DeHiss
TL;DW: DeHiss tries to suppress background hiss, like a hiss gate.
Here’s a request: I was asked to put DeHiss out, so while I’m working on newer stuff you can have an up-to-date and VST-ified DeHiss plugin.
This acts like a filtery gate. It tries to apply a lowpass filter to suppress quiet background noise whenever loud bright treble isn’t happening. You can use it in creative ways, but it really was designed to suppress hiss from a cheap USB condenser mic. Sort of an experiment. It’s got a dry/wet now in case that comes in handy. I’m not sure how much else is out there specifically like this, but then I’m not sure how much call there is for it in the first place :)
But thanks to Patreon I’m free to do stuff that is only useful to one person. And there was one person who actually asked for this to come out as VST, so it’s not even an imaginary person! There’ll be other things that come out which are very noncommercial, simply because I can: I don’t have to stick to what will sell. (I do still have some killer ‘take my money!’ grade stuff also coming, that’s new: same deal, if you can then please act like you’d buy perpetual DRM-free license for $50, good for all your computers at once, and add that much yearly to my Patreon. If you can. Whatever you’re comfortable with)
I hope you like DeHiss. But it’s okay if you don’t, because I know there’s a person who specifically needed it, and that’s good enough for me :)
Thank You! THANK YOU! I really needed this!!!
Still hope you can do Soothe as well, but take your time! :)
i have an Archer DNR box which does dynamic lo-passing, also an old EQ with a similar feature. A nifty technique, great for importing cassettes and vinyl.
I have tons of field rec’s made with cheap handheld recoarder, and the mics always produce low volume hiss in the highs when capturing ambience. Whether that was Schumann resonances or HAARP energies it’s picking up, now I can finally get rid of it easily ;-)
Hi Chris. I think, the AU-version is missing in the ZIP-file … at least I couldn’t find it. Thanks! Looks like a great little plug-in!
I probably forgot to upload the NewUpdates.zip: it looks like I didn’t get Github updated either. Some weeks I’m kind of burnt out. It should be there now, and the direct linked zip file was always good :)
This is proving to be quite useful for poorly recorded DI guitar and bass tracks, where a gate would remove noise but also kill sustain. Really liking it.
Very useful. Thanks. Using it with Audacity to clean speeches.
Has anyone tried to place this plugin on the mix bus chain after some character plugins (distortion, tape saturation and such) ??
Seems like it cleans the “excess” that these plugins bring into the mix without removing any of the character.
Just FYI this plugin is still being of use and it’s amazing, thank you.
This is a neat approach to a very specific problem—suppressing background hiss without over-processing the main audio. It reminds me of how in photo editing, subtle adjustments like noise reduction or careful masking can preserve the important details while removing unwanted distractions. At Clipping Expert Asia, we’ve seen how precise, targeted edits—whether in sound or visuals—make a huge difference in the final quality.
Clipping Expert Asia
It’s fascinating to see tools like DeHiss designed with such a specific purpose in mind—removing background noise while preserving the main signal. It reminds me of the care we take in Photography when retouching or removing distractions from an image: subtle adjustments can make all the difference without losing the essence of the subject. This kind of precision really highlights how thoughtful tools can elevate creative work.
Kathryn Elise
It’s really interesting to see a tool like Hiss that’s so specifically designed to tackle background noise without over processing the audio. I love that it’s built with creative flexibility in mind things like the dry/wet control really show an understanding of how subtle adjustments can make a big difference, much like careful retouching or background removal in photo editing. It’s a reminder that sometimes niche tools can make a workflow smoother in ways broad solutions can’t.
Kathryn Elise