When I record vocals my room has an ambiance that I do not like.
 
So I use Izotope's Denoiser. It "learns" from a two or three measure "silence" and then I bounce the whole (fx'd) track to a new track.
 
Seems to also reduce artifacts when I use melodyne on the vox.

Thanks for the idea bapu. I have been debating the idea of forgetting all the shortcuts and actually getting my music room professionally treated but I haven't tried this shortcut yet. Could save $$$$$

I've found their Declicker great for taking care of all the little ticks and pops that seem to creep into my tracks.  RX3 roolz -- I guess RX4 does too, but I haven't bothered to upgrade.
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

I have been enjoying nectar elements. Very tempted to upgrade to full version

backwoods
Thanks for the idea bapu. I have been debating the idea of forgetting all the shortcuts and actually getting my music room professionally treated but I haven't tried this shortcut yet. Could save $$$$$

Just remember, it does not make my vocals any better. 

backwoods
Thanks for the idea bapu. I have been debating the idea of forgetting all the shortcuts and actually getting my music room professionally treated but I haven't tried this shortcut yet. Could save $$$$$

You need ARC2 from Ikmultimedia. There are quite a few happy users in this forum me included.

If background noise is consistent (not transient-based), most noise reduction tools will do a decent job provided they have a clean "noise sample" to work with. A bar or two at the beginning and end of takes is usually more than enough to work with. Some noise reduction tools are exceptional, but they also tend to scale in price based on performance.

Nectar 2 is definitely worth running the trial on. I do not use the features of the "Production Suite" but it was part of the Studio Bundle. Melodyne trumps the pitch shifter in all aspects, and the breath control has no use for me, but the plugin itself has a complex FX chain including harmonizer that is rather nice.

Thanks Ed!
I hear a "honky" mid thing in my vocals.
I've kinda written it off to my(your) voice never sounds the same recorded as I "hear" myself.
To me, I sound just like (enter top Brit vocalist name here), but to you !
Just sayin'...
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Yeah, just like 'em!