Channel 3 (hissing) - MXR Noise Clamp

[shredhead72]

Hey all,

I do a fair amount of home recording and I mic up my Mark V combo with a Shure M57. When I am recording there is a fair amount of hissing/air when I'm not playing (especially on the high gain channels). It really comes through when I add compression to the track. I was thinking of adding the MXR Noise Clamp to my board to try an limit that and also just clean up my signal.

Anyone have any experience with that pedal? or a better idea?

 

[ifailedshapes]

That's not what the Noise clamp was designed for. It's a noise gate pedal with a loop, and you put your noisy effects in that loop. I suppose it might work on your board, but why not just get an ISP Decimator for your amp?

 

[eudaimonia02912]

I'd go with an ISP Decimator right before the input. That will clean things up in as transparent a way as possible.

 

[LPJunky]

I got ISP Decimator G-String. It's great.

 

[shredhead72]

Thanks for the heads up. I appreciate it.

 

[Andre Oliveros]

Whats the difference between the ISP decimator and the ISP G string ?

 

[BostonRedSox]

The Decimator only can be used to quiet a noisy guitar signal or in the f/x loop of a noisy preamp section. The Decimator G-String has an input for your guitar, as well as an input and output for your f/x loop. Essentially, the G-String is a dual gated pedal.

The ProRack G is another product which I believe offers a more transparent gate.

 

[K-Roll]

hmm i dont think there actually is a 100% solution for this. the hiss you mention is the one of the preamp section which usually most players kill with a gate but mostly on amps with serial fx loops and not parallel. As you never drive a 100% wet signal through the loop you won't be able to reduce the hiss to 0 I think.
the best way would probably be to use a de-hisser when recording.

 

[screamingdaisy]

Just use a simple gate in front of the amp. There's no real need to gate the FX loop as the Mark V isn't an inherently noisy amp to begin with (most of the noise is from the passive pickups in your guitar).