Hiss in my vocal recordings

[jrbeats5]

I was wondering if anyone knows how to get rid of the hiss and hum sound in vocal recordings. I know that you can EQ and lower the frequencies with the hiss but you kind of lose all the frequencies in the track. Is there any software or any other way to do this
BTW i am using a condenser mic and icicle (XLR to USB cable)

 

[dacalion]

Waves Mercury Bundle does it all!

 

[Sucio]

Or a less expensive alternative.... Fabfilter pro-q... It's a visual eq....so you could see where the hiss is exactly as well as the hum.....but yeah, the mercury bundle is so dope.......

 

[jrbeats5]

thanks guys

 

[Scholar]

get a power conditioner, plug ins will help, but that sounds like a dirty power supply.

 

[thedreampolice]

uhh Scholar has it right, get them recorded properly

Other than that, do NOT use an EQ you need something like iZotope RX

 

[Relic]

I dont disagree with you Chris.. Scholar does have it right.
But RX is like for fixing old ass recordings imo, whereas here we have prolly a connection problem somewhere.

Does you mic require Phantom power? If so it may not be on, and before you turn it on turn it down.
To me that sounds like a lack of power to the mic being compensated by raising the inputs?

although I admit to having this problem now and again iand it can be "dirty power".

 

[thedreampolice]

If you need to remove hiss from something already recorded RX is the best solution. But you are correct the record it properly up front!

 

[2GooD Productions]

I know running unshielded audio leads parallel to power leads can introduce hum, but as for the hiss, I dont know. As already mentioned tho, Waves Mercury or even Diamond bundle can fix that.

 

[Visceral]

As peeps have already said, sorting it out at the recording stage is your best bet, but for existing background noise, a free, easy to use noise gate plugin I recommend is ReaGate: http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/

I'm sure the Waves & Izotope plugins are amazing, but the Cockos plugins above are free, legal & work really well IMO, so it's up to you, good luck.

 

[wizard]

i use to use the restoration in adobe audition works well

 

[SafeandSound]

Well hiss can be caused by a faulty mic and so can hum so i would check your mic first.
(and your audio cables, make sure you have a good quality shield XLR to XLR cable).

Some mic preamps have more hiss than others.

If you use a dynamic mic like an SM58 or SM& you need more gains and the result is more hiss.A condenser mic (good quality one) tend to produce less hiss.

other than this you need noise reduction software like Izotope RX.

cheers

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