An Affordable Approach to Audio Enhancement
Audio enhancement is the number one forensic activity at Primeau Forensics. Audio enhancement, or sound enhancement, questions and assignments come into our offices daily from around the world. Audio enhancement helps people better understand words that were recorded but not clearly heard.
Last November, I was …Read More
Techniques for Testifying Telephonically
I recently testified telephonically for the United States Army. During my testimony, I realized that there are several ingredients to testimony by telephone. The following blog post will outline what I consider very important tips when testifying via telephone.
First, like all testimony, do your homework. …Read More
Audio Authentication-Malaysia Flight 370 Air Traffic Communication
The Malaysian government released a recording today with their report of the conversation between Malaysian Flight 370 and Air Traffic Control. It is my opinion that this recording is not complete and the audio is not authentic. I had the opportunity to perform audio authentication …Read More
Audio Enhancement A Forensic Approach
Most people searching for audio enhancement are looking for a solution to better hear a poorly recorded audio conversation. There are two ways to look at audio enhancement, from a recreation standpoint and a legal standpoint. The audio recording may or may not be a …Read More
Generation Loss in Analog and Digital Recordings and Audio Forensics
It has become very easy to download and share music with friends. As an audio forensic expert, I am often asked why music loses quality when transferred from one person to another. In the following post, I will share some explanations about generation loss, file …Read More
Mayor Rob Ford Toronto Voice Identification
Back at the end of October, I was contacted by Nicole Bogart from the Global News in Toronto who asked that I conduct a voice identification between known samples of Mayor Rob Ford and a male caller to a radio show named Ian. They believed …Read More
Post JFK Assassination Air Force One Flight Deck Enhancement Process
A lot of people have been asking how I restored the Air Force One radio transmissions from November 22 1963, right after JFK was shot. Below I have outlined my process with brief explanations about each.
I used a software program from Adobe Audition for this …Read More
Post JFK Assassination Air Force One Flight Deck Enhanced Recordings
Primeau Forensics was originally contacted by Bill Kelly, a researcher for the JFK assassination in connection with Duquesne University. He asked audio forensic expert, Ed Primeau, to assemble and enhance the original Air Force One radio transmissions. It was at that time that Ed realized …Read More
Voice Identification and Critical Listening
Imagine for a moment that you’re sitting at home after a long day at work, enjoying some time in your living room, watching TV, or the like. All of a sudden, you hear the door open behind you. You sit and wonder who could have …Read More
Eavesdropping: Is It Worth The Risk?
You’re having problems at home. Your spouse has been acting very suspicious recently. You can’t help but think that your significant other is having an affair, but lack of communication with that person makes it impossible to find out the truth. In a desperate attempt …Read More