One of the most common jobs for an Audio Forensic Expert is forensic audio enhancement. This is the scientific process of removing unwanted sound and exposing the wanted sound. Most of the time, wanted sound will include speech or dialogue. This scientific process is done in order to improve intelligibility and clarification.
Audio evidence is often recorded in less than optimal situations with poor quality equipment. This evidence can be vital to a case and when the content of the recording cannot be heard, the evidence can become useless. This is why the audio enhancement process is one of the most important jobs as an
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Establishing a chain of custody for audio and video evidence is the first step in any forensic investigation. This includes audio enhancement, video enhancement, audio authentication, and video authentication. Throughout…
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The Importance of Establishing a Chain of Custody for Audio and Video Evidence
Above all, the goal of forensic enhancement is to better hear dialogue by removing unwanted noise. This scientific process of improving the quality of dialogue is also known as speech…
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Blindspot Episode 22: Equalization for Dialogue Enhancement
As an audio forensic expert, knowing what tools are available for audio enhancement and how they work is extremely important. While compressors are often thought of as tools for music…
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Blindspot Episode 21: Audio Enhancement – Compression
Most recordings that I come across as an audio forensic expert require audio enhancement. This is because they are made in poor conditions and have an abundance of noise. Though…
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Blindspot Episode 19: Audio Enhancement – Noise Reduction
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One of the most common jobs for an audio forensic expert is enhancing a digital audio recording for intelligibility and clarification. Audio evidence is often recorded in less than optimal…
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Blindspot Episode 15: A Step-by-Step Approach to Forensic Audio Enhancement