Best filter advice for minimizing clothing rustle in an interview situation

I had a fidgety interview subject who was wearing a pacemaker that interfered with the lav mike that we had attached to him. We had to resort to a shotgun mike which provided more shielding. He was sitting in a velour chair and had a tendency to move around quite a bit...with that kind of rustling sound from clothing. Unfortunately we could not switch out his chair.
Any advice on which audio filters in Soundtrack Pro may be the most useful? I could take a look at the frequency spectrum analyser, but I think that is probably only good for removing loud flashes of sound like something hitting the mike boom.
I'm sure others have tried to filter out similar sounds in an interview situation and I thought of asking first before I try my experimentation. Of all the filters one can use, which should I give priority to first?
Many thanks,
John

If the rustling noises are a LOT softer than the voice, try the FCP or Apple "expander" used as a noise gate. The FCP documentation discusses it. Basically, you pick a threshhold below which you kill the sound. You'll have to experiment a bit to make sure that you subject speaks or you have other wanted audio that it is not cut off. You also need to be careful that the spots between the subject talking are not unnaturally quiet. I've added an "ambient noise" track to some stuff I've done, or even soft white noise so that it doesn't go dead silent between speeches.
Eddie O

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