Old audio cassette

[bigshum]

Hey there,

I know it's not technically a pro audio thing but my area is mainly making as much noise as possible and I haven't had that much exp mastering.

Basically, my mate just brought round a very hectic rave tape. It's awesome, the only problem is that it's possibly a 5th or maybe 4th gen copy.

Anyone got any useful tips for cleaning up the audio or have done anything like this before? Any online resources?

Cheers

 

[Michael Fossenkemper]

you want to look for some kind of restoration software or plugins. there are de-hissers and such. good ones cost more, junky ones cost less. But they are all kind of expensive unless you do it for a living. not sure if there are really cheap ones worth trying out.

 

[Alécio Costa - Brazil]

Waves Restoration Kit
Waves Q10 for notching weird noise like 60hz, 120 hz hum and some hpfs and lpfs.
A bit of reverb and compression.

 

[MrHope]

Try to get a better more original copy if you can. 5th generation is pretty bad.

 

[Thomas W. Bethel]

Try to get a better more original copy if you can. 5th generation is pretty bad.

You lose about 7% in every analog generation copy so you are already 35% less than you would have been using the original. NOT GOOD.