Need Help Restoring an old Microcassette Audio Tape

Question

Hi! I recently purchased Audition because I have an old Microcassette tape that needs to be restored. So, yes, I am new to Audition. My problem is the voice on the tape is hard to hear and hard make out what she is saying clearly. I have removed background noises using the spectral frequency filter (it works very good) and then amplified the voice to make it easier to hear. I was successful at removing the background interference but It is almost like the person is talking too fast. Is there a way to slow the voice down slightly? Or any ideas or tips or steps etc on how I should approach this restoration. I only have a week or so to figure it out. All help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Bob Howes · Answer

Since a lot of micro cassette devices were battery powered, it's entirely possible that the record device was running a bet slow compared to your playback.

If this is what's happened, it's fairly easily fixed using Effects/Time And Pitch/Stretch and Pitch (process). This will give you the option of changing the duration, the pitch or both at the same same. For your purposes I'd guess you want to lock duration and pitch together. After that, it's just a matter of experimenting with the amount of adjustment in preview until it sounds okay to you.

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