How Do I Reduce Hiss On Guitar Parts And Live Reordings?, Logic Express plug-ins Options

[Repo]

How do i reduce hiss on guitar parts and live reordings but still maintain quality sound?
Obviously it helps to have a quality recording in the first place but sometimes i need to take out the background hiss from other samples etc
Any suggestions would be gratefully appreciated on which are the best plug-ins from Logic Express 7.2 for this and how to tweek them effectively?

[globalhiccup]

Hi, Repo

Regarding guitar hiss or hum. This usually comes from using single-coil pickups, and this is especially evident in the studio. There are a few solutions, including

(a) You can remove the hiss using a graphic equalizer to focus on and then reduce the particular frequency of the hiss.
(b) Use a program like SoundSoap (Bias), which is excellent.
© Best of all, go to the root of the problem, and change the pickups on the guitar to EMGs. These are expensive, but cancel out virtually all the hiss. I find them excellent.

best wishes

[Repo]

Hi, Repo

Regarding guitar hiss or hum. This usually comes from using single-coil pickups, and this is especially evident in the studio. There are a few solutions, including

(a) You can remove the hiss using a graphic equalizer to focus on and then reduce the particular frequency of the hiss.
(b) Use a program like SoundSoap (Bias), which is excellent.
© Best of all, go to the root of the problem, and change the pickups on the guitar to EMGs. These are expensive, but cancel out virtually all the hiss. I find them excellent.

best wishes

Thankyou very much globalhiccup, thats good advice mate.
Thanks for taking the time.

[minskybabs]

Hi, Repo

Regarding guitar hiss or hum. This usually comes from using single-coil pickups, and this is especially evident in the studio. There are a few solutions, including

(a) You can remove the hiss using a graphic equalizer to focus on and then reduce the particular frequency of the hiss.
(b) Use a program like SoundSoap (Bias), which is excellent.
© Best of all, go to the root of the problem, and change the pickups on the guitar to EMGs. These are expensive, but cancel out virtually all the hiss. I find them excellent.

best wishes

Thankyou very much globalhiccup, thats good advice mate.
Thanks for taking the time.

Changing pickups on a guitar is pretty full on expensive route to take, especially if you have a vintage 57 Strat with single coils, you would definately not want to change the pickups then!! Often the monitor causes the hum, experiment with different positions when playing guitar, ensure the connections in the guitar are all good, shielded, grounded etc. I find sitting at a different angle to the monitor, or just further away from the monitor makes a real difference to the hum/buzz with single coils.

Cheers Jake.