Audio Restoration & Repair
Noise, hum, clicks, clipping and reverberation — repaired to the point where the artifacts would become worse than the fault, and not past it.
- Price
- From $65.00 per hour
- Turnaround
- 2–5 working days
- Free trial
- One episode up to 30 minutes, edited and mastered, no card, no commitment.
The specifics
- Starts at
- From $65.00 per hour
- Typical turnaround
- 2–5 working days
Part of Audio Editing & Production. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the audio editing & production guide.
What Audio Restoration & Repair covers
6 services under this heading. Each is priced for the work it actually involves rather than averaged into one rate.
Noise Reduction
Lowering steady background noise such as air conditioning, traffic and hiss, set carefully so the voice does not pick up...
Priced per project
Hum & Buzz Removal
Removing electrical hum and buzz at 60 Hz and its harmonics, usually caused by ground loops or cheap cables, while leavi...
Priced per project
Click & Crackle Repair
Removing the clicks, pops and crackle from vinyl transfers and damaged recordings without dulling the high frequencies t...
Priced per project
Clipping & Distortion Repair
Rebuilding waveforms that were recorded too hot and flattened at the top, recovering speech or music that sounds harsh a...
Priced per project
De-reverberation
Reducing the echo of a large or hard room so a voice sounds close and clear, one of the harder repairs because reverb ov...
Priced per project
Archival Audio Restoration
Careful digitizing and repair of old tapes, records and early digital recordings, keeping the character of the original...
Priced per project
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Audio Editing & Production page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
Audio Restoration, Done Properly
Learn how audio restoration really works: which faults can be fixed, the right order to fix them, how to judge results honestly, and when to stop or call a pro.
Audio Editing & ProductionPodcast Editing: The Decisions That Matter
Learn the podcast editing decisions that matter: recording on separate tracks, the edit-repair-level order, gentle cleanup, and -16 LUFS delivery targets.
Audio Editing & ProductionLoudness Normalization, Done Properly
A phase-by-phase playbook for loudness normalization: pick the right LUFS target, fix the mix, control true peak, and verify every deliverable before upload.
Audio Restoration & Repair vs the alternatives
Side-by-side on price, turnaround and what you actually get back. Written for the decision rather than for us.
Audio Post for Video vs Audio Restoration & Repair
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — audio post for video compared with audio restoration & repair.
Audio Restoration & Repair vs Hire Audio Engineers
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — audio restoration & repair compared with hire audio engineers.
Audio Restoration & Repair vs Music & Sound Branding
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — audio restoration & repair compared with music & sound branding.
Audio Restoration & Repair vs Podcast Production
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — audio restoration & repair compared with podcast production.
Audio Restoration & Repair vs Voice & Narration
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — audio restoration & repair compared with voice & narration.
Audio Editing & Production by industry
What the work involves in your sector, what it costs there, and the US rules that apply to it.
- Education and E-learning
- Events and Venues
- Financial Services and Fintech
- Fitness and Wellness
- Government and Public Sector
- Healthcare Practices
- Insurance
- Law Firms
- Manufacturing and Industrial
- Media and Publishing
- Music and Entertainment
- Nonprofits
- SaaS and Software
- Sports and Outdoor
- Staffing and Recruiting
- Travel and Tourism
Often combined with Audio Restoration & Repair
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
Audio Editing
Cleaning, mixing and preparing audio for video, so dialogue is clear and levels are consistent.
Priced per project
Video Background Editing
Green screen, rotoscope and masking — frame by frame where it matters.
From $1.50 per frame
Content Production
Researched, cited, and written by a named person.
From $0.45 per word
AI Content Editing & Fact-Checking
A human editor reads AI-drafted copy line by line, checks every claim against a source, and fixes the confident errors t...
Priced per project
Audio Transcription & Labeling
Accurate transcripts and labels for speech and sound recordings, including speaker turns, timestamps and noise tags, pre...
Priced per project
Content Planning
Decide what to publish before deciding when.
From $2,400.00 per engagement
Related services
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