Unlike the old analog days

Unlike the old analog days where there was “sometimes” SOME forgiveness if you slipped into the red zone, digital it pretty much totally non-forgiving. You crunch against the ceiling it clips and what wasn’t recorded, or what got distorted will pretty much always remain so. There ARE expensive “miracles” out there, but NOTHING is going to make that audio be what it could have, should have, or ought to have been. Sorry.