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January 6, 2018
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Need help to improve audio quality

  • January 6, 2018
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Hi guys,

I bought an online course that has a really bad audio quality which makes it unbearable to listen.

i'm a newbie with adobe audition. I tried to add several effects to make it better but unfortunately I failed.

Can someone help me whit the effects that I need to apply to make it better ?

I uploaded a small sample of the audio:

https://uploadfiles.io/gsddl

Thank you!

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    Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

    Sorry, you won't be able to do anything with that audio at all. No recording can ever be 'undistorted' after it got itself distorted in the first place, simply because there's no reference to what it should have sounded like to work with. What it amounts to is that no recording can ever be made 'better' than it is originally. You might be able to reduce noise, get rid of background sounds, make it louder, etc  but actually improve it - well I'm afraid you simply can't.

    In this case it's even worse because it's been gated to get rid of background noise, which has also cut off many of the start transients, which makes it even harder to hear what's been said. And that you really can't do anything about restoring them - they simply aren't there!

    In this instance I'd complain to the course provider, and see if they have an original that hasn't been compressed, gated and distorted so much. I agree with you about the quality - I wouldn't want to listen to very much of this either.

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    SteveG_AudioMasters_
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    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    January 6, 2018

    Sorry, you won't be able to do anything with that audio at all. No recording can ever be 'undistorted' after it got itself distorted in the first place, simply because there's no reference to what it should have sounded like to work with. What it amounts to is that no recording can ever be made 'better' than it is originally. You might be able to reduce noise, get rid of background sounds, make it louder, etc  but actually improve it - well I'm afraid you simply can't.

    In this case it's even worse because it's been gated to get rid of background noise, which has also cut off many of the start transients, which makes it even harder to hear what's been said. And that you really can't do anything about restoring them - they simply aren't there!

    In this instance I'd complain to the course provider, and see if they have an original that hasn't been compressed, gated and distorted so much. I agree with you about the quality - I wouldn't want to listen to very much of this either.

    Participant
    January 6, 2018

    Thank you for taking the time to help me, I'll contact the course provider for original version or refund.