noise suppressor pedal?

gimmesometruth27
gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
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anybody here use a noise suppressor? i just recently picked up a decimator 2 and it seems to work pretty well. seems like it compresses my guitar tone a bit which makes for some nice tight crunch without all of the amp hiss. i think on a clean setting it brightens things up a bit too. just my impression after playing it a few times.
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  • xtremehardy388
    xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    I've never really understood what they do and how they work.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,122
    xtremehardy388 said:

    I've never really understood what they do and how they work.

    they reduce amp noise when you are running a tube amp really hot. amps tend to hiss when the preamp is cranked to get the distortion. the noise suppressor cuts down on the amp hiss. in some situations it eliminates the hiss all together.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    I've got a ISP Decimator as well. Didn't stay in my rig long, as not long after got it my rig started transforming quite a bit. Liked it better than any other I've fiddled with, but annoyed by the way the gate would ramp closed after the last note. Worked well for sustained notes, but didn't like how it handled tight stops.

    It might work better now that I'm working with much less gain these days, but it really wouldn't help much as my rig is very quiet. It'd just be getting rid of a bit of amp hum.

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