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manonthemoon
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I've read many posts about hiss, and people suggesting a noise gate or compressor, but I don't get it. When the device is playing, the hiss is just mixed into the background and it seems these devices only help when the instrument is not playing, and noise gates have attack/decay issues anyway. Why is it so hard to get rid of hiss? I have an electronic drum set, keyboard, and guitar, in a home studio. Even the two purely electronic instruments have hiss, but why? I'm playing through a Korg digital mixer, and then outputting via 1/4" to a P.A. system. That output signal, even if on headphones, has noise. I've gotten rid of buzz associated with grounding but the hiss remains. If I were recording something professionally, surely I would need to get rid of that noise and not just cover it up with instrument noise, right? So how do professionals do that? What piece of gear do people buy and put in a rack to eliminate all junk noise when doing a professional recording, or just wanting to play with "nothing but instrument" sound coming through speakers?