noise noise noise....how I hate thou.

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What is the best way to reduce noise(hiss) from a mix?
Ive thought about using a stereo eq to notch it out. Or even remix with a stereo compressor, to get a better level to tape. I also have access to 2 origional dbx 128 noise reduction units. My mix is on dat and cdr.
 
The best way to reduce noise in the mix is to not let it get into the recording. Find the noise source(s).
 
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No I'm talking about mastering techniques to reduce noise on a master, not during recording. I am trying to get rid of noise on a master.
 
Question; How did the noise get on the master? It must be from your multi-tracked recording. If not, what component did you mix your recording down to 2-track?
Like pglewis stated, first thing is to determine the source/cause of the unwanted noise.
 
If you're absolutely stuck with what you have on the master and there is a lot of noise, then anything you do to get rid of it is going to be somewhat of a compromise. There is no "noise" band you can just EQ out, anything you do EQ-wise is going to affect the music as well as the noise. There are noise reduction plug-ins available if you can go digital to a PC. They can work to a degree, but there's a bit of an art to using them effectively. It's really easy to get nasty metallic ringing artifacts as well as getting rid of the noise.

But find out exactly where noise is entering your chain to avoid it in the future. Keep it off your recording and you've won most of the battle.
 
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The noise is on the vocal track, I used a c414 in omni, and did the backup vocals and lead at the same time. The mic is so damm sensitive it picked up everything.
Even so its a kick ass mic.
I can remix, I just don't feel like it. I was looking for techniques to get hot levels to dat and cdr, and to reduce the ammount of noise that comes along with
that. My origional takes are on cassette multitrack. Ill probably bite the bulet and remix again.
So for a last question. How about compressing a final mix to 2 track (dat/cdr/tape). Any ideas on compressor settings?(this is rock and roll I'm dealing with)
thanks
 
If the noise is recorded on the original vocal track then compressing to get a hotter level is just going to make the noise louder too. Unless a good portion of the noise came from the mixing stage, then re-mixing might not help as much as you hope. Or if you can mask it somehow during the re-mix... but I'm not much help there.
 
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