i was wanting to know what the best noise reduction software would be to use, especially with film and commercials. i use ableton live 6, and my partner uses live 6 and protools LE 7. all suggestions and price ranges. vst, au OR rtas

Adobe Soundbooth looks pretty good. Used Audition a lot, it's amazing for noise reduction and editing. This looks like it's as close to that as you can get for Mac.
I might try out the free Beta myself...
Cheers!

At the very high end you have the Cedar DNS2000, but that's horrifyingly expensive:

http://www.cedar-audio.com/

Waves Restoration Suite is very good, but still dear:

http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=197

From Digidesign there is DINR:

http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=...amp;itemid=4341

And lastly, I've had some very good results with the Noise Reduction features in Apple's Soundtrack Pro:

http://www.apple.com/uk/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/

although this may not be available without buying Final Cut Studio. I've heard good things about SoundSoap but haven't had a chance to try it yet.

Bias Sound Soap