Audio cleanup?

[Fat Tone]

Yesterday a colleague took a bunch of video at our local Children's Hosptial (we are trying to raise money towards a new dual operating theatre).

Before going we did a test with our Sanyo HD2000 and a lapel mic. This worked ok but was a bit quiet. So she found the setting for 'external mic volume' and upped it from 3 to 4 out of 5. Sadly we didn't do another test and after filming she found the sound to be distorted.

What's a good approach to cleaning it up, if any?

I have available CS5 Master Suite (but my 64-bit Windows 7 box is playing up so I have to fix that first) and Pinnacle Studio 12 (will need reinstalling as the HDD it is on was last used on older hardware).

Thanks,

T.

[Fat Tone]

ok, I've just listened to the files myself for the first time.

It goes something like "I'm Sophie, I'm mmmmmmmmm old. When I mmmmmm baby..."

in the mmmmmmmmms it becomes really muffled. I suspect the volume was a little higher than before and the camera clamped it?

[VJ]

The software Audacity comes to mind for audio processing; also Virtualdub. As for the best workflow, I'm sure others could help.
(I wonder if the digital video forum is not better suited for this question - but I don't know how many people visit that one without visiting general hardware)

[Fat Tone]

Thanks VJ. I had a play with Soundbooth CS5 and didn't find anything that gave much success.
I've attached a few seconds from it in .aac format if anyone fancies a challenge?

Thanks

T.