deckard1 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Hello, Occasionally, when messing around recording demos I unknowingly clip. I always re-record to make sure there is no clipping. However, sometimes the demo 'captures the moment' quite well whereas the re-recording misses the mark creative-wise. Just wondering if it's possible to remove the unwanted clipping? I think I saw something once by Waves that does this? A restoration plugin of some sorts. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Is the clipping on the actual waveform? Meaning the peaks are chopped off, or is it just the channel peaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckard1 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Channel peaking. It's a software instrument track, so would I have to convert it to see the actual waveform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 With midi you have to put a compressor or limiter on, if you don't want to change the velocities of the notes or change the fader volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckard1 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 With midi you have to put a compressor or limiter on, if you don't want to change the velocities of the notes or change the fader volume. Cool! So it's reversible with midi...assuming you put a compressor or limiter on. Hypothetically speaking, what if it were an audio track and I was clipping the actual waveform? Then what do you do? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 With clipped audio waveforms there's little you can do, depending on how much the peak is cut off. Some people use Izotope RX but it's not really reversible per se. You really want to avoid audio clipping when recording in the digital world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckard1 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Great advice. Thanks, triplets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camillo jr Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Yeah, the video demo for Izotope RX where they show what they can do with clipped audio is amazing. I didn't think the level of restoration that they do was even possible with clipped audio. Wish RX weren't quite so pricey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holger Lagerfeldt Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I can vouch for Izotope RX3 Advanced and its ability to restore clipped audio. In RX3 you can even control the symmetry of the clipping threshold. I recently saved a delicate vocal performance with extreme digital overs in a few places, and the smile on the artist's face was nearly worth the $1,200 price tag alone. I've also used it to fix other types of problems, like clicks, pops, hiss and even complex background noises like beeps, traffic, birds, etc. directly on top of vocals. The ability to see the problems on a detailed spectrogram makes it a cinch to work on advanced problems and there's less trial and error when you're trying to judge what areas you're affecting. The new interface and workflow in RX3 is superb and utterly professional. A great video wih Matthew Hines: Ironically the audio is bad in this video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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