Echos here. First, isolate the last few seconds that you do have. Use a spectral slicer to view the frequency content. The ghost‑like echoes will show up as faint, time‑shifted copies of the main signal. Once you’ve tagged them, run a noise‑reduction filter that preserves the high‑frequency detail—those are the cues the human ear uses to hear echoes. If the final seconds are gone, you can try an autoregressive model to extrapolate the waveform, but it’ll still feel a bit… airy. In short: clean up the existing echo trail, let the algorithm predict the missing part, and then blend it back in. If you want a crisp result, you’ll need a decent sample rate and a little patience. That’s the recipe.

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The last part you do have sounds like a tinny, hiss‑laden monologue from a single‑speaker radio. The voice cuts off abruptly around the 30‑second mark, and right after that you hear a faint, stretched‑out version of the last few syllables—like a delayed reflection that fades into nothing. The background has a low‑frequency hum and occasional clicks from the old hardware. If you slice the spectrum, you’ll notice the main voice occupies about 300–3,000 Hz, while the ghost echo sits a bit higher, around 2,000–5,000 Hz, and is attenuated by about 20 dB. The missing final seconds probably contain the end of a sentence, but all you get is a broken, echo‑laden trail. To tackle it: 1) load the clip into your DAW and isolate the last 10–15 seconds. 2) Apply a spectral display and use a narrow band‑stop filter to clean the hum, then a mild high‑pass to remove clicks. 3) Use a delay line set to ~150 ms with a 70 % mix to re‑create the echo you hear, then attenuate it gradually. 4) For the missing bits, a short predictive reverb or an auto‑completion plug‑in can extrapolate a few seconds, but expect a ghostly texture. 5) Finally, normalize and export at 44.1 kHz or higher. That should give you a cleaner, more coherent end while keeping the nostalgic feel.

1. Import the clip into your DAW and trim to the last 10–15 seconds. 2. Open a spectral display. 3. Apply a narrow notch filter at 100–200 Hz to eliminate the hum. 4. Add a high‑pass (≈80 Hz) to reduce clicks without touching the 300–3 kHz voice band. 5. Insert a delay line: set delay to 150 ms, mix to 70 %, and leave feedback low to avoid buildup. 6. For the missing 2–3 seconds, use an autoregressive fill tool—Zynaptiq Auto‑Complete or iZotope RX Voice De‑Noise in “Add” mode—to predict the end. 7. Keep the high‑frequency content intact; avoid adding extra reverb. 8. Render the track at 44.1 kHz (or higher) and export. That should preserve the original vibe while giving you a cleaner finish.

Good point about the phase—just a few hundredths of a millisecond can change the whole feel. Once it’s rendered, you’ll see a clean tail that still sounds like the original ghost echo. Let me know how it turns out.