Questions tagged [repair]
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How to restore a high pitch voice recorded from a tape cassette?
I recently discovered an old cassette from 6 years before I was born, with my grandmother on my father's side playing piano and talking with my, at that time, 30-year-old dad. He says their voices ...
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What kind of foam should I use as a replacement inside my headphones?
I'm repairing my original Steel Series Black Siberia V1 headset which has a dead speaker driver on the right side. When I removed the earpiece I found that the foam inside that lies between the ...
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Reparing Flutter in Sterling Audio St55
I recently got a Sterling Audio ST55 for free cause the previous owner noticed a high-frequency flutter in the signal. The mic still works for the most part, but the flutter definitely dulls the ...
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MXL 990 Mic, UR22-MKII sudden breakdown
I was using my Steinberg UR22-MKII, MXL 990 setup for 4-5 months without any problems. But today, suddenly when the mic was connected (and working), the mic suddenly stopped giving output. I couldn't ...
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What do you call the problem with this audio from cassette tape, and how do I fix it?
I have a cassette tape recording of a spoken radio interview. The first half of the recording went bad years ago. Now, whenever I play it (regardless of the tape player), it sounds something like this:...
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G35 speaker, soldering [closed]
my G35 fell off the table and one of the speaker and the connecting cable got loose (right side). I glued all the plastic parts and opened it up to solder the cable.
My question is: which cable (A and ...
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Grado SR80 headphones, measurements with multimeter
Started with muffled, scratchy sound on the right ear. Was pretty sure it would be a loose connection, but once inside the can, found no loose connections, no electronics, just two solder terminals ...
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Cleaning/Fixing corrupted audio
I've got a weird issue. I have a several hour long dialogue recording I was editing, and there's an isolated section, about 15 minutes long (pretty close to the end, but not exactly there) that I've ...
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Repair audio file without header
We recorded the audio of a rather long meeting of a couple of hours on a phone. Someone forgot to turn off sound recording at the end of the meeting, and the phone must have turned off due to low ...
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Fixing an over-distorted guitar track
I recorded a metal band last year and have just gotten round to doing a rough mix / master. Unfortunately, I left the guitarist unsupervised who then proceeded to crank up his amp... to the point that ...
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What's the sound difference between blown out speakers and needing new foam?
I have a pair of beat up JBL MRV308's, however all the foam on the outside of each speaker is missing, and I suspect some of the speakers may be blown out (especially the top, higher-frequency ...
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mp4 file has no sound
I recorded an mp4 file with 41mins, when i open it it shows the size and duration and plays through the file but doesn't have any sound. Does anyone know a way how to try and repair this or is this ...
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Shure SM57 with lost sensitivity
I've got a Shure SM57 that appears to have lost a great deal of sensitivity. For the longest time I couldn't figure out the issue and was changing preamps, cables, gain staging, etc. But I recently ...
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How to fix my grado headphones?
Not sure if this is the right forum- I was initially thinking electronics.stackexchange, but I have a feeling this is more specific to this forum.
My trusty old SR80s have served me well, and still ...
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AAC m4a file corrupted while recording. Can anyone help me recover it? [duplicate]
Recorded an important voice memo on iPhone application. After the recording was stopped, the phone's battery died and AAC file was corrupted. It is 8mb and should play for roughly 45 minutes but the ...
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How to recover audio from an incomplete or corrupted AAC/m4a file
I recorded an 85-minute AAC/m4a file using Notability on my iPad. This app has always worked well before but for some reason there was a problem this time. The relevant file shows up as having 21MB (...
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Advanced Audio Restauration
Hi colleagues.
I was asked from a client to repair an audio track from a recorded TV show (6 years ago).
you can listen to a snippet, here: http://bit.ly/Qkvs5n
I listened to it a i know, there is ...
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Where to fix a Broken Headphone Input in an H4N?
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I live in Chicago and I've a broken headphone input on my H4N. It still works, but when trying to monitor, I have to fiddle with my headphones in order to get a signal. I called but they ...
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Replacing Boom Mic Segment
My first boom pole was a very pretty Gitzo carbon fiber pole. Loved that thing! I think it extended to 12' or so.
I rented out my sound gear (I have learned to not do that any more) and they ...
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Pop Filter Repair
My children have ripped my pop filter, and I was wondering if I could repair it myself on the cheap. It looks like I would just need to stretch a new piece of material over the plastic hoop and glue ...
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Microphone Rehab / Reconditioning
I know I've read stories on here about some of you buying thrift store mics that you take in and get tweaked into great mics at amazing bargains.
The 414 at work has been giving us some issues that ...
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So I dropped my recorder in a wheelbarrow full of water…
(I should get a gold medal just for the title alone!)
So anyway, I'm out recording the deluge of rain we're getting in Los Angeles last night and I tripped over something and half-submerged my Tascam ...
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Broken Zoom H2 Solutions
Hey people,
I just fried my Zoom H2 by using the AC adaptor, it seems it can't handle New Zealand voltage... Replaced batteries inside and it still won't turn on, so something's fried inside. Just ...
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