Foobar hiss reducing plugin? or EMU

[gevorg]

Is there a foobar plugin that can reduce hiss in music? Or is there a emu setting that can do that?

I realize that such feature won't work perfectly and will reduce the quality even more, but I still want to compare and see what sounds best.

 

[Steve Coal]

The EMU sound cards hiss? That doesn't seem right - my revo doesn't hiss and it's far inferior i'm sure...

- Steve

 

[Distroyed]

I dont get any hiss from my Emu, even at full volume.

 

[Enverxis]

I didnt with my setup when it included the Creek OBH-11SE, but now that ive got a headsave maxed out pimeta im getting hiss but only during music playback.

 

[dallasstar]

I think he's referring to songs with hiss in their original recordings.

 

[Helter Skelter]

The only time I ever hear any hiss is when it's part of the recording. Maybe you have some shacy ICs?

 

[gevorg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dallasstar I think he's referring to songs with hiss in their original recordings.

Exactly. The EMU is fine.

 

[Helter Skelter]

Ah. Well, in that case, no, I don't know of anything, but I wish you luck in your search.

 

[TURBO]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gevorg Is there a foobar plugin that can reduce hiss in music? Or is there a emu setting that can do that? I realize that such feature won't work perfectly and will reduce the quality even more, but I still want to compare and see what sounds best.

Basically, you need to convert that cd to wave and edit it (using noise filters) with one of those sound edition software. Then, you burn it back to cd. That's the only way to get rid of the hiss on the songs of your cd.

 

[dallasstar]

Such editing is highly destructive to the sound quality. I think the best thing to do is use an equalizer and lower all frequencies higher than 16khz down as far low as they can get. That often helps a lot.

 

[TURBO]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dallasstar Such editing is highly destructive to the sound quality. I think the best thing to do is use an equalizer and lower all frequencies higher than 16khz down as far low as they can get. That often helps a lot.

Yes, sound quality will decrease a little bit but will be unnoticeable to your ears.

 

[ooheadsoo]

Sorry guys, my emu definitely does hiss. Assuming you have a quiet amp, turn the volume up all the way and you'll hear hiss. Actually, you'll hear it even at low levels. This is more apparent with speakers. I know it's the emu because my battery powered dac being fed by the emu is DEAD silent.

 

[Melchior]

All soundcards to my knowlege do that, it's the inherent noise produced by the dac (changes with sampling rates, my 410 has a sudden jump in noise levels below 32khz, and is quietest at 88.2, volume sliders don't affect it). Not much to be done about hiss in recordings other than trying to attenuate the worst of it with an equalizer or very careful sound editing.

 

[ooheadsoo]

Maybe some dacs have inherent noise - but my battery powered dac is dead silent so I know it's not all there is to it. Probably a good deal has to do with power delivery and regulation. It is a NOS dac, though.

 

[Melchior]

Yeah, meant to imply that the inherent hiss of a soundcard seems to be a dac issue, and that a dedicated component would probably improve on it. Now that I think about it though I think I'm confusing the DAC with the onboard oscilator that controls the sampling rate, for some reason I tend to think of them as one in the same but they're obviously not