A while back I posted on here for advice on how to save a project that had its audio recorded “Too Hot”

I had an iphone lav mike plugged into MY iphone. I record sound this way all the time and it sounds great. The client said “why not use MY iphone so I can keep the audio files myself?”

I saw no harm in this. I have done THAT before, using the grooms iphone to record the vows at the wedding etc, and its always sounded good.

Murphys Law, this clients phone recorded way too high/ too hot. I have no idea what the difference was. I have reseached changing the audio level while recording with the iPhones “Voice Memo” app, and I have found no way to change the record level.

Something must have gone wrong with his particular phone. Using the same mike on MY iphone produced good results.

I tried just pushing the levels down, but the audio still sounded over modulated.
A lot of people on this forum recommended I buy and use “Isotope RX”

That seemed too expensive to buy for just one project.
I tried fixing it myself by experimenting with Adobe Premieres “essential sound filters”

In some cases I tried fixing/bringing down the lav mike audio

In other cases I tried dropping the lav track and just bringing up the camera sound ….

The sound was improved but still not professional quality. And some of it sounded too warped and robotic ( but maybe I just don’t know the right way to use it?).

The last time I posted about this, I got several offers from people who felt they could fix the sound. But I got distracted by other projects and didn’t keep their names/contact info.

So let me repeat my old offer/request…

Is there anyone here is an experienced user of Isotope RX ( or equivalent software ) and can fix my bad audio clips and give my client professional results? And if so, what would you charge?

Here is my webpage that has the “problem child” clips:

https://mattkprovideo.com/2025/05/01/countdown-clips-audio-enhancements/