ISP decimator

[JLBoogie]

Anyone using the pedal version of this? Need to calm the noise in my Stilleto when using heavy gain. Where have you put it? Seems to me it would have to go into the effects loop to stop preamp gain noise and not in the pedal chain at the amp input. Let me know.

 

[SonOfIAm]

I use one in the effects loop of my Lonestar Classic. It does what it's supposed to.

 

[Geiri]

I use rocktron hush the pedal in the loop of my trident. Works like a charm

 

[TemporarilyStairs]

Used to have one that I'd sometimes throw at the end of my board, and sometimes right before my poweramp, depending on what else I was running at the time... I haven't had extensive experience with all sorts of gates, but it definitely did the trick in both cases. You're right that in the loop would be the way to stop the preamp noise. As with any gate you have to be careful to get the threshold right and make sure it works well through all your channels (or just turn it off when you switch to clean or whatnot) but overall I'd definitely say it's an easy, effective, transparent gate. Now, if it only had a feature to lock the threshold, or a knob that didn't seem to move +/- 10 db every time I tore down and set up again, I would've probably loved the thing

 

[stadidas]

If you're using high gain, I would suggest you consider the rack version of the decimator. The signal out of the pre-amp lacks the dynamics of the signal coming from the guitar, so it's much harder for the gate to decide when you actually want it to come in. The rack version (ProRackG) does the job of gating at the amp input and in the loop, but does both based on the signal going in to the amp, carrying all of the dynamics of the guitar signal.
Obviously it is a fair bit pricier, but of all of the gear I've bought it's one of my favourites as it does the job incredibly well, has an excellent response time, and is totally transparent.

 

[gonzo]

traded out my long time NS-1, for the ISP, i like it better, for some reason.

 

[pjrake]

used to have the Boss noise gate, but switched to the ISP a year ago. haven't looked back since

-PJ