reducing hiss

[karambos2]

some synths have a lot of hiss on them and when I compress the signal (out of necessity for the song) I naturally increase the hiss.

Is there any way to reduce the hiss when using a synth through an analogue desk and could it be my desk that's at fault - it's a Behringer MX2542A

 

[pianokey88]

Why don't you try an experiment ... bypass the mixing board and plug the synth directly into your compressor and then into the recorder and see if there is less hiss.

I have messed around with a lot of synthesizers over the years and have not noticed much of a hissing problem so I think the problem may either be something wrong with the synth or the mixing board.