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Background Noise In Recording

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Topic Background Noise In Recording
I recently recorded as song and noticed there is a quite a bit of background noise in the recording. Mainly sound the condenser mic picked up( Stuff that I can't help but pick up), like the sound of my 8 track running, and headphone noise, as well as guitar hum. It's only really present near the end when the songs starts to quiet down. I have sony Sound Forge, and wonder what the best way to try and reduce the noise would be, any advice would be much appreciated. thanks.
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good news! there is something you can do. however it will involve some money. sound forge, ufortunately, is not going to help. there are 2 solutions:
1st- send your mix to a professional mastering house with noise reduction capibilities. you will need to leave a little empty space with the noise before the track. this will help them accurately create a "noise profile". what thier equipment basically does is add numerous notch filters to the overall mix.
2nd- do it yourself. you can obtain software plug-ins that do the same thing. however you will have to keep the same noise before the track. i have experimented with different versions and almost all have had disapointing results. the only one i have found that effectivly reduces or cuts the noise completely out is X-Noise by Waves (www.waves.com). its rather expensive but totally worth the money. it has a learn feature and is rather easy to use.
future recording option- invest in a nice tube-pre that has an 80hz rumble feature. this will help cut it out in the begining. the cheapest i have found is PreSonus' Tube-Pre, around $100. cheap and easy and also adds great analog "warmth".
-god, i should work for these guys!-