Hello! I was hoping someone here could give me some guidance. I recently returned from a shoot only to discover the ATT switch (attenuate) was flipped on for some of the footage. Unfortunately, since the ATT option keeps the audio level from physically clipping but not audibly sounding distorted, the cameraman didn't realize the gain was too high while watching the levels (the headphone jack was busted, fyi). My problem now is that the audio sounds distorted (hard clipping), but normal, in-program clipping options don't find anything wrong during analysis since the waveform never gets above approx -6 dB. I only put this in the Soundtrack Pro forum because that's what we have here at my job, so if someone knows how I can clean up the audio (not necessarily looking for perfection, but hopefully a little better) I would be greatly appreciative. If there is no way to do it in Soundtrack but you know of another program, please explain that, as well. I may be able to talk my boss into buying it if I throw enough techno-babble at him. ;) Thank you for your time! :)

Sorry for the delayed response. I was off for the holidays and am now in Mexico on another work shoot. The waveform is not clipping because that ATT option prevents the waveform from going above a certain point (-6dB in this case). However, the camera only keeps the waveform from clipping; it doesn't prevent the audio from becoming distorted if something is too loud. So, to answer your question, it sounds like it's clipping, but doesn't visually clip. I ran across a YouTube video that explained how to pull audio back from the edge. Basically, the audio sounds distorted, but it isn't yet at that point where it's destroyed. Unfortunately, the first step in the video is to use Soundtrack's option to detect and fix clips. My problem is that the waveform isn't visually clipping, so I can't follow the tutorial. I don't want to boost the audio to force it to visually clip, because I have a feeling that will make it worse. I can upload some pictures when I get back into town, but for now, that's the best I can do... And thanks for responding. :)