Software for cleaning-up audio

Can anyone suggest software good at cleaning up audio? I am trying to preserve some audio tapes and am finding two major issues: tape hiss and occasionally high-pitched whistling sounds. Anything out there that can help clean these up? I realize tape hiss can't be cleaned up all that much without seriously compromising the original sound. But I'm hoping there's a way to isolate the frequency of the whistle and remove it. Any suggestions? Any shareware perhaps??
Thanks!

Dimitry,
Check out this site: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ I wanted something to do just what you're hoping to accomplish. I too have a lot of tapes that I'd like to convert to CD; after doing one conversion(to date), though the exercise was worth the learning experience, I may not continue and simply make new CDs of music that I have on my LPs. One of the plug-ins is tape hiss removal. It probably will remove the hiss quite effectively. It's an open source program so no cost is required.
Hope this helps,
Paul
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work currently. I use a gateway with Cubase, and its
not bad, but I feel like I need something mroe high
end.
Yes, you do indeed need sth more high end.
I'm looking at the 17 inch Imac. Does anyone record
using this computer? How's it sound? Is there any way
to put in a new soundcard or something if i don't
like the current one?
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audio recording software for the mac? Are there
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