorationofdrwho1865]

Personally I’d try the hardest thing. Manual spectral editing, with the eraser tool in audition to meticulously remove all the echo frequencies.

[@MikeRussell]

That’s a great idea but not everyone would be that knowledgeable, especially not at the start of their audio career.

[@girlyvoice3210]

Very clever trying to do a phase inverted echo track. Try instead doing the subtraction in the spectral domain, that way the phase doesn't need to be aligned perfectly I know how to do this in max/MSP, I'm not sure what other tools do it, some type of spectral editor maybe.

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for the suggestion! A spectral editor like iZotope RX or Adobe Audition can indeed be used to perform spectral subtraction and achieve better phase alignment for restoring

[@metalfromthearchives]

Can any of these tools restore audio that was ripped from a scratched CD giving little skips/pops/clicks?

[@MikeRussell]

Yes, the tools showcased in the video can definitely help remove skips, pops, and clicks from audio ripped from a scratched CD, providing a much cleaner and restored sound quality.

[@tinovanderzwan]

try to improve the PT Barnum 1890 cylinder recording you could then compare it to my version on my channel. the problem with this recording is that it was transferred to tape in the 1960s on most versions online Mr. Barnum sounds like he got a nose cold this is because there's high resonance at certain frequencies once those are out the voice sounds more human. so this is not about removing noise but improving the sound of a voice.

[@MikeRussell]

Try running it through DeScript Studio Sound 👍

[@tinovanderzwan]

@@MikeRussell well, I think that I asked you to do that. I'm pretty happy with the work that I did on this recording so I'm done with it. it still sounds like a 1880s-90s wax cylinder but the voice is now so much easier to listen to. so I wonder what you can do with it. there are many videos on this recording on youtube all of the same 1960s transfer. also, check out my restored version on my channel and it's named Phineas Taylor Barnum to make it easier to find among all those PT's

[@tinovanderzwan]

like you I have been doing this for 20+ years but unlike you, I exclusively work with historical recordings (1888 onwards) I transfer restore, and archive, and that digital archive now holds more than 250,000 sound files. I worked with radio, tv, and even movie and documentary productions. you probably know how joyful that last can be...

[@NickBR57]

Just found this channel and it's mighty interesting. I haven't found what I was looking for but have got sidetracked into loads of other stuff - thanks! You probably have done what I'm after - could you point me to it? I'm looking for a way to take video recorded on a phone at a music concert, reduce audience noise, and make the band sound more "present" (not sure if this is the right terminology which is probably one reason I can't find what I'm searching for!). Do you have such a video?

[@MikeRussell]

There isn't such a video as doing so would likely run into a world of copyright issues I'm afraid

[@ShellacScrubber]

De-Reverb didn't stand a chance because it is ECHO that plagues this clip not reverb. Unlike echo, Reverb represents multiple reflections of the original signal MINUS the original attack. There might be a way of cancelling the echo by inverting and very accurately phase aligning the original and weighting its amplitude in such a way as to remove the echo to a level that is unobtrusive.

[@silock]

Is it possible to restore sound captured from the show that was too loud? With some ai or software. The bass sounds horrible from the recording.

[@MikeRussell]

There is a video on the channel about reducing distortion which may help

[@MolotFx]

Uvr can remove delay and reverb with best results

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for recommending Acon Digital Uvr as a plugin for reducing reverb and delay.

[@jake_tanner_0075]

Dear Mike Russel, I have a fun challenge for you. Could you make a tutorial video for making Sound effects for the famous Netflix Series "Strangers Things"? The Vecna Voice, The Demogorgon voice, and all the favorite character's voice lines inside Adobe Audition. Thank You. PS, I am a Big Fan of your work.😆😆😍😍

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for your suggestion

[@GenreFluid]

Would've similar audio tools be used for the new Beatles song

[@MikeRussell]

Yes, similar digital audio restoration tools could potentially be used to restore and remaster old Beatles recordings for the new song although AI has come a long way even since I made this video!

[@Previnence]

Could you restore an audio concert I have. I don’t have a PC so I can’t install it and I don’t have headphones so I can’t hear if it sounds good or not. However I can send you it, Let me know.

[@MikeRussell]

I would love to help you restore your audio concert. Post it in our community!

[@Previnence]

@@MikeRussell can you send me the link to your community. Also, Could make the concert sound like it’s from a Soundboard RIP?

[@Previnence]

@@MikeRussell The concert is George Jones and Tammy Wynette live at a private concert in Alabama October of 1974.

[@3v1l73ddy]

I recently recorded a video where the noise suppression filter on OBS kept cutting my voice out when I got excited, which was a lot. Makes it hard to listen to which is a shame cause I'm fairly proud of the video. Is there any way to repair this kind of audio issue? Does anyone here know?

[@MikeRussell]

If you're just recording and not streaming live then remove the filter and process the audio in post production. Also be careful in setting mic levels and if you're experiencing great peaks and dips considering adding a processor like the dbx286s to reduce these.

[@FirAco-l]

how u montage first cut in first min ?

[@MikeRussell]

Clever mix by my editor!

[@cricketlover2851]

Love from Pakistan ❤

[@MikeRussell]

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[@jake_tanner_0075]

Dear Mike Russell, Can you help me make a tutorial video of making spiderman and his villans sound effects. And as well as help me make a tutorial video of how to create all Avengers characters sound effect please. Thank you.🙏🙏 Ps. In Adobe Audition version please 🙏 🙏

[@MikeRussell]

Thanks for the suggestion 👍

[@jake_tanner_0075]

@@MikeRussell Oh Mike Russell, almost forgot. It's important. Can you make another tutorial video of how to mix a person singing voice with royalty free music in adobe audition. Thank you.

[@MikeRussell]

If you search the channel there are videos on creating sung jingles which should help

[@jake_tanner_0075]

@@MikeRussell Noted. Thank you👍👍

[@dailylifediary-]

Hello.... how to use chipmunk voice...app name?

[@MikeRussell]

There are a number of videos on changing your voice on the channel

[@dailylifediary-]

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[@anisarodriguez3019]

Well Descript is no longer free....just an fyi....

[@MikeRussell]

Thank you for the heads up! There are still alternative options available for audio restoration, so don't worry - I’ve got you covered.