How Do I Reduce Hiss On Guitar Parts And Live Reordings?, Logic Express plug-ins Options

[Repo]

How do i reduce hiss on guitar parts and live reordings but still maintain quality sound?
Obviously it helps to have a quality recording in the first place but sometimes i need to take out the background hiss from other samples etc
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated on which are the best plug-ins from Logic Express 7.2 for this and how to tweek them effectively?

[azkid]

How do i reduce hiss on guitar parts and live reordings but still maintain quality sound?
Obviously it helps to have a quality recording in the first place but sometimes i need to take out the background hiss from other samples etc
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated on which are the best plug-ins from Logic Express 7.2 for this and how to tweek them effectively?

We haven't heard back from you Repo, and lot's of responses to your hiss prob. Hiss noise is usually defined as a higher frequency than hum. Hum is most always around 60Hz (really low), or multiples thereof, and is usually caused from a poor ground connection.

If it's truly hiss that you're talking about, and it's a high frequency, like "white noise" with a "s" instead of the "sh" sound, then it may be something as simple as too much gain in that particular frequency. Preamps are notorious for introducing hiss, as are sensitive mics. Then again, cold solder joints can cause it too, as well as a leaking circuit component like a capacitor or tube.

As you connect your equipment, one at a time, find the source of the noise? Make sure your cables and connectors are good, all connections and plugs/jacks, should be cleaned from time to time.

It sounds from your original statements, that this hiss has always been with you, both while recording and during live play. If this is true, and you can hear the hiss outside of your recording, then try finding out what equipment and which settings are causing it. Move stuff around, change the high end equalization, and repair/replace the piece that brings the noise in.

Other than that, you really are stuck with trying to edit it out of your recording, with equalization or noise gates or software that edits out that particular noise.

I'd like to hear back from YOU, with more info on what equipment you're connecting, and a description of the "hiss'.

(We gave away noise for free at the phone company, so I know a little about it. )

Thanks and good luck!

[Will2009]

I agree with you on this, in going thru the process of elimination to find the source and then apply the necessary corrections..