Each track however added another layer of tape hiss.

The album was recorded on a four-track, and as a result suffers from tape hiss.

Almost equally important is the signal-to-noise ratio, which measures the residual tape hiss.

Too weak a signal will bury the music in tape hiss.

It's like putting up with tape hiss on a cassette.

That constant surf sound you hear is tape hiss at half the normal frequency.

But there's a lot of tape hiss on the recording.

If there is tape hiss, atmospheric noise or belching in the background, they consider it all just another instrument.

Their intent is to mitigate tape hiss, and to give the recordings greater weight.

I could've made something that didn't have tape hiss on it, so people would think it was "legitimate."