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Ezad
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May 13, 2023
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Spectral Frequency Consideration

  • May 13, 2023
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Hello
The Film that I am working is from a VHS tape that is one hour in length. It is the audio that is of concern. The film's story is important and if I can possibly clean up the audio that would be helpful.
I am new to using Spectral Frequency for audio repair. The film plays visually perfectly showing no celluloid damage. It is the audio that is the culprit. Throughout the one hour film is this remarkable audio annoyance. I have here for inspection 2 tiny samples of a speaker making comment and in the dialogue is this audio annoyance. Can that annoyance be reduced using Spectral Frequency - and if so how would this fix be applied? Understanding how the fix is utilized with Spectral Frequency will enhance my learning curve.
Thanks for any comment on this issue.

 

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Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

No, sorry - you can't fix that sort of interference/noise with anything; certainly not the spectral view, as it's modulating the speech. It may not be the tape, though... have you tried playing the tape on another machine? Quite often problems like this arise because of head misalignment. I'm assuming that this is the linear track as well, but that noise sounds suspiciously like the sort of thing that the FM sound system could create if it was mistracking. It's also worth making sure that the head channel and guides are clean, and you should also experiment with the tracking control, especially if the machine you are playing the tape on isn't the one it was recorded on - very likely, I suspect.

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community ExpertCorrect answer
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May 13, 2023

No, sorry - you can't fix that sort of interference/noise with anything; certainly not the spectral view, as it's modulating the speech. It may not be the tape, though... have you tried playing the tape on another machine? Quite often problems like this arise because of head misalignment. I'm assuming that this is the linear track as well, but that noise sounds suspiciously like the sort of thing that the FM sound system could create if it was mistracking. It's also worth making sure that the head channel and guides are clean, and you should also experiment with the tracking control, especially if the machine you are playing the tape on isn't the one it was recorded on - very likely, I suspect.

Ezad
EzadAuthor
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May 14, 2023

Thank you for this insight.

The original VHS tape wasn't playing in the VHS to DVD recorder. This machine I transfer VHS tape to DVD.

Never had any issues except this VHS tape. I had to take the tape reels out of the VHS container and insert those reels into a clean working container. The VHS tape then played as expected - and I made a DVD out of it then converted the DVD to MP4. As in your comments I must suspect the there is an aliegment issue with the tape that I inserted into a new VHS case(container).

Thanks for your comment. Very helpful.

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