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Category Archives: Audio Forensic Expert

An audio forensic expert has classroom training, on the job experience and has testified in court. Even though not all audio forensic experts testify, having the knowledge skill and ability to perform scientific analysis of audio recordings is a qualification and requirement as an audio forensic expert.

The audio forensic expert has classroom training in digital signal processing in order to forensically enhance or authenticate an audio recording. The goal of the audio forensic expert is to help the Trier of Fact understand the relevance of an audio recording pertaining to a court case.

Audio Enhancement vs Clarification; The Audio Filtering Process

February 6, 2013 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Enhancement, Audio Forensic ExpertLeave a comment0

Oftentimes I?m given digital audio recordings by litigators to ?enhance?. The request is for enhancement ? they want to hear the voices in the recording better than what they currently hear. By the way, in litigation it should be termed ?audio clarification? ? ?enhancement? has …Read More

Release or Destroy Audio Evidence After Litigation

January 16, 2013 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Authentication, Audio Forensic ExpertLeave a comment0

An audio forensic expert listens to audio recordings of litigation points during a forensic investigation. Oftentimes, these audio recordings are very sensitive in nature. They are crucial to the litigation and must be destroyed or returned to their provider once the litigation is complete. Generally, …Read More

Digital Audio Enhancement and Authentication/Audio and Sound Restoration

January 1, 2013 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Forensic ExpertLeave a comment0

During the last quarter of 2012 I saw an increasing demand from litigators requesting the audio portion of video recordings, as well as concealed audio recordings, to be enhanced – or, as I prefer to designate it, clarified and authenticated- in order to better hear …Read More

The Art and Science of Removing and Restoring Audio From Video

November 16, 2012 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Forensic ExpertLeave a comment0

We receive video recordings as evidence that have recorded audio as well. The audio portion of the recording may aid in an investigation but is often difficult to comprehend.

Even though the video presents clues and truth about the events as they occurred, the audio track …Read More

Forensics Education and Networking

November 1, 2012 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Forensic Expert, Voice Identification1 Comment0

Last week I attended the American College of Forensic Examiners international conference, the Executive Summit, out in Las Vegas at the Rio. The conference was well attended and covered many different forensic curricula, but the one session that really motivated me to attend this conference …Read More

Audio Enhancement Tips for Concealed Recordings

September 25, 2012 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Enhancement, Audio Forensic Expert1 Comment0

As an audio forensic expert, I receive concealed audio recordings for forensic audio enhancement. These recordings are almost always created in noisy public environments. The goal is to remove the unwanted sound and increase the wanted sound. In most cases the wanted sound is dialogue.

One …Read More

Audio from Video Evidence Offers Additional Clues

September 14, 2012 Audio Forensic-ExpertAudio Forensic ExpertLeave a comment0

Audio and video forensics go hand in hand in a lot of today?s litigations. As an audio and video forensic expert, I work for both the prosecution as well as the defense. Lately I?ve been working more for the prosecution and I am seeing audio …Read More