Best Noise Gate?
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Reckless Abandon
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I am sure others will chime in/disagree but I lov emy boss ns-2. All will suck some tone. This one is barely noticable to me. Or at least it doe snot bothe rme.
I am sure others will chime in/disagree but I lov emy boss ns-2. All will suck some tone. This one is barely noticable to me. Or at least it doe snot bothe rme.
Thermionik
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Cain't speak for nobody else, but I just love my little noise-gate:-
HUSH SYSTEMS 'THE PEDAL'
It has two gates in one stomp-box, each has its own threshold control and you stomp between them or stomp them in/out.
Personally, using a guitar with HB's and SC's - it enables me to set almost no reduction on the HB's and, at the kick of a switch, slightly more for the SC's. Same would apply to pedals. Higher setting for the noisier pedals, lower setting for the quiet ones. And it is totally transparent too, built like a tank and takes a 9-volt DC wall-wart as well as bats.
Cain't speak for nobody else, but I just love my little noise-gate:-
HUSH SYSTEMS 'THE PEDAL'
It has two gates in one stomp-box, each has its own threshold control and you stomp between them or stomp them in/out.
Personally, using a guitar with HB's and SC's - it enables me to set almost no reduction on the HB's and, at the kick of a switch, slightly more for the SC's. Same would apply to pedals. Higher setting for the noisier pedals, lower setting for the quiet ones. And it is totally transparent too, built like a tank and takes a 9-volt DC wall-wart as well as bats.
NecroPolo
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In the studio I use a rackmount dbx 166XL. With proper settings, it destroys any unwanted noise with no loss of tone.
Onstage both NS2 (my stage buddy) and HUSH are great, especially if you upgrade your rig with a Furman power conditioner that filters your power and protects your equipment.
In the studio I use a rackmount dbx 166XL. With proper settings, it destroys any unwanted noise with no loss of tone.
Onstage both NS2 (my stage buddy) and HUSH are great, especially if you upgrade your rig with a Furman power conditioner that filters your power and protects your equipment.
lpmarshall
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I've never used it, but I've heard good things about the ISP Decimator.
I've never used it, but I've heard good things about the ISP Decimator.
wickenspoet
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I second this statement. I use it on the reduction mode and I don't even have to turn the threshold or decay dials up from the zero position. I put my morley wah, blues pro, and crunchbox pedals in the loop of this pedal and it works great.
Least fun, but most useful pedal ever.
I've never tried any other noises reduction pedal... so I can't say if it's the best, but it works great for what I wanted.
I second this statement. I use it on the reduction mode and I don't even have to turn the threshold or decay dials up from the zero position. I put my morley wah, blues pro, and crunchbox pedals in the loop of this pedal and it works great.
Least fun, but most useful pedal ever.
I've never tried any other noises reduction pedal... so I can't say if it's the best, but it works great for what I wanted.
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Kosh Naranek
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I still use the TC Electronic Booster/Distortion/Line Driver/Noise Gate I bought in 1985. The gate is the nicest I've never heard. Doesn't cut off ends or beginnings of notes, doesn't destroy tone.
I still use the TC Electronic Booster/Distortion/Line Driver/Noise Gate I bought in 1985. The gate is the nicest I've never heard. Doesn't cut off ends or beginnings of notes, doesn't destroy tone.
ratherdashing
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The best noise gate is, and will always be, no noise gate at all. I prefer to find the source of the noise and deal with it there. A noise gate should be an absolute last resort.
The best noise gate is, and will always be, no noise gate at all. I prefer to find the source of the noise and deal with it there. A noise gate should be an absolute last resort.
Thermionik
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ratherdashing makes a very good point - and on MY gear, that is the case.....
Eliminate or screen the sources of noise at source for best results.
But the cable runs to lighting rigs, the local radio mast that bathes the stage in country FM, the under-floor heating at a friends house, another bands amp keeping warm on standby. Sometimes a noise gate is quite useful really.:cool2:
ratherdashing makes a very good point - and on MY gear, that is the case.....
Eliminate or screen the sources of noise at source for best results.
But the cable runs to lighting rigs, the local radio mast that bathes the stage in country FM, the under-floor heating at a friends house, another bands amp keeping warm on standby. Sometimes a noise gate is quite useful really.:cool2:
korovamilkdud
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I second the Boss NS-2. It seems incredible this thing works so effectively.
I once had a wah plugged into the front of my amp and nothing else. Sound was...okay. I then threw the NS-2 in between the wah and the amp and it opened everything right up. Decent buffer in there, for sure. Also works really well as a signal mute for silent tuning or for changing guitars.
I second the Boss NS-2. It seems incredible this thing works so effectively.
I once had a wah plugged into the front of my amp and nothing else. Sound was...okay. I then threw the NS-2 in between the wah and the amp and it opened everything right up. Decent buffer in there, for sure. Also works really well as a signal mute for silent tuning or for changing guitars.
PFDarkside
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How about using a noise gate as an effect? Quick metal stop/start passages that become more choppy when the gate clamps down?
For blues and rock tones I'd never use one.
How about using a noise gate as an effect? Quick metal stop/start passages that become more choppy when the gate clamps down?
For blues and rock tones I'd never use one.
Kosh Naranek
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It's true that if you're running from your guitar to an amp that has a moderate amount of overdrive dialed in, you usually don't need a gate. But there are players whose sound requires high amounts of gain, or who process the heck out of it with a lot of effects. Then you start to need a gate.
It's true that if you're running from your guitar to an amp that has a moderate amount of overdrive dialed in, you usually don't need a gate. But there are players whose sound requires high amounts of gain, or who process the heck out of it with a lot of effects. Then you start to need a gate.
Petrovsk Mizinski
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Nothing comes close to the ISP Decimator.
The rackmount version (at least in Australia anyway) is something like 5 times the price of a Boss NS-2, but many feel it's worth it.
Nothing comes close to the ISP Decimator.
The rackmount version (at least in Australia anyway) is something like 5 times the price of a Boss NS-2, but many feel it's worth it.
That90'sGuy
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Run a search on noise gates here... this topic has been beaten to death many times over.
Run a search on noise gates here... this topic has been beaten to death many times over.
korovamilkdud
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Volume knob is the best gate you can buy
Why ? Because you can tell the difference between signal and noise. A gate, no matter how advanced does not know the difference between a lingering note held for effect and its threshold setting.
Every gate I've ever tried, and belive me I've tried them all because when you use p90's and high gain amps, you've got some serious noise issues, has been a disapointment in not being nearly transparent enough. They clamp down and kill your sustain at the price of making things quiet.
But then again, whats so hard about rolling the volume pot back, or using a volume pedal etc between songs ?
Sounds way more natural letting a note dye out and fade into noise than the clamping open and shut sound of a gate.
I dont think I've ever seen a good blues player ever use a gate, it just kills your dynamics regardless of if it sucks a little tone as well, which most do.
Heck, tip the sound guy an extra $10 and have him drop your levels on the board when your not playing LOL
Granted if your talking about using a gate as part of an effect, thats a different issue all togther. Gates make a very cool effect for stacato rhythm work
Volume knob is the best gate you can buy
Why ? Because you can tell the difference between signal and noise. A gate, no matter how advanced does not know the difference between a lingering note held for effect and its threshold setting.
Every gate I've ever tried, and belive me I've tried them all because when you use p90's and high gain amps, you've got some serious noise issues, has been a disapointment in not being nearly transparent enough. They clamp down and kill your sustain at the price of making things quiet.
But then again, whats so hard about rolling the volume pot back, or using a volume pedal etc between songs ?
Sounds way more natural letting a note dye out and fade into noise than the clamping open and shut sound of a gate.
I dont think I've ever seen a good blues player ever use a gate, it just kills your dynamics regardless of if it sucks a little tone as well, which most do.
Heck, tip the sound guy an extra $10 and have him drop your levels on the board when your not playing LOL
Granted if your talking about using a gate as part of an effect, thats a different issue all togther. Gates make a very cool effect for stacato rhythm work
the guy who invented fire
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If you like you're tone don't kill it with a noise gate...
If you like you're tone don't kill it with a noise gate...
Thermionik
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I wonder how people who do use the tone sucking abominations actually set the threshold.....
Personally, I have the whole chain set up, damp the strings completely so there is NO signal, and then wind the threshold gently up until the hiss/hum/noise just starts to quieten without disappearing 100%, maybe to half or a quarter the volume. And that's it. ANY played note - whether played real quietly or a decaying note's fading tail is NOT affected. The gate only starts to close AFTER the notes are gone.
Never really heard much affect on tone, leastways no more than between two good cables, and never heard much noise in the pauses either..... which was nice. :fing2:
I wonder how people who do use the tone sucking abominations actually set the threshold.....
Personally, I have the whole chain set up, damp the strings completely so there is NO signal, and then wind the threshold gently up until the hiss/hum/noise just starts to quieten without disappearing 100%, maybe to half or a quarter the volume. And that's it. ANY played note - whether played real quietly or a decaying note's fading tail is NOT affected. The gate only starts to close AFTER the notes are gone.
Never really heard much affect on tone, leastways no more than between two good cables, and never heard much noise in the pauses either..... which was nice. :fing2:
