Voxengo Redunoise -

Whether it’s the 60-cycle hum from a single-coil guitar, the air conditioner kicking in during a voiceover, or the tape hiss from a vintage sampler, background noise kills intimacy. You can try EQ, but you’ll just end up gutting the good frequencies along with the bad.

Start with Reduction at 50%. Move it up to 100% only if you have very heavy noise. High settings cause artifacts, so less is more here.

Play a few seconds of just the noise floor (where your instrument isn’t playing). Hit the "Learn" button. Redunoise listens and builds a noise profile. voxengo redunoise

It won't replace your editing skills, but it will make your noisy recordings sound like they were cut in a million-dollar room.

Redunoise is different. It uses a dynamic processor that feels more like a smart gate combined with a spectral compressor . Instead of brutally cutting frequencies, it gently turns them down only when the signal is quiet. Whether it’s the 60-cycle hum from a single-coil

Put Redunoise first in your chain to kill the hiss, then hit your compressor. You will be shocked how much cleaner your compression sounds when it isn't trying to pump the noise floor.

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Turn the Threshold knob down until you see the noise reduction engaging only during the silent parts. You don't want it to trigger while you're playing loud notes.