a little bit of hiss

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during quiet segments of recording, I get a little bit of hiss. Is there anything I can do to eliminate this?
 
Are you using tape? Is it an analog recording? What kind of equipment are you using?

DBX type 1 is probably the best noise reduction going for tape. Dolby SR is good too, but I don't think as good as DBX.

If you're recording to a computer or other HD based system, someone else will have to help you.
 
There's a little bit of noise in just about every step of the recording and reproducing chain. A lot of it sounds like a hiss. As a general matter, you want to make sure your signal is in the vicinity of what's nominal at each stage of the chain, and not way under nominal, where it gets all tangled up with the noise. As a more particular matter, it sort of depends on where the hiss is getting into the signal chain: air ducts near the microphone? The mic's electronics? The mic cable? The mic preamp? The mixer? An outboard effect box? An A/D converter? A tape deck? The cable connecting any of these? Recording signal too low (either analog or digital)? A D/A converter? A tape deck again? More cables ... mixer ... more processors ... amps ... speakers ... snakes?

Ultimately, if you're going to have loud parts and quiet parts in the same recording, you're probably going to wind up with some audible noise in the quiet parts. Frankly, I don't think it will kill anybody. It may even be part of what makes the quiet parts sound quiet, the way you want them to. Others may disagree.
 
I always go through my quiet parts and lower the volumes of tracks that don't contain any playing at that particular moment and lower their volumes with an envelope. Any DAW should be able to do this.
 
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