Audio evidence can include but is not limited to confidential informant recordings, confession recordings, telephone intercept, voicemail, and 911 calls. The goal of the forensic examiner is to be sure…
I have a great deal of respect for State Public Defenders. They are lawyers who practice law for people who cannot otherwise afford legal assistance. The State Public Defender coordinates…
Audio authentication and voice identification requires that a forensic expert examine three critical aspects of an audio recording before beginning any forensic process. Whether it be analogue or digital audio…
All recordings--both digital and analog--have a noise floor. The term originated when manufacturers of analog audio recorders referred to the extraneous noise that their machine created in addition to the…
Equalization settings can be adjusted to help the forensic expert recover lost or poorly recorded audio. ?This blog post covers basic audio clarification. The sound spectrum is measured in frequencies.…
Audio forensic experts have more voice identification cases today than ever before. Legal cases have more audio evidence than ever before and voice identification has become a critical component to…
An expert witness is a person who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialized knowledge in a particular subject. His or her…
The first step when restoring audio is to remove background noise. More often than not, a recording in need of sound clarification or restoration has background noise covering the sounds…
Yep It's Him, Thomas Pynchon By Steven Kurutz Last Tuesday, long-suffering fans of the reclusive writer Thomas Pynchon received a double gift. Pynchon?s latest book, ?Inherent Vice,? a stoned-out detective…