>> Does anyone have a recommendation for the best noise reductions >> software or plugins? >from my experience, I can recommend the WAVES RESTORATION plugins. >They sound excellent and I was even able to restore a lot of my >old vinyls :-) http://www.waves.com/htmls/prods/restoration.htm Seconded! It's rather pricey but Restoration X-Noise did a great job on some hissy old cassettes of mine. Just use the "fingerprint" method and listen carefully to check for artefacts before bouncing the result. There's a fully functional 14-day demo. Strangely enough I prefer Goldwave (inexpensive stand-alone wave editor) for de-crackling vinyls: using Restoration X-Crackle I couldn't find that happy medium between leaving too much crackle and messing up the crispness of the music, but usually in Goldwave it's enough to just run it with default settings. Not available for Mac though, AFAIK. Andy