How To Remove Tape Hiss

Greetings,
Very happy MacBook Pro user! Can I use GarageBand to remove tape hiss from an old recording? I have successfully transferred the recording from a good tape deck to GarageBand via a good firewire audio interface.
I've seen suggestion to use various audio editor programs for this purpose. I'm wondering, is GarageBand up to the job?
Thanks in advance.
-- headshrinker2

you could mess with the various EQs (especially the parametric), however, Audacity has dedicated noise removal tools and would likely be better suited for the job

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