Hi Sub, JW thanks, I'm glad you liked the song. I think I figured where most of the hiss is coming from. I decided to re-record New Religion from scratch. The drum tracks begin as midi and then I convert them to audio. I decided to convert each part of the drum kit to a seperate track this time (I converted them to a single track last time) so I could solo each track (thanks Sub) to find the hissing and I heard the hiss on each track. Not sure why this is happening.
I'm editing the waveforms to get rid of any sections that don't contain a drum/cymbal hit and so far it seems to be working, but taking time. I tried Cakewalk's Remove Silence feature, but no matter what settings I used, I lost a few of the quieter snare/cymbal hits.
I'm just learning to use EQ and compression and I've been experimenting with the settings.
I've been recording the other instruments direct using my 4-track as a pre-amp. Going directly into the sound card wasn't recording strong enough. I'm going to take more time and care this time to get the signal strength right on each track. I'll let you know when I post the new recording so you can tell me if I'm on the right track. Thanks for the comments and advice, I appreciate it.

[This message has been edited by tcody (edited 11-09-2005).]

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