Audio Restoration
Recovering recordings that were never meant to be published.
Some recordings only exist once. An interview with someone who has since died. A conference where the lapel mic failed. A tape that sat in a cupboard for thirty years.
Restoration is about getting the most out of what survived. We remove noise, hum, distortion, clicks and dropouts, and rebuild intelligibility where the original is failing — without processing the life out of the voice underneath.
Send us the worst file you have. We will tell you honestly what can be recovered before you spend anything.
What’s included
Broadband noise removal
Hiss, hum, traffic, wind and machinery.
Declipping and distortion repair
Recovery of recordings that overloaded on the way in.
Dropout and gap repair
Digital glitches and damaged sections reconstructed.
Intelligibility work
Targeted processing to make failing speech understandable.
Archive transfer cleanup
Wow, flutter and tape noise on digitised analogue material.
Hear the difference
Listen to the gaps between sentences. That is where most of this work happens — and it is the part nobody notices until it is missing.
Straight off the recorder — room, hum and uneven levels.
Demonstration audio. Send us a real episode and we will treat a minute of it, free.
Audio Restoration — common questions
Can any recording be saved?
No, and we will say so before taking the work. If the speech is entirely buried or the file clipped severely throughout, restoration has a ceiling. Most recordings people assume are lost are not, though.
How do I know if it is worth paying for?
Send the file. We will treat a short section and send it back so you can hear the difference before deciding.
Ready to talk about audio restoration?
Send us the files or the brief. We will come back with a scope, a price and a date.