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Try doing it over. Give the tape a half-twist so what was the front is now facing the heads. Steve Smolian -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 12:09 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Very low level audio recording Hi, Robert, Please listen to: http://www.richardhess.net/clients/UNB_Low_Level/ There is one file there. Please right-click and "save [whatever] as". This is pretty much the extent that can be done with cleanup--others may provide a better cleanup (and if they can, I'd love to know what tools they use). I don't think it's where you want it. I used the following tools in series -- Samplitude Pro X Suite FFT filter with hard bandlimiting to telephone bandwidth (300 - 3000 Hz). -- Sum to Mono in Samplitude Pro X Suite -- Samplitude Pro X Restoration Suite noise reducer -- Algorithmix Noise Free Pro with custom equalization in the noise reduction side chain However, I am very curious about how this tape was reproduced. What was the playback machine? I would think if playback artifacts were less (if possible) then just maybe it can be cleaned to intelligibility for transcription. It is a huge frustration of mine that archivists are left with such poor recordings of important people. While I don't think this is the case, is there any chance the tape is twisted and it's being reproduced through the back? Good luck with this. Cheers, Richard On 2012-06-20 10:35 AM, Robert Richard wrote: > Arsclist, > > I'm currently digitizing an 1999 audio analogue folklore fieldwork recording. This recording has a very low audio level (unusable). > > If any possibilities of recovering this recording, do you have suggestions? The content of this recording is more important than the quality or cosmetic. > > I've link an excerpt for your appreciation on my website: > > http://yvondurelle.com/?p=690 > > Thanks in advance for all replies. > > Robert Richard > Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson > > Université de Moncton > Moncton (Nouveau-Brunswick) > [log in to unmask] > 506-858-4724 > > > L'information contenue dans ce courriel (y compris les pièces jointes) est confidentielle et vise uniquement son destinataire ou ses destinataires. Toute autre distribution, copie ou divulgation est interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, veuillez nous aviser et éliminer ce courriel, ainsi que les pièces jointes, de votre système informatique et de vos dossiers. > -- Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.