Honestly, one of the best reviews of anything guitar related I've ever seen on RU-vid. Fantastic job not only presenting the information in a highly effective way, but also showing a deep understanding of what you were testing. Thank you for making an ACTUAL review and not just a sales pitch like 99% of the gear related channels on here.
ISP is from the original godfather of noise reduction. The founder and designer of ISP was the inventor and founder the famous Rocktron Hush systems of the 80's and early 90's. ISP is good stuff.
One of those things when you go out and buy the ISP decimator because you hear good things... Then you check reviews after the fact in wonder if that buyer's remorse that kicked in is accurate 😅 G string II faired well enough to tame the noise for me!
Lichtlaerm Audio, the key and the gate, noise gate. one knob, set forget. does not ruin your cleans, its as if it is off. reacts to your playing. lead playing shines through. best noise gate on the planet ! made by a metalhead for metalheads. built in volume/signal booster, if required, evens out your effects loop if needed, or increase a few decibels for long cable runs or just because you can. I'll never look back.
I was looking at this but as I am just a home player I couldn’t justify the cost. Ended up with a Sentry and it works great for what I do. If I had more of a budget though, the Lichtlaerm would have been my choice.
In terms of review structure, clarity of information, supporting visuals, this review is absolutely amazing and sets a benchmark for me across a sea of bs online. Definitely subscribed, amazing work!
Thank you for doing the work here. I didn't get much from the silencer, so, I left gates out of my sound. The clean trigger concept never occurred to me. I'll be dusting the ehx off to see if it was judged prematurely.🤘
What an amazing video thanks so much man. I ended up buying a Boss NS2 today, tried it out in the store and it works perfectly for what I need (4 cable method)
Arcade audio noise gate actually is a very popular one. Well, not particularly arcade audio's one. The thing is that exactly the same gates are sold under many brand's names such as donner, mooer, rowin etc.
Hey, um I don't even go here. I play country chickin pickin. I just wanted to say, I've never seen a gear review do things this scientifically. A purely technical approach to a pedal shoot out is so refreshing. Not a flowery adjective in sight. The graphs. The table on the left to keep us all on task. That's how you do shit.
I appreciate the insane amount of work that went on tho this detailed analysis. The decimator wasn't stoked where I live. i wound up getting the Centry. i am very happy with it.
Ibanez just brought out the Pentatone Gate. One knob and a switch for very high noise. It has the 4 jack system with an in/out and an in/out to loop in the noise source. The price is $100.00 USD.
I have tried the silencer (no good), the MXR (also no good and I'm a MXR fan-boy so was pretty bummed) and then used a NS2 for years (which was OK). Finally, I latched onto Stone Deaf FX "Noise Reaper". Unbelievably good - similar to the ISP in that it only has one knob but works very very well indeed (in the FX loop). As I tend to mostly play single coil Teles into an Orange Rockerverb 50, I was keen to reduce or eliminate the hiss as much as possible. Noise Reaper works perfectly. Great comparison and this objectively proved to me my anecdotal findings on the ones I had used in the past.
Actually there's a hidden mode on the Boss NS2. Plug it in as normal, set it to mute, disengage the pedal, and you'll see the reduction light is still on but you're signal is still coming through, and then you'll also notice the difference in how it gates the signal, the normal way is better but I found this method completely by accident. Hope this helps
@@boimesa8190 that and the power supply is not compatible with most of the modern Cioks and alike power supplies I had to use a separate ac10 Cioks power supply on my board just for that. Switched to the Revv G8 and when using single coils I have Emg’s now so I don’t have to worry about hum like before. Still a great gate/hum pedal though.
Hi, I recently helped my friend Nick compare 22 gates, and we are working to at 8 more gates for a grand total of at least 30 gates. I like your test measurement, but I wonder how it compares to the other video test method? We published a spreadsheet with our findings. I would be willing to give read access so we can compare your testing to ours...
I am a bass player with a solid state amp and no effects loop, but I’ve got a tube compressor with the gain dimed, a drive, and a boost, all of which introduce a ton of a feedback and noise. I’ve been using a Deci-Mate at the end of my tiny pedalboard’s signal chain, right in front of the amp, but I haven’t been happy with the tracking/response time on higher threshold settings as it seems to choke the notes out, if I don’t set it JUST right it sounds like my preamp battery is dying. Not sure where I’m gonna go from here as none of these seem ideal for my uses, or at least not enough to drop over a hundred dollars on as an experiment.
Im pretty certain that the ISP has noise reduction as well. Meaning that when the gate opens, it filters hiss and 60 cycle hum from the flowing signal. This is a feature going all the way back to the HUSH noise reduction devices of Rocktron. Buck Waller being high up in both of these companies, taking care of us guitarists for decades. Maybe other pedals have NR as well?
As someone who deals with SEVERE noise issues at home, a noise gate shootout is woefully incomplete without what I believe to be the best guitar noise mitigation product on the market: the ISP Hum Extractor + Decimator. It's unreal. Seriously, try it (I'm also happy to address any questions anyone may have)!
I've a question. My amp is noisy AF and it's driving me wild. Recently have an OX box and was hoping to be able to have the same noise, but with my amp. I actually think it's more to do with my amp itself...but I honestly would appreciate any tips you have.
@@mofongotron I'm thinking it's probably just my amp. Have tried from different plugs about the place. I have a US amp in Aus so have a step down transformer. Not sure what sort of impact that would have. Will try another transformer next week. Think I need a noise gate. Thanks for your reply
Wow what a great Video in a Time where i actually needed to decide which Gate i want or need! Im going for the Sentry. But i have a question. My Setup is mostly pure digital using a HX Stomp. I want a Gate Pedal so i can have more then the maximal effects on my HX. Meaning, I go Guitar In HX Stomp -> (FXloop) FXsend to OD Pedal into Gate Pedal to FXreturn -> HX Distortions -> HX Clean Amp -> Some HX Delays Reverbs -> HX IR Meanwhile still using the HX build in global Gate which doesnt have such good attack. I want to do this so i can disable the FXloop (which will have the Gate and an OverDrive) and the HX-Distortion to get a Clean Tone. So i can disable the OD and Gate with only a Press on the HX which turns the FX loop on and off. And i also can have my Bass setup by just not using the FX loop. You think i can use the Sentry like this? Like, Clean Guitar from FX Send into sentry, out to OD, back into Sentry back into FXreturn? Great Video man. Very well Made !
If you're the player who always complains about how a gate changes your amps tone, seriously consider dialing in your amp with the gate on. (Can't believe I had to post this)
I turn a lot my volume pot on the guitar to get clean sounds and in between… Does the BOSS work for that or does it cut off the signal when turning down the volume pot? Which one can handle that?
Honestly, a gate affects that quite a bit. I use a Sentry now, and it's a bit better about it than the NS2 or Silencer, but it will definitely cut your signal tails faster the lower you set your volume. What I do instead is use a volume pedal in the loop of the gate. Basically, the gate reads the full signal of the clean guitar to know where to close the gate, the volume pedal affects how much of that signal goes into the next effect just like a volume pot on the guitar, but the gate only cuts volume based on original the input signal. That's how I use a fuzz as an overdrive with a noise gate, and I can use the volume pedal almost like a gain knob for it.
