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dnb vegan · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2002, 09:59 AM

i need some help. my friends and i were playaing around and recorded a song. an annoying hiss can be heard in the background of the recording and i was wondering if there is any software that i could use to clean it up. any help is greatly appreciated

-thank you in advance

hofbrau8 · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2002, 04:05 PM

make sure all other inputs are muted. Like if your using creative labs there can be other inputs that are not being used but are adding backgroud noise.

Matt · #3 (**permalink**) 03-10-2002, 06:22 PM

it probably cant go away totally, but you can probably get some software to clean it up. www.musiciansfriend.com sells lots of it

BimmerSteven · #4 (**permalink**) 03-11-2002, 04:03 AM

How was it recorded? What type of recording device were you using? Kinda tough to determine what could be the problem if we don't know what you're working with....

dnb vegan · #5 (**permalink**) 03-11-2002, 08:25 AM

the recording process was bootleg as f*ck. we had an old TEAC cassette deck with left and right channel inputs. we had two mics in the room and started playing while the mics picked everything up and recorded it onto a cassette. we then connected the headphone jack of the cassette deck into the mic input on a pc sound card and recorded a wav. the wav was then compressed into an mp3. like i said, it was bootleg as f*ck

eMed_out · #6 (**permalink**) 03-11-2002, 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by dnb vegan
the recording process was bootleg as f*ck. we had an old TEAC cassette deck with left and right channel inputs. we had two mics in the room and started playing while the mics picked everything up and recorded it onto a cassette. we then connected the headphone jack of the cassette deck into the mic input on a pc sound card and recorded a wav. the wav was then compressed into an mp3. like i said, it was bootleg as f*ck

the way you describe it i dunno if it kan be kleaned up very much....you could try...but i think thats as pretty clean as you can get

NoSaabs · #7 (**permalink**) 03-11-2002, 11:55 AM

yeah, that's about as good as it's going to get. i used to do the exact same thing, but my friends and i broke down and pitched in for a 4 trac recorder. if any of your friends have a pa system, a 4 track works wonders...trust me.

also, what instruments were playing? sometimes it's beneficial to try different locations for the mics depending on what instruments you have going. that is of course if you keep your current recording set up...

for instance, if you have drums, keep the mic as far from the drums as possible. the singer needs to have his as close as possible, and so do any wind instruments. elec. guitars can obviously vary their volume, so that helps, but acoustic guitars also need to be close to the mic.