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Title: MAJOR HISS PROBLEM
Post by: pepper on October 03, 2006, 11:42:56 AM

I recorded a stand up comedian last night and it seems to be full of hiss even though my levels were up enough.Ive treid to get rid of as much hiss as possible ,but it just adds other noises( swishing)to it.I really dont know if anything can be done with it,which is a shame as id love to listen back to it without it being so testing on my ears.Il try and post a sample to give an idea of how bad it is and see if anyone thinks it can be saved.

Title: Re: MAJOR HISS PROBLEM
Post by: ethan on October 03, 2006, 01:04:34 PM

fan? A/C noise?

Title: Re: MAJOR HISS PROBLEM
Post by: Brian Skalinder on October 03, 2006, 01:11:44 PM

I'm guessing for a comedic performance, the SPLs weren't blaring.  So could be a combination of the causes mentioned, but I'll also throw in your gear's self-noise as a potential culprit.  What gear are you running?

At any rate, you might try the noise reduction options in your favorite WAV editor to minimize the effect.  I find I'm more tolerant of NR impacting the main source (the voice) for spoken word recordings v. music.

Title: Re: MAJOR HISS PROBLEM
Post by: pmonk66 on October 03, 2006, 01:18:27 PM

Maybe the comic sucked and the hiss is actually the crowd :P

Title: Re: MAJOR HISS PROBLEM
Post by: dorrcoq on October 04, 2006, 03:26:11 PM

Quote from: pmonk66 on October 03, 2006, 01:18:27 PM

Maybe the comic sucked and the hiss is actually the crowd :P

Classic!