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Hi Steve,

How to you know that effects were used? Actually you are correct I have and unfortunately I no longer have the pre effects audio

Kind Regards Rich

Hi there, I’m restoring an old audio that was originally on cassette tape. So, all the way through the recording it has a knocking sound, …..as if the central spindle or some other part of the cassette was knocking together during the original recording. There is a repeated rhythmic kind of knock ev...

Hi there, Does anyone have some advice that they might be able to share with me regarding how to go about correcting digital audio of both singing and speaking, (The audio was originally on cassette tape, which are amateur recordings, circa 1980’s) I have a mix of audios that need sorting out. Some ...

Hi there, I have a bunch of old cassette tapes of my Mum singing, circa 1980’s I am in the process of digitizing them for posterity. I started this project 6 months ago and had to stop half way through. I am now back on it, but it has occurred to me that when I was doing this before, I did not reall...

Hi DVDdoug, Thank you for that big long post, it must have taken some time I have gone through t as best I can. Actually, I’ve been rather coming to the conclusion, that may be what I’ve got, is the best that I can expect. Yes I’ve listened to the original on the TV and there is a slight high-end cr...

Hi Trebor, Thank you for getting back to me and thank you for your advice. Please could you give me a little help on how I go about getting rid of all these artefacts that you say are above 13 kHz using the equaliser tool. To be honest I have absolutely no idea how to do this kind regards Gin

Could it be to do with something that was due to the original recording?

Hi I’m Gin, I’m a complete beginner, I’ve watched a few audacity tutorials to help me improve some 40 year old amateur audio singing recordings which were originally on cassette. Specifically I took the knowledge from this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_vvfMOqHiw So this is what I’...

Additional: Hi again, it’s amateur hour over hear, I’m a complete beginner, I’ve watched a few audacity tutorials to help me improve some 40 year old amateur audio singing recordings which were originally on cassette. Specifically I took the knowledge from this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com...

Thank you everyone who has posted, I'm going through all the information you have given me and will see what works
kind regards Gin