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Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Hey gang. Just wondering if anyone knows of a good way to get rid of a little background hiss when recording in a sub-optimal recording environment?

I've got a quality mic running to a mixer, and from the mixer to the Line In jack of my computer. It's really just the room's fault, but I wanna get rid of that hiss.

Tebor and Jeebus, I know you guys have done some sound stuff. And others might have bands and such where they've dealt with similar things. Any thoughts?

Posted: Dec 09 2006 12:55 am

My first thought is use an audio program with a feature that elimates those pesky noises by muting the Hz/pitch signal/channel.

Funny you mentioned this, I was looking at "Ray Gun" last night which does something like it (though I think it specializes in simple tape hiss rather than mechanical hiss). I haven't used the program yet, so I can't recommend it. I will say that I did go looking for VST plug-ins for "Audio Hijack Pro" which has been a great asset to me. If you're using a Mac, might want to check out these links: http://www.pure-mac.com/audio.html for possible solutions.

Posted: Dec 09 2006 02:26 am

Only thing that comes to mine is to run it through either a high end or low end filter (I'm guessing high, but it could for some reason be some sort of really low frequency hiss I guess). If filters aren't on the mixer itself then just set one up in pro tools (since I assume that's what you're recording with?) for that track.

Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 2578

Unfortunately, Ray Gun didn't do the trick, and the high-end filtering would cut too much out of the audio. However, I picked up a copy of MorphVOX Pro and it's got some pretty smart background filters that seem to do the trick nicely.

Posted: Dec 09 2006 01:29 pm

When you need to get rid of a really bad Hiss, call on either Richard Nixon or the McCarran commitee.

Posted: Dec 09 2006 08:10 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

When you need to get rid of a really bad Hiss, call on either Richard Nixon or the McCarran commitee.

Or G.I.Joe.